Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke leave UB.com

Yes poker surfers and surfettes you heard right.  The two biggest names for UB.com have mutually parted ways with the site formerly know as Ultimate Bet.

Phil Hellmuth Jr. appears to have left UB.com either on his own accord or theirs. Neither has really said just yet what the reasoning is, so we will speculate.

1. Phil Hellmuth has something lined up with WSOP.com in sponsorship and teaching poker classes
2. He has some sort of deal/sponsorship with Aria Resort and Casino
3. Is planning on becoming a professional dancer after he appears on "Dancing With the Stars"
4. UB.com kicked him and Annie Duke to the curb in order to make way for their revamped and younger demographic. (feel free to sign up JohnnyKahuna)
5. All of the above

We speculate something along the lines of 1 & 2 with a little 4 mixed in there.

Annie Duke on the other hand did at least did say that she was leaving UB.com because she would like to explore some other avenues of business and personal growth.
Speculation, well she did just get engaged and she has 4 kids, so we imagine she needs some time to herself and with her family. On the business side, she did do well on Celebrity Apprentice (we thought she should've won it) so we can assume that on the business end of things she either has something lined up or will have no problem.