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UB, part of the third largest and growing CEREUS network, operates out of Quebec, Canada and is home to poker pros Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth. Annie Duke is well known throughout the celebrity and poker scene for her charitable giving with Ante Up For Africa while Phil Hellmuth maintains the infamous title of “Poker Brat”. UltimateBet can boast to more than just having two of the most well-known faces of poker though, as they also have a wide range of stakes and games.

Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha 8/b, 7 Card Stud/8b, Razz, HORSE, and HOSE are all on offer at UltimateBet, with no-limit, limit, and pot variations. Stakes begin at just $0.01 - $0.02. While strong on the micro- and lower stakes, high stakes players may find a harder time finding something for their liking. The highest running cash game was only $100 - $200. If ring games aren’t your thing, UltimateBet has a full schedule of freerolls, Sit & Go tournaments, and multi-table tournaments to choose from. Though Sit & Gos don’t rake high on the popularity list, the multi-table tournaments sure do. A different one is starting just about every 10 to 15 minutes. A $215 buy-in will also get you into one of their biggest tournaments, their Sunday $200,000 guaranteed.

UB is part of the third largest poker nework, the CEREUS Network. At any given time an average 20,000 players are on the CEREUS network, hitting highs of 30,000+ players. On October 12, 2009, there were 30,128 players. The busiest time for Ultimate Bet is between 7:00 PM ET and 11:00 PM ET, with 25,000+ players. Night owls or early risers won’t have as much fish or as many tables to choose from as the evening players. Traffic slows considerably to below 10,000 between 2:00 AM ET and 11:00 AM ET. Absolute Poker also shares its traffic on the CEREUS Network.

With all these players, tables are in no short supply at UB. Hundreds of no limit Texas Hold’em tables can be found at the $2-$4 stakes and under, including a big handful of heads-up tables. You may even find yourself on a waiting list. Over $3-$6, the tables mostly consist of one player waiting for others to join. Omaha and the other games have a few tables running, but nothing compared to the amount of Hold’em tables.

Ultimate Bet offers a 111% up to $1100 first deposit bonus. In order to get this rather large bonus you must use the links on this page and use the UB bonus code FTRBONUS when making your account. To maximize the full bonus you need to deposit at least $991. Once you have made the deposit and have been credited with the bonus, the bonus will need to be released in $5 increments by earning Status Points. The amount of Status Points you need to release each $1 in Bonus Money will also vary based on your RAI$E Level in UB's loyalty program, RAI$E. All players start out as Members and Members need 20 Status Points per $1 in Bonus money. Status Points are earned by playing raked hands and paying tournament fees. New players then need to earn 22,000 Status Points in just 60 days to clear the bonus. This can be quite the frustrating feat at anything lower than 100nl.

Other bonuses and promotions on offer at UB are weekly $200K guaranteed tournaments, refer a friend bonuses, bad beat jackpots, trips to play in live events, and cash for Status Points. Also, climb through RAI$E, UltimateBet’s loyalty program, and gain access to exclusive tournaments and freerolls, shopping discounts, VIP hosting, and even interest on your account balance!

See our UB Bonus Code page for more details.

UB is well-known in the poker arena for having some of the best poker software out there. It is crisp looking and very well organized. A side menu in the client let you access poker, blackjack, the cashier, promotions, and leaderboards. The poker lobby is also neatly divided up with tabs, making tables and tournaments quick and easy to find. A hide full table option also lets you quickly find which tables have no wait to join. Most important is that UltimateBet didn’t trade in speed for good graphic design. They have the best of both worlds!

Customizable options include a 2 or 4 color deck, the use of hot keys (using F1 to fold, F2 to check, etc.), optional avatar viewing, two different table views, and the ability to rotate the view at any table so you are always sitting in the same seat. This last option, which is not customary of large online poker rooms, was first brought about and made popular by Ultimate Bet. Tables are also completely resizable and can be automatically cascaded or tiled to ease multi-table play. Hand history is also quickly accessed by clicking on “history” in the bottom right hand menu at the table. In the hand history viewer you can select to either view the hands from either a certain poker table or all the poker tables you are viewing.