POKER
ROOM REVIEW - ULTIMATE BET |
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Ultimate
Bet is definitely one of the world’s leading poker
rooms. The traffic at Ultimate Bet is among the top 3-4 in
both ring games and tournaments. The game variation is excellent
(see below) and there are many high limit games. For those
who are new to online poker, Ultimate Bet's micro limit tables
are an excellent way to get introduced to poker online without
risking the mortgage but to experience action with real money.
Their tournament schedule is extensive to say the least. A
tournament player's nirvana. Be sure to check out “The
MiniView feature” (for multiple table play)! The action
is very fast with plenty of loose games. There is little to
fault Ultimate Bet although some members have complained about
the crazy hands (which seems to be a common complaint of all
poker rooms). But that clearly shows that the action is often
very loose and therefore many "easy to win" games.
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ULTIMATE
BET - FEATURES |
| POSITIVE
FEATURES |
NEGATIVE
FEATURES |
- High limit games
- High volume of players online 24 hours
- Super fast payouts (often in 3 hours)
- Fast and reliable software
- Micro-limit tables
- Note taking support and good statistics functions
- Frequent player points scheme
- Extensive tournament schedule every day
- Hand high jackpots
- Large game variety
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- No live or telephone support
- Few-ish sit and go tournaments
- Mainly 10 player tables
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ULTIMATE
BET - POKER VARIANTS |
Ultimate
Bet supports the following forms of poker:
- Texas Hold Em
- Omaha
- Omaha Hi/Lo
- Seven Card Stud
- Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo
- Crazy Pineapple
- Crazy Pineapple Hi/Lo
- 3 Card Draw (Triple Draw)
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ULTIMATE
BET - INTERFACE |
| Ultimate
Bet's software works very well - fast, responsive and easy
to use. The graphics is quite good although no player Avatars
or images. The user interface is extremely easy to use. The
statistics function is advanced with great detail in the information.
There is a "buddy program" where a player can keep
track on when and where friends and favorite players are at
the site. The player can choose among 5 different background
environments. Player can change chat and table settings such
as change fonts, colours, sounds and much more. Overall, UltimateBet
has excellent and user friendly software. |
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ULTIMATE
BET - PLAYER TABLES |
The
player tables only have seats with the name and stack amount
superimposed onto each seat. There are no player Avatars (which
most poker rooms seem to have nowadays and some even support
actual photos/images of the players). For those that like
to play at several tables at the same time, there is The MiniView
feature. (The user can always switch each table back to standard
view.) Notes on players are supported. You can chat with observers
or restrict chat to players at the table or cancel chat altogether.
The options function will allow you to set the table, chat
and lobby features. |

MINI VIEW
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ULTIMATE
BET - RING GAMES |
Ultimate
Bet is typically in top 3 to 5, in terms of ring games
traffic which is most of the time well over 6,000 players
logged on at any time with the numbers rising well over 10,000
at peak hours. The traffic is quite well spread out. Ultimate
Bet really stands out from the area when it comes to poker
variations being played by a decent number of players. Although
Texas Hold Em remains the most popular, you can find several
tables being played in most of the forms of poker supported
by Ultimate Bet. We don't know of any other poker room that
offers NL games with $150/$300 blinds. |
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| POKER
VARIANT |
FORM |
STAKE
IN US$ |
MAX
NO. PLAYER |
| Texas Hold Em |
Limit |
0.01/0.02 to 200/400 |
2, 6 or 10 |
| Texas Hold Em |
Pot Limit |
0.25/0.50 to 10/20 |
2, 6 or 10 |
| Texas Hold Em |
No Limit |
0.01/0.02 to 150/300
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2, 6 or 10 |
| Omaha |
Limit |
0.01/0.02 to 80/160 |
2 or 10 |
| Omaha |
Pot Limit |
0.01/0.02 to 10/25 |
2 or 10 |
| Omaha Hi Lo |
Limit |
0.01/0.02 to 150/300 |
2 or 10 |
| Omaha Hi Lo |
Pot Limit |
0.01/0.02 to 10/20 |
2 or 10 |
| Omaha Hi Lo |
No Limit |
0.10/0.25 |
2 or 10 |
| Seven Card Stud |
Limit |
0.25/0.50 to 200/400 |
2 or 8 |
| Seven Card Stud Hi Lo |
Limit |
0.25/0.50 to 200/400 |
2 or 8 |
| Triple Draw |
Limit |
0.01/0.02 to 150/300 |
6 |
| Pineapple |
Limit |
0.10/0.25 to 2/5 |
10 |
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ULTIMATE
BET - TOURNAMENTS |
Ultimate
Bet is also amongst the top 5 in terms of tournament traffic.
At multi-table tournaments, there is sometimes a "player
bounty", in which the participant who eliminated the
bounty player gets a special price! Huge range of single tournaments
ranging from $5+$0.25 up to $5,000+$100. Ultimate Bet offer
single table tournaments in all poker variants supported apart
from Pineapple. Nearly 50 daily scheduled multi-table tournaments
and plenty of daily freerolls. Amongst the strongest and most
frequent multi-table tournament schedule online.
Below is merely an indication of the various kinds of guaranteed
pot tournaments. There are so many each day, with Saturday
and particularly Sundays holding the most and the largest
guaranteed tournaments. Essentially, there is at least 1 Guaranteed
Tournament starting every 2 hours of the day. Naturally, plenty
of qualifiers for WSOP events as well as the $1 million guaranteed
Ultimate Bet poker tournament.
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| TOURNAMENT
ENTRY |
ENTRY
FEE |
FREQUENCY
+ START TIME |
AVE. NO.
OF PLAYERS |
MAX. PLAYERS
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$2,000 Guaranteed
No Limit Holdem |
$5 + $0.50 |
Mon-Fri
02.00 EST/07.00 GMT |
N/A |
N/A |
$4,500 Guaranteed
No Limit Holdem |
$30 + $3 |
Sat-Sun
02.00 EST/07.00 GMT |
N/A |
N/A |
$13,000 Guaranteed
No Limit Holdem |
$30 + $3 |
Mon-Sat
22.00 EST/03.00 GMT |
N/A |
N/A |
$18,000 Guaranteed
No Limit Holdem |
$100 + $9 |
Mon-Sat
21.00 EST/02.00 GMT |
N/A |
N/A |
$150,000 Guaranteed
No Limit Holdem |
$200 + $15 |
Sun
20.00 EST/01.00 GMT |
N/A |
N/A |
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Ultimate
Bet is ideally suited for the serious tournament player as
there are often more than 10 guaranteed tournaments per day
with prize pool in excess of $2,500. |
ULTIMATE
BET - DEPOSIT & WITHDRAWAL OPTIONS |
DEPOSIT
OPTIONS:
VISA, MasterCard, NETeller, FirePay, Citadel (US only), SFPay
(US only), wire transfer, bank draft, cashier's check
CASH OUT OPTIONS:
NETeller, FirePay and check (VISA up to the amount you have
charged) |
ULTIMATE
BET - SUPPORT |
Support
is today much better at Ultimate Bet. The response time for
most emails are under 10 minutes. The staff is nice and knowledgable
overall. However, they still only have email support which
is a definite negative. |
ULTIMATE
BET - LOYALTY PROGRAMME |
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Ultimate Points are awarded for each raked hand or tournament.
Extra points are awarded players who start up new games. Points
can be used for entries to tournaments or merchandise purchases.
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ULTIMATE
BET - MEMBER COMMENTS |
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| MEMBER |
DATE
POSTED |
COMMENTS |
| Eurobonus
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4 Jan. 2005 |
One of the best tournament
schedules online today. Can't beat it. Great variety of
poker games. Even though I have never played some for
real money, and some never, the micro limit tables ($0.01/$0.02)
tables is a great way to try them out without risking
an arm and a leg. Pokerroom used to be my favourite, but
Ultimate Bet puts Pokerroom in its shade! |
| Chessprat |
15 Jan. 2005 |
Ultimate is my 3rd favourite
poker site. Interface a little confusing to navigate
at first, but fun once you learn the ropes.. interesting
betting variations available here ("kill betting")
& decent stakes. although the interface looks good,
the cards are dealt (and taken away) too quickly. |
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