Like a good movie, 'Ultimatebeat: Too Much to Lose' is an interesting documentary due to it's fantastic villains with the only difference being of course is they're real people of the horrible sort. The cherry on top is how no one ever saw justice for this real life massive fraud and unlike poker's 'Black Friday' the government never stepped in. One could question how online poker has continued to find success, a player base in the face of these incidents, why it hasn't been regulated in the US. However if history has taught us anything it's if we don't learn from our mistakes we're doomed to repeat them (cough**GGPoker*cough).
The doc has a very heavy reliance on interviews with various faces in the sphere so the talking heads style does get tedious at times, but there's also an array of visuals, leaked audio recordings. Listening to the vile scumbags talk about covering up their corporate malpractice, ripping off people and trying to contain the damage both publicly and financially is both sickening and provides some much needed juice. The list of those outright guilty or somehow associated is long too and might make you question your opinion on some past & present poker pro's who still play the game.
'Ultimatebeat' is a constant reminder that whenever large sums of money are involved, you can believe there's always going to be someone willing to take a shortcut, cheat. UltimateBet and AbsolutePoker won't be the last we hear on this subject. The gambling industry has always had a distasteful or seedy edge to it and for good reason. This makes for a decent doc especially for poker players who are interested in the lowest moments of the modern game.