Duke and Hellmuth decide to move on
On Dec. 30, the industry observers started speculating of the reasons why two high-profile US poker pros, Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth, resigned as resident professionals for UB.com, a major online poker site in the Cereus Group.
Based on the statements made by all parties, this seems to be an amicable parting. In addition, the site specified that the pair decided to move on in order to pursue other business interests and will no longer be associated with UB.
As a proof of the split on friendly terms, another Cereus pro, Joe Sebok, stated about his now former colleagues on his blog: “These two legends in our industry have, quite literally, helped to build UB into what it is today. Phil and Annie have been the face of the company for years now, and we thank them for their unbelievable contributions and bid them the utmost in success moving forward.”
Apart from the above mentioned aces, UB.com still boasts some quite impressive names, such as Sebok, Brandon Cantu, Eric Baldwin, Tiffany Michelle, Adam Levy and Maria Ho, and they plan to include more of them on the team.
According to Duke: “After some thought, I made a decision to leave UB.com because I would like to explore other avenues of business and personal growth. I realized I needed to spend my time on other things.”
The two aces hold some of the biggest wins in the poker world, and their finances are expanded not only by the tournament prizes but also by their private business outside the industry. In addition, Hellmuth is a recorder for winning the most WSOP bracelets (11), which only shows the class of player that those former UB.com team members are.
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