In an effort to be more like doublejoker, this thread is similar to his Russ Hamilton Thread.

For those of you not familiar with Mr. Matloubi, His win at the 1990 Main Event made him the first non-American to win that particular tournament. Matloubi also made the final table of the 1993 Main Event, finishing in fourth place
Mansour's Wiki Page

What is Matloubi Been Up to?
Hmmm, Russ and Mansour, friends?
Mansour Matloubi has 3,846,256 shares in Excapsa, former UB software provider.

From Daniel N. Blog about an Annie Duke Interview
So Annie said the shady stuff at Ultimatebet started at e-world holdings, and Daniel thought it would be a good idea to look at e-world holdings. Doing so an odd name comes up.

Look at the email on the who is link to Mr. Matloubi: shah@loxinfo.co.th
Also from the UB Sticky, an email from UB prop was sent to Masour, his email at UB was shah. Here is a Link to email from UB Host to Mansour

Mr. Matloubi is also involved in Blast Off Limited, a company that Joe Norton supposedly has 100% ownership. Also, this can prove that Old Owners/Consultants from previous UB ownership are involved with current ownership, and may even still be receiving money.

From Whois Link
Now if Mansour was part of E-world holdings, would e-world holding then be owned by Excapsa when they bought UB from ielogic? So then Finally, Excapsa was sold to Blast Off Limited, which in Late 2008 was found to be owned by Joe Norton. So essentially, Blast Off is Tokwiro, the current owners of Ultimatebet.

The current owners of UB (Blast Off/Tokwir) say the cheating started with the previsous ownership (Excapsa), and the cheaters in no way currently involved with Tokwiro/Blast Off, or worker for Tokwiro. Well the previous owners (Excapsa), blame E-world holdings.

Over/Under on whether or not he shows up? This good should be looked at just as hard as Russ Hamilton, IMO, how did he get off easy?

Guilty.

for some reason this strikes me as a more interesting thread then most of chainsaws

In before the inevitable Brad Daughtery, Hamid Dastmalchi and Noel Furlong threads.

Well played Kevmath, sorry if starting this thread seems like a re-hash of the Russ thread. I just wanted to be like chainsaw. I figure If I titled it with Mansour Matloubi has E-World/Blast Off Ltd. Connections, nobody woud know what I was talking baout. I just really felt this should be apart from the other UB thread I started, b/c this is a different issue. If you think this thread should be closed or merged, my apologies

So did Phil Laak ever arrange to have hit men pay a visit to Mansour Matloubi?

I don't have an issue with the thread, but there are ME winners who are off the poker radar, and I don't know how much they care to return to play for a trophy and a car.

Jim Bechtel was CFO of Enron back in 2000.

I know this is old, but here is What exactly Annie said about e-world holdings.
Annie Duke Interview on 7-10-08 with PokerRoad Radio

By Who? By Former Employees?

Do you think Mr. Matloubi has any computer programming skills?

fyp. Also, this thread asks far more legitimate questions than would similar ones about Daugherty, Dastmalchi and Furlong.

How about if I put it this way:

Of the 4 players in question, how many will actually bother to show up (patch or no patch).

would Huck Seed get half the trophy and car if Daugherty wins?

BTW , here's a video of shah from June 2008 when he played APPT Manila - he says he's lived in Thailand for the last 15 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpmLuhoYJPY

Thank You Mr. Wise. ESPN guy, you rock!

The connection with Mr. Matloubi and Eworld/Blast Off is somewhat curious, IMO

Now if Stu Ungar shows up this could be exciting.

OP this thread is interesting and informative and I thank you for posting it.

yeah, for reals.

QFT in the case of Furlong. Still plays live in Ireland and is a dedicated supporter of a local poker charity.

Has a lot of interests including horse training and carpets.

A complex and successful character now in his 70s and what i'd imagine he'd say is "been there, done that."

Final table, head-up, Jerry Yang vs. Jamie Gold.

Make it stop! For the love of god, make it stop!

Wan Miryon Top Top's!

Pretty outrageous, all of it.

Thanks for all your work Mook.

rigged.

Thank You.

Also, a little more about Blast Off Ltd and Eworld Holdings. But 1st remember what Annie Duke said about Eworld.

OK, so she said when UB went public as Excapsa, that was when Eworld was completely bought out.

This is From an Excapsa powerpoint from March 2005. Here is a link to where I uploaded Excapsa Public Powerpoint

So From that powerpoint, it would appear E-world was not completely bought out.

Also, March 2008 There was a public statement made by DevilFish Poker. Devilfish Poker Statement
So far it would appear e-world has been business as usual. E-World is still functioning, contrary to what Annie said.

Also, Blast Off Ltd was a previous licensee of the Excapsa Gaming Network. How could Joe Norton have had 100% ownership, or any ownership in Blast Off Ltd? Why was every UB statement Tokwiro, but Blast Off the ones who sued Excapsa?

all of this is eye opening. thanks for the info

Good post. It's about time the poker community weeds out all the scumbag criminals.

I am not sure how long he has lived in Thailand as his primary residence. But surely it has not been 15 years? I have found many articles about him saying he lived in London for awhile.

Also, just missed the 8 year anniversary of the Final Table featuring Russ and Mansour. In the results, its says Mr. Matloubi is from London. Wonder how Russ and Shah played each other or if they could see everyone's cards.
Link To 2001 Final Table Report

Event #12 - No Limit Hold'em
April 19, 2001 at 12:00 PM
Fantasy Springs Casino

Buy-In $1,000 + $60
Prize Pool $16,490
Entries 17

Place Name Prize
1 Hassan Kamoei (Indio, CA, USA) $7,420
2 Russ Hamilton (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $4,122
3 Mansour Matloubi (London, UK) $3,298
4 Glenn Abney (Palm Desert, CA, USA) $1,650