Ultimate Bet Poker Review
by
P5s Staff on 1/18/2005
13:05
Overview:
One of the best tournament sites on the Net, UltimateBet is also one of the most user-friendly. Regular crowds on the site approach 20,000 players.
How to Download:
Click here to download UltimateBet. The site boasts one of the easiest to use interfaces on the planet. When you sit down at a table, it centers to you so that you are always playing from your own perspective. There are no distracting avatars or images around the table, just a table, chairs, cards, and chips on a black background. The action flows more smoothly and quickly than it does pretty much anywhere else.
Customer Service:
E-Mail: support@ultimatebet.com
Deposit Support: 1-866-605-0311
Live Chat: Available on Site for Deposit-Related Inquiries
Customer service at UltimateBet took 48 hours to turn around a technical question I had and that was in the middle of the night. Some players have had poor experiences reaching customer service on UltimateBet, but deposit-related live chat and phone support is helpful.
Marquee Tournaments:
UltimateBet takes a skillful approach to tournament play. In many tournaments, players start with a stack of 1,500 chips, and blinds advance at a moderate pace. The tournaments page is laid out very neatly, making it easy to look for and find the exact type of tournament you desire. I cannot say enough about how great the user interface is on this site.
$200k Guarantee
The biggest weekly tournament UltimateBet offers, the $215 tournament kicks off at 5pm ET every Sunday. Considered one of the Sunday Majors, the $200k Guarantee attracts around 950 entrants every week, meaning first place pockets around $45,000. Not bad for a few hours’ work. The very best online poker players turn out in droves for this tournament, so come prepared to battle to the very end.
$20k Nightly Bounty
You’ve seen the pros have bounties on their heads in live and online tournaments. Now, it’s your turn! The $20k Nightly Bounty on UltimateBet boasts a $129 buy-in, with $20 placed on your head. Knock out five people, get $100. Knock out 30 people, get $600. It’s a great way to score some cash as you play.
$10k Omaha Tournaments
UltimateBet sports a lot of tournaments where Hold’em isn’t the game played, including two $10k Guaranteed Omaha Tournaments, which run every Tuesday and Thursday at 8pm ET. The buy-in is $109 and there are $11 daily feeders available. UltimateBet knows poker isn’t just Texas Hold’em.
Cash Games
If you’re looking for high stakes cash games, check out UltimateBet’s $50/$100 no limit table. There’s also several $150/$300 limit tables available, so make sure to view the table if you notice one of these tables up and running. It’s definitely worth seeing! There are also HO, HOSE, and HORSE cash games available along with Triple Draw, Pineapple, Omaha, and Stud. There’s sure to be something to wet your whistle.
Major Promotions:
Aruba Poker Classic
A World Poker Tour event for three years, the Aruba Poker Classic is one of the premier live tournaments run by an online poker site. The sun, a blue sky, and hungry poker players looking to strike it rich awaits you on the island nation. First place is guaranteed a million bucks and there are tons of ways to qualify online.
Live Tournament Qualifiers
Want to win your way into World Series of Poker or World Poker Tour events? You can play side by side with UltimateBet pros Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth in some of the biggest tournaments on the planet. Check out the UltimateBet lobby for more information on what’s available!
Bad Beat Jackpot
Poker rooms in land-based casinos often offer Bad Beat Jackpots and UltimateBet does as well. Recent jackpots have topped $150,000, but make sure you sit at the special Bad Beat Jackpot tables to qualify. To claim the cash, quad eights has to be beaten and both hole cards must be used in the hand.
UltimateBuddy
Add friends, add fish, and add your favorite players to UltimateBuddy, UltimateBet’s instant messaging program. You can add anyone you’d like to UltimateBuddy (they won’t even know you did) and then see what your friends are up to, see what the pros are playing, and track down the fish all at once. You can also manage your wait lists on UltimateBuddy, making the program a must have for all UltimateBet users. Double-clicking a table a user is playing on will take you right to it. Make sure to download UltimateBuddy once you open an UltimateBet account.