As of May 19th 2011, AP and UB have released a new software update that will block all players from the United States to play for real money and just the play money tables are available.
Just recently they also followed the path of FullTilt and PokerStars and reached an agreement with the Department of Justice, the text can be found here: Executed Absolute Poker Money Return Agreement - if you fancy another read, you can also compare it to the agreement of FullTiltPoker as well: Executed FTP Domain Name Use Agreement
PokerStars has already started paying out customers from the US, however FullTilt is still delayed and has postponed the deadline 3 times now. It is unclear yet when AP/UB will make the necessary efforts to proceed as well and even though they have recently increased the weekly cashout amount from $250 to $500 for all non VISA (VISA from $500 to $1000), at the same time they also disabled MoneyBookers as withdrawal option as well:
We regret to inform you that unfortunately MoneyBookers is no longer an available payout option. Your pending request was cancelled and the funds were placed back into your poker account. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Please choose any of our other available payout methods for your next payout request. Thanks for your continued patience and support.
If you look at the current cash game lobby at UB, you see a few active tables and a lot of HeadsUp bumhunters, however only very few tables are actually generating rake. The original plan to stick to the non US business and continue with 20% of the key staff might be a difficult task with such a traffic.
I guess right now we can only wait and see ... .The latest news about Quicktender don't necessarily help to feel more comfortable though.
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