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Ultimate Bet Poker Review

Ultimate Bet, released in 1999, is one of the oldest, but most reputable online poker rooms associated with big online tournaments, numerous live events and freerolls supported each day. The room features Elimination Blackjack, a bad beat jackpot and some high stakes poker and seems to be attractive not only for usual players, but also for such celebrities like Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke.

The site provides stakes for beginners and high stakes players with action, cash games or hunt for satellites to the WSOP or RPT 24/7.  Signup bonuses (111% match up to $1100) are guaranteed for new to Ultimate Bet players. And in this case, players don’t have to earn a certain amount of points to clear it (the rate of release is $1/10 raked hands). The bonus is given as you play. Besides, while playing on the site players are awarded with FPP’s  – one additional frequent player point for every hour of playing ring games.

Before starting to play, you are recommended to check out the table statistics provided in the lobby of the site. It is quite possible to come across beginners and loose players involved in the micro and low limit games. At the same time, you may face a very skilled professional whose presence makes the competition much fiercer, but a lot more interesting.

The list of the games Ultimate Bet offers is really wide and includes both traditional and mixed variations supported in the respected limits such as No Limit, Pot Limit and Fixed Limit: Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 card Stud Hi Lo, Triple Draw, Kill Games and Double, Flop Holdem, Vegas Blackjack or Elimination Blackjack. The lowest stakes start as low as $.01/$.02 while high ones start as $300/$600. Ultimate Bet takes a 5% rake from each pot with a cap fixed at $3 per hand.

Ultimate Bet’s tournaments that are considered to be one of the best and most popular ones cater to players of different levels, have a good structure, are featured in various formats, available in re-buys, freezeouts, double stack and even shoot outs and cannot but add to the popularity of the site.

Numerous freerolls, qualifiers, satellites and signature events like the UK Online Championship and Ultimate Players Choice, offered by Ultimate poker every day give players a chance to win a seat to big events including WSOP as well as to small prize pools.

We must admit that Ultimate Bet does not share a players base, its platform is reliable and secure. The site is equipped with such features as lobby (which seems to be a bit overwhelming), table statistics, lightening fast speed and compatible with Poker Tracker. Multi-table games will be able to enjoy playing in up to eight games at the same time with a resizing tool and cascading tiles. The graphics offer a full view table, though they do not support personal avators.

Players can get support only by means of email, however they’ll have to wait for the reply due to the large player base. Knowledgeable support team will efficiently handle your question.

Ultimate Bet offers the following payment methods: Visa/MasterCard, Visa Electron, Click2Pay, ePassporte, Western Union, MoneyGram, eWalletXpress, bank draft, and wire transfer.

For more information about Ultimate Bet, visit company’s website.