Ultimate Bet Detailed Room Review

Detailed Room Review Of Ultimate Bet Poker – US Players Allowed Poker Site
With A Huge 111% Bonus Using UB Bonus Code ‘SNGPLANET’

by The Poker Dog

Ultimate Bet are one of the original poker sites, they market heavily both on TV and in the press - which ensures a steady stream of new (less experienced) opponents. This site offer some innovative games in addition to their popular tournaments and cash games. You will find Roshambo, Elimination Blackjack and ‘Bounty tournaments’ among many other games on offer!

Ultimate Bet have been over-taken by many of their rival sites in terms of traffic – however in the early part of 2008 there are certainly signs of a ‘fight-back’. This includes Pro sponsorships, a massive 111% to $1100 UB Sign-Up Bonus (with our special UB bonus code SNGPLANET), new offers and promotions + the recent introduction of the ‘RAI$E’, loyalty program which has really laid out a big challenge for the other poker sites… and provides regular easy money for the players too.

Ultimate Bet Detailed Room Review – Bonuses And Promotions

The industry leading 111% to $1100 UB Sign-up Bonus is available to all new players with our UB bonus code SNGPLANET. The UB new player bonus clears in increments of $5 as you collect Ultimate Bet Points. The betting (blind) levels at which you play, along with your ‘RAI$E’ loyalty level combine to determine your UB sign-up bonus clearance rate. The best way to look at this is that those $5 increments will keep on falling into your account incrementally faster – all the way to $1,100!

Regular players will benefit from the ‘RAI$E’ program in several ways. There are several levels which you can reach by collecting points – the higher your level the faster you’ll collect them. Your RAI$E level then determines what you can do with the points collected. Offers include cash-back (think UB Rakeback!), tournament entries, shopping and an innovative auction facility. Check out the Ultimate Bet website today for more information on this exciting development in online poker loyalty schemes.

There are many other bonuses and promotions available at this top-rated online poker site. These include, one of the largest ‘Bad-Beat-Jackpots’ available online, a tournament leader-board which pays out cash prizes, a nightly bounty tournament, freeroll tournaments for new depositors and regular players and satellites to many of the larger live tournaments around the world.

Ultimate Bet Detailed Room Review – Cash Game Selection

Players at Ultimate Bet Poker benefit from the wide selection of cash games, both in terms of betting levels and table sizes – and the wide choice of poker variations available. With many first-time poker players starting at UB the games at the low to mid-levels are noticeably weaker than elsewhere, large profits are possible for those with some poker knowledge and skills who sign-up with Ultimate Bet.

As elsewhere the no-limit Texas Holdem tables are the busiest, with betting levels starting at just 1c / 2c and going right up to $100 / $200. The selection of tables at $2 / $4 and below is huge, with plenty of higher-stakes action too at peak times.

Omaha Poker is gaining popularity all the time at Ultimate Bet and is available in several formats – check out the Omaha Poker Review at our sister site ‘Omaha Planet’ for more detail on the Omaha Poker At Ultimate Bet.

Stud Poker games including Stud Hi-Lo and Razz are covered at UB, as are Triple-Draw and Pineapple Poker. Cash game players can also find HORSE, HOSE and HO available via the ‘Mixed Games’ tab. In addition to poker UB offer ‘Roshambo’ and ‘Elimination Blackjack’ cash games – check out their website for more details on these non-poker offerings and to see for yourself just how profitable the poker cash games can be.

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Ultimate Bet Detailed Room Review – Tournament Selection

UB are offering a wider range of guaranteed tournaments, bounty tournaments and satellite qualifiers than ever before. The large selection of tournaments in Holdem, Omaha and Stud poker format attract smaller fields than at many other poker sites – and the famous Ultimate bet ‘fish’ can make the tournaments very profitable for those with some poker tournament experience.

The showcase weekly multi-table tournament at Ultimate Bet is the $200k Guaranteed held each Sunday at 5PM EST. This is a $200+$15 entry and includes ‘Pro-Bounty’ payouts for knocking out the UB pros. Satellite qualifiers for this tournament start at $5+50c and run throughout the week. The RAI$E loyalty program also offers a chance to buy-in to this tournament.

A more recent (and very popular) innovation is the $20,000 Guaranteed nightly UB bounty tournament. With a buy-in of $120+$9 this tournament puts a $20 ‘Bounty’ on every players head – knock out a player to collect their bounty. The remaining cash goes to make a large ‘regular’ prize pool for the entrants. For those players with smaller bankrolls the ‘bounty tournament’ concept is available at a wide range of buy-in levels.

Satellites to live events, freerolls and variations in table size / starting stacks and the speed of the blinds mean there really is something for everyone in the UB tournament schedule. Check them out today and find out exactly what you have been missing out on and find out just how fast tournament entries will clear the 111% to $1100 sign-up bonus waiting for you with bonus code SNGPLANET.

Ultimate Bet Detailed Room Review – Sit N Go Selection

As with all of the poker sites we cover the SNGs at Ultimate Bet are covered in detail in a separate article here at Sit And Go Planet – Check out our Guide To Ultimate Bet Sit N Goes (will open a new window).

Ultimate Bet Detailed Room Review – Poker Software Overview

The poker software client at Ultimate Bet is somewhat crowded and ‘cluttered’ when looking at the lobby. This is more than made up for by the tables themselves which feature a low-angle ‘first person’ 3-d view. The action is fast, the graphics smooth and all the information you need is available from the table view – there is even a ‘fold and show’ option available when you muck cards during a hand.

Ultimate Bet Detailed Room Review – Easy Poker Deposit Methods

Ultimate Bet recommend Visa for US players, for deposits between $50 and $500 per day this method is very easy. For those players whose bank block such transactions ePassporte is available as are cashiers check and bank-wire options. For players outside of the US the deposit method list is even wider, including Debit cards, UKash, Neteller and several others.

To take advantage of the generous bonus offer at Ultimate Bet when you make your first deposit you will need to access the ‘Cashier’ via the software client (it is located about half way up the left hand side menu options). The first page asks for user name and passwords to be set, after this the second screen allows you to enter your UB Bonus Code… (Click to enlarge screenshot.)

Make sure you get the full benefit of the maximum available 111% Ultimate Bet sign-up bonus here by using bonus code SNGPLANET.

Ultimate Bet Detailed Room Review – Summary / Final Thoughts

At the time of writing (early 2008) it appears that Ultimate Bet are moving their marketing campaign up a level - in order to make up ground on their rivals. With a solid and loyal player base, big name pros (including Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth) and some of the most generous poker bonus offers around it looks like this could indeed be Ultimate Bet’s year.

Combine this with the new RAI$E cash-back program, and the 111% to $1100 sign-up bonus(with UB Bonus code SNGPLANET) for new players and this site could be the start of a huge poker bankroll for you... take action today by creating your Ultimate Bet account, the bonus and profits will naturally follow.

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