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Ultimate Bet is one of the top online poker rooms. As such, traffic is obviously not a problem for the site. Not only do they get better than decent traffic on low and medium stakes, they get good traffic on their high stakes tables too. Founded in 1999, Ultimate Bet has almost a whole decade of successful activity to gaze back upon. Throughout its existence, it never failed to keep up with the requirements of an ever changing market though, and thus it managed not only to survive the ups and downs but also to stay on the front lines of the industry at all times. It currently accepts US players, a fact that may have contributed to the site’s current success.
Provided by the Cereus network, Ultimate Bet’s software greets players with clean and crisp graphics, an extremely easy to navigate main lobby, and overall stability and reliability.
The software is about 17 MBs big, easy to download regardless of the type of connection you have. Installation is automatic and fuss free, as is the creation of the player account.
The system requirements for running the Ultimate Bet client are minimal: it’ll run fine on just about any reasonably aged computer.
Subject to regular updates (which usually result in very little to no downtime) the Ultimate Bet software features mini table views and resizable tables – features which the multi tabling players will greatly appreciate. They will be able to play at 7 tables simultaneously.
Statistics displayed in the main lobby and the tournament ones are the industry standard (avg. pot sizes, stacks, blinds, players remaining in the game, time until the next level etc.). The UltimateBuddy is an instant messaging interface which players can use to put together friends lists, to locate their friends at the tables and to keep in touch with them.
A poker rules guide created with the contribution of Ultimate Bet’s in-house pros, Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth is at the disposal of beginners.
The game selection featured by Ultimate Poker is one of the best in the industry. They have Holdem, Omaha, Stud, H.O.R.S.E. as well as Crazy Pineapple. While traffic throughout the cash tables is excellent, it would be highly unrealistic to expect great traffic on high stakes Crazy Pineapple tables.
Ultimate Bet’s tournaments section is where the bulk of their traffic concentrates. Their SNGs run all day long starting as soon as the tables fill up, and they feature a wide range of buy-ins to satisfy all their patrons. These SNGs are excellent to pump a bankroll up on, especially if you’re fumbling with a really small one, won through one of UB’s freerolls.
Besides the freerolls which feature real cash prizes, Ultimate Point awards and even seats in live poker events, UB has a bunch of bounty tourneys too. In those tournaments, individual players needn’t even get past the money bubble in order to pocket some dough: all they need to do is to eliminate some of their opponents and cash in the bounty.
Ultimate Bet does give you an extremely generous first-deposit bonus, but the deal doesn’t stop there. By playing at UB’s real money tables, you’ll be generating RAI$E points. You’ll be able to exchange these points in their Ultimate Points store, for some of the most ludicrous prizes: gas for your car, being taken for a spin on a fighter jet, etc.
As far as the rake is concerned, UB has a cap of $3 on lower limits and $4 on higher ones. Otherwise, the rake is industry-standard.
UB accepts MasterCard, VISA, Neteller, Moneybookers, Bank Wire, Check, Click2Pay and a variety of debit cards for deposits.