Launched in 1999, UB is known for its affiliation with poker super stars including Phil Helmuth, Annie Duke, Antonio Esfandiari and Devilfish Ulliot. These famous poker players even play on UB themselves! UB offers plenty of daily Freerolls and limit games starting at $0.01/$0.02 for beginers. Ultimate Bet is operated by Tokwiro Enterprises Enrg and they are presently undergoing a licencing process with the Kahnawake Gaming Commission in Canada. UB is rated in the top 5 poker rooms for traffic, and with Phil Helmuth possibly sitting down at your table, a lot of players join UB hoping to face the bad boy of poker himself.

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Ultimate Bet Software

UltimateBet built their own gambling software. As such, the interface is very unique to UB. The poker tables are big and round, generating a very clean look. If you use a 56K modem, you may get disconnected on occasion, but ADSL and Cable users will not have any problems at all. You can also play multiple tables at the same time using the UB Mini View feature, but this requires some getting used to at first. The lobby could be better designed.

UltimateBet also offers a separate add on software called Ultimate Buddy. This is a free download that enables you to setup a friends list. When friends play at UB, just double click their name and you will be taken to their table. Ultimate Buddy comes pre-loaded with Phil and Annie’s name. Tables they play at are pretty much always full, but with Ultimate Buddy, you just might be lucky and make it to Phil’s table after all.

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Ultimate Bet Games

UltimateBet.com offers some variety in games. Ring-games feature Texas Hold‘em in no-limit, pot-limit, and limit; Omaha and Omaha H/L in limit and pot-limit; Crazy Pinaple, which is a fun variant of Texas Hold’em; 7 Card Stud; Tripple Draw; RAZZ; HORSE/HOSE; Half No Limit Hold'em / Half Omaha.

Ultimate Bet Promotions

Like most poker rooms, promotions offered by UltimatBet are numerous and change over time. Currently, UB is offering the following:

• A sign-up bonus of 111% of your first deposit up to $1100 via mypokerbasics.com links!
• 10+ Daily freerolls
• Ultimate Point system provides you with free rewards. The more you play, the more points you earn. Points can be used to enter tournaments, purchase UB merchandise, or even be converted straight to cash via periodic convert to cash offers!
• The “Player’s Choice Tournament” could win you entry in the European Poker Tour, the World Poker Tour, or even the World Series of Poker
• Ultimate Heads Up Smack Down - Feel the heat as countless competitors fight for supremacy in poker's most intense elimination tournament heads-up series. Each tournament winner bags a princely sum, a custom ring, free entry into the next tourney, and automatic entry into the series-end Heads-Up Bracket Of Champions, where the winner gets to play the legendary 11-time WSOP Champ Phil Hellmuth in a best out of 3 series for $30,000!
• Sunday’s 200K Guaranteed Tournament
• The Ultimate Tournament Leaderboard – Be the best player on UB! This is a weekly contest that could mean $1,000 or other cash prizes in your pocket!
• Ultimate High Roller - At UB, Big Play gets Big Rewards! Deposit 5K or more in your UB account and get an free bonus dollars (20% bonus, up to 2K)
• Nightly Bounty Tournaments (20K guaranteed) – Everyone is a target, and each player you eliminate gets you more money! Opponents you defeat also earn you all the bounty money they had collected
• Bad Beat Jackpot - If you have a great hand, and end up getting beaten, you could be eligible for a Bad Beat Jackpot! Now there’s a bad beat story everyone will want to hear!

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Ultimate Bet Rake

There is a standard 5% rake with a max rake ranging from $0.25 up to $5 per pot, depending on the stakes played. You only reach the $5 max rakes at games where the stakes are $80/$160 or higher, and only in limit hold’em. UltimateBet has a "No Flop, No Drop" policy meaning we do not charge rake if there isn't a flop.

Ultimate Bet Traffic

The traffic of Ultimate Bet reaches 22,000 players online at peak hours. That is quite an accomplishment considering this is an independent poker room. You will find poker action at UB day or night.

Ultimate Bet Deposit and Withdrawal Options

UltimateBet offers the following options to transfer funds: Neteller, SFPay, Firepay, Citadel, and Bank Draft. There is a $25 minimum deposit & withdrawal.

Ultimate Bet Support

There are No live-chat function or telephone support options. E-mail support is available and response time is reasonable (usually within 12 hours or less). Feel free to use one of the following e-mail addresses to contact UltimateBet:

E-mail Contacts

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Conclusion: Ultimate Bet is one of the world’s most popular poker room. It also provides new players with a very generous sign up bonus offer of 111% up to $1100. UB is an independent poker room with their own unique software which is visually well done and offers standard features found in most poker rooms. Ultimate Bet offers many interesting promotions and big tournaments, traffic is good, rake is average, and support is of high quality but lacks variety in support channels.

• Solid and numerous poker promotions
• Excellent average Sign up Bonus
• Fast poker software
• Accept US Players
• Good traffic

• Sometimes a slow tournament game pace
• Limited deposit/withdrawal options
• No live support in software
• No telephone support