Conspiracy Theory????

[eddo31]

i didnt see the tourney, so i dont really have any clue as to if this was rigged or not, but...

ub is the site that ran the pros only section of their aruba tourney in the first season of the wpt, and apparently it was a sham and no money was ever actually supposed to change hands.

phil gordon ended up winning the pros portion, and then he lost to juha helpi in the overall between the winner of the pros and the winner of the amateurs. this screwed everything up for ub, because the pro was supposed to beat the amateur, and ub wouldnt have to actually pay any money.

i dont remember the entire story, but if you search the archives at rgp then you should be able to find it.

like i said earlier, i dont know about this tournament recently, but ub has definitely done some questionable things regarding tourneys, just so that they can make a few extra bucks.