Ultimate Bet Poker Review

UltimateBet is the 4th most popular site for ring games. They have pros that promote the site including Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, David "Devilfish" Ulliott, and Antonio Esfandiari. They have micro-limit games as well as several very high limit games. UB has great on-going promotions and sponsors the WPT Ultimate Classic in Aruba.

UB offers a 100% matching bonus up to $350

Ultimate Bet has an average amount of fish, but with such a large game selection it is fairly easy to locate the fishey games if you search for them.

UltimateBet is the 4th largest site for ring game traffic with typically between 4,500-5,500 at peak hours. The traffic is spread out over all types of games and not as concentrated to Holdem like most rooms.

UltimateBet's tournament traffic is very good at peak hours, where is typically between 9,000-12,000.

UltimateBet has a wide game selection, with Holdem, Omaha Hi and Hi-Lo, 7-Card-Stud Hi and Hi-Lo as well as the uncommon Pineapple and Triple Draw 7-2. (Pineapple is a variation of Holdem where you get three hole cards and have to discard one card after the flop). There are no-limit and pot-limit in Holdem and pot-limit in both Omaha variants. There are 1-on-1 tables in both Holdem, Omaha and 7-Card-Stud.

UB Poker offers games ranging from $.01/$.02 all up to $80/$160 in Holdem. The games up to $.50/$1 are especially easy with some pot averages being as many as 10 big bets and flop %'s usually near or above 50%. Above $1-2 the 6 max tables are wide open and attract many maniacs.  

UB offers a wide range of tournaments. Most of the multi-table tournaments are Holdem. Buy-ins range from $1-$100. The biggest event they hold is the annual Aruba trip and they send several players there every year.

UB’s rake structure is more favorable to higher limits. In the heads-up and three-player tables there is a very low cap. The tournaments have a flat buy-in charge of 10% for all levels except for the $1 events, which are free and the $100 where the charge is 9%. In heads up tournaments there is a 5% charge. No limit and pot limit games rake $.05 per $1 maximum rake $3. The maximum rake in 2-3 handed games is $1, 4-5 handed games maximum rake is $2, games with 6 or more players rake up to $3.

E-mail support only, but it is fast (usually 10 minutes or less) and fairly reliable.

The software is very fast, smooth and reliable. The mini-view allows a player to minimize a game window to just a small fraction of its original size, perfect for multi tablers. Also there is a feature where if two players are heads up in a pot the folding player can show the hand they are mucking. Many stats function and a buddy list program are supported. Ring games and tournaments are compatible with Poker Tracker, a Windows based computer program that allows you to analyze your on-line Texas HoldEm play. Poker Tracker stores and summarizes hand history data that can be downloaded from your poker site. It’s a valuable tool and if used properly will significantly increase your profits.