Ultimate Bet burst onto the poker scene in 1999. Housing a great stable of professional poker players like Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth, UB has really gained in popularity over the past few years. It is also one of the only larger rooms in the world that still allow U.S. players to play there, and the tournament traffic is some of the biggest around the globe. The room will be a mainstay in the industry for many years to come, as confirmed by its rising traffic numbers. The site has some of the highest-stakes games you can find on the net, and since its merger with Absolute Poker it has only gained more steam as a powerhouse in the online poker business.

Software

Ultimate Bet has one of the best and most unique user interfaces in the online poker industry. Its table setup offers a bright green felt, oval design, and elegant chairs that act as avatars when you sit in for a session. It has a very solid "cardroom-like" feel, and the software doesn't lag at all when you open up multiple tables. It doesn't offer resizable tables or lobbies like PokerStars or Full Tilt, but it does offer things like the Ultimate Buddy finder, instant hand histories, and access to other vital stats as you sit at your table. The lobby is also very is easy to navigate around, with tabbed browsing to help you find any game you're looking for.

Game Variety

Texas Holdem (Fixed Limit, No Limit, Pot Limit)
Omaha Hi and Hi-Lo (Fixed Limit, No Limit, Pot Limit)
7-Card Stud Hi and Hi-Lo (Fixed Limit)
Crazy Pineapple Hi and Hi-Lo (Fixed Limit)
Triple Draw (Fixed Limit)
Blackjack

Bonuses

Right now Ultimate Bet is offering perhaps one of the largest first-time deposit bonuses out there. In honor of Phil Hellmuth winning his 11th WSOP bracelet, UB is offering a special 111% bonus up to $1,100 for all new players. This way you get this great bonus is by using our exclusive Ultimate Bet bonus code UBP123. The Ultimatebet bonus is cleared by earning "Ultimate Points" at the ring tables and tournaments. For every 10 Ultimate Points you earn at a ring game, $1 of your bonus will be unlocked, and for every 30 Ultimate Points you earn from tournament fees, the same amount will also be cleared into your bonus account.

Tournaments

This is one of the biggest reasons why Ultimate Bet is one of the largest and most popular online poker rooms in the world. The site runs huge amounts of satellites to some of the biggest live tourneys out there, including the Aussie Millions, WPT, EPT, and the World Series of Poker. They're also home to the famed Aruba Poker Classic, which also boasts their name. Tournament buyins start as low as a buck to as high as $1000+.

Right now, the most popular tournaments at Ultimate Bet are the Sunday $200,000 Guaranteed, The UB Online Championship Series, and the Ultimate Player's Choice Tournament. All of these MTT's offer huge guaranteed prizepools, as well as opportunities for players to win a seat to their favorite land-based tournament event. In addition to that, the site also offers a unique Bad Beat Jackpot as well. If you lose with quad 8's or better, you'll walk away with a nice share of a 5- to 6-figure progressive.

Traffic

During peak hours, Ultimate Bet has anywhere from 15,000 to 25,000+ players sitting at the tables. Most of the traffic is concentrated in the Texas Holdem and Omaha tables, with a large % of the overall traffic being centered around the daily tournaments that UB offers.

Competition

The competition level at Ultimate Bet is a mixture of fish and sharks. You can normally find the loosest action at the lower to middle-stakes tables, primarily in Texas Holdem and Omaha. Flop percentages are known to hit well above 40 to 50 percent at these particular stakes. As the limits move up to the $10/$25 and $25/$50+ No Limit Texas Holdem games, the players' skill levels will improve significantly. It's a known fact that some of the best live and online players in the world test their poker prowess at some of the biggest games at UB.

Customer Service

The only support option at the moment is via email. The inquiries are normally answered within a fair period of time, although this could definitely improve in the future.

Deposit Options

Depositing methods accepted at Ultimate Bet include: Visa/MasterCard, Visa Electron, Click2Pay, ePassporte, Western Union, MoneyGram, eWalletXpress, bank draft, and wire transfer.