By
Dan |
Published
Nov 28 2006, 10:51 PM
The
UltimateBet Online Championship kicks off this Friday, December 1st on a computer near you. 10 events make up the UBOC, which guarantees to pay out over $2 million. From Pot Limit Hold’Em to the brand new Elimination Blackjack, the UBOC promises to deliver excitement, glory, and of course, lots of cash. The ten day UBOC event was created to celebrate Phil Hellmuth’s 10th World Series of Poker Bracelet win, which occurred this year in the $1,000 No Limit Hold’Em with Rebuys event. It was Hellmuth's 10th bracelet in an 18 year span.
The onlne poker tournaments in the UBOC include: No Limit Hold’Em (Events 1, 3, 6, 8, and 10), Pot Limit Omaha High (Event 2), Pot Limit Omaha High With Rebuys (Event 7), Limit Hold’Em (Event 4), Limit Omaha 8 or Better (Event 5), and everyone’s favorite, Elimination Blackjack (Event 9). Each tournament has its own guarantee, ranging between $40,000 and $250,000, certainly enough to attract the best online poker players in the world. The Main Event is a $1 million guarantee, $500 + 30 tournament, on Sunday, December 10th at 3:00pm ET. The winner of each tournament will take home a silver UBOC bracelet in addition to a large sum of money. One person will even have the chance to battle the legendary Hellmuth heads up with $10,000 on the line. Here is the complete schedule of UBOC tournaments:
Check out UltimateBet for the complete list of satellites, which are constantly running. Bluff Radio, which covered over a month’s worth of poker at the WSOP, will be on hand to call the action as well. To listen in on the action, visit www.bluffmagazine.com/radio or turn your Sirius satellite radio to channel 122.
The UBOC is the latest in several sites' tournament series, with big stakes players battling it out with online poker amateurs who have satellited in. Similar events include the Full Tilt Online Poker Series and the World Championships of Online Poker on PokerStars. WSOP bracelet holder Jon "pokertrip" Friedberg notes why players are attracted to these promotional events: "I enjoy participating in all of the online series tournaments. They provide a great opportunity to compete against large fields of players for huge prize pools, without being limited to just Sundays. "
So if you’re in need of some high stakes poker, look no further than the UltimateBet Online Championship. It’s coming on Friday. Check out UltimateBet for all the details!