Hits
- Free UB Cap
- Accepts US Players
- Supports completely automated import of tournament and ring game data to Poker Tracker with additional software
- $200K Guarantee tourney every Sunday
- Leader in High Stakes Triple draw and Stud
- High profile endorsers
- Fast payouts (often in 3 hours)
- Mini View feature
- Spreads many games, including Royal Hold'em
Ultimate Bet Review
8.32 / 10
UltimateBet is one of the world's leading poker rooms and an innovator with many new features in its software combined with a nice and sleek look and feel. The game variation is very good and there are many super high limit games.
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- Fast payouts (often in 3 hours)
- Play with top pros like Phil Helmuth
- Excellent quality software
Info
- Name Ultimate Bet
- Website www.ultimatebet.com
- Established 2001
- Country Canada
- Auditor n/a
- Software Ultimate Bet
- Size 17.1 MB
- Email memberservices@ult...
- Telephone n/a
Download & Play Now (17.1 MB)
Score
8.32/10
- Total weighted score 8.32
- Software & Graphics 9
- Ring Game Traffic 7
- Tournament traffic 7
- Game variety 9
- Rake 6
- Soft competition 8
- Sign up bonus 9
- Loyalty bonus 8
- Promotions 10
- Support 10
- Financial security 10
- Deposit & withdrawal options 10
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Bonus Info
- Sign-up bonus in $ $750
- Deposit bonus in % 100%
- Referral bonus per friend $100
- Clearing Requirement
Bonus is converted to real money for play on the site at the rate of $1 for every 10 UltimatePoints - Bonus expiration time
None
Game Volume
8.2/10
- Game Peak hours
- Cash game 3,800
- No-Limit Texas Holdem 2,200
- Limit Texas Holdem 1,600
- Omaha Hi/Lo 220
- Omaha High 180
- 7-Card Stud High 100
- 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo 80
- All other cash games 380
- Tournaments 26,000
Special Features
- $750 bonus for our players - use bonus code PL50
- Monthly $15K WPT Freeroll for PL.com players
- Monthly $5K CASH Freeroll for Pl.com players
- Free UB Cap
- Poker lessons from the UltimateBet Pros
- UltimateBet.com online championship
- Mobile Poker available for both Play and Real money
- Free UB Cap for our players
- High limit games
- High profile endorsers
- Ultimate Poker Classic in Aruba
- The MiniView feature (great for multiple table play)
- Choose your own background environment
- Sponsors of the WPT Ultimate Classic in Aruba
- Spreads Multi-player Blackjack
Special Bonus Details
Bonus Code
N/A
Download & Play Now (17.1 MB)
Support Quality
10.0/10
- 24/7 Support Yes
- Website FAQ No
- Support features Email
- Email confirmation No
- Speed Very fast
- Knowledge Very good
- Friendliness 95%
- NETeller payout time 24-48 hours
- Withdrawal smoothness 95%
Hits
- Free UB Cap
- Accepts US Players
- Supports completely automated import of tournament and ring game data to Poker Tracker with additional software
- $200K Guarantee tourney every Sunday
- Leader in High Stakes Triple draw and Stud
- High profile endorsers
- Fast payouts (often in 3 hours)
- Mini View feature
- Spreads many games, including Royal Hold'em
Misses
- Very tough competition at higher stakes games
- No live or telephone support
- Not great sit and go tournament volume
Summary (8.32)
UltimateBet is one of the world's leading poker rooms and an innovator with many new features in its software combined with a nice and sleek look and feel. It is part of the Excapsa network, one of the largest online poker networks, which include sites such as UltimatePoker.com. The traffic at UltimateBet is among the top 3-4 in both ring games and tournaments. The game variation is very good and there are many super high limit games. BlackJack and Multiplayer Blackjack is now also offered. There are decent promotions and a great frequent player program. Several poker pro endorsers like Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke and Antonio Esfandiari participate in the games. UltimateBet has few weaknesses and is by many regarded as the new leader in terms of overall experience. Real money player statistics - 2,800-3,800 ring game players at peak hours, 20,000-26,000 tournament players at peak hours.
Ring Game Traffic (7)
UltimateBet is typically in top 4 to 5, in terms of ring games traffic. The number of real money players in ring games is typically reaching 2,800-3,800 at peak hours. The traffic is quite well spread out over all types of games (compared to many other rooms where traffic is concentrated to Holdem only).
Game variety (9)
UltimateBet has a good game selection, with Hold'em, Omaha Hi and Hi-Lo, 7-Card-Stud Hi and Hi-Lo, Pineapple and Triple Draw 2-7, Triple Draw A-5 and the unusual game Royal Hold'em where deuces through Nines has been removed from the deck but plays as Hold'em. There are no-limit, Limit and pot-limit in Hold'em and pot-limit and Limit in both Omaha variants. There are heads-up tables in both: Hold'em, Omaha, 7-Card-Stud, Triple Draw 2-7 and Triple Draw A-5. The site was also first to introduce Pineapple (a variation of Hold'em where you get three hole cards and have to discard one card after the flop). There are also certain "kill games" in which a consecutive winner of two big qualifying pots has to post a forced blind, twice the big blind. Ultimate bet just added another unusual card game, by spreading not only Blackjack but also Multiplayer Blackjack, an entirely new form of Blackjack that is played, not only versus the bank but also versus other players.
Soft competition (8)
The full tables at $0.5/$1 limits and up have view flop percentages in the mid 30-ies up to mid 40-ies in most cases, which is tight but not too bad. There are certainly easier sites to win money at, but among the top 5 online poker rooms UltimateBet scores average.
Loyalty bonus (8)
UltimatePoints are awarded for each raked hand or tournament as well as 1 point per hour and table during play. Extra points are awarded players who start up new games. Points can be used for entries to tournaments or merchandise purchases.
Support (10)
The response time for most emails are under 10 minutes. Except for some service lag since a recent software upgrade. The staff is very friendly and knowledgeable overall. On the negative side they still only have email support.
24/7 support: Yes
Website FAQ: No
Support Features: Email
Email confirmation/receipt: No
Speed: Very fast
Knowledge: Very good
Friendliness: 95%
Avg. NETeller pay out time: 24-48 hrs
Withdrawal smoothness: 95%
Deposit & withdrawal options (10)
Deposit options:
VISA, MasterCard, NETeller, FirePay, Citadel (US only), wire transfer, bank draft, cashier's check
Cash out options:
NETeller, FirePay and check.
Software & Graphics (9)
UltimateBet's graphics have a unique and sleek look. It runs quickly and reliably. The MiniView feature is really great, which perfectly suits players who play at many tables at the same time (the user can always switch each table back to standard view). Notes on players are supported. The statistics function is advanced with great detail in the information (only your own game is being monitored here). 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 8 different background environments. A Windows emulator is needed for Mac and Linux users to make the UltimateBet software compatible. Overall, UltimateBet has top-notch software! The software now has 2 innovative features the ability to fold and show as well as a bet pot button at pot limit tables.The software is frequently updated, to provide maximum safety and reliability for players without any significant downtime.
Tournament traffic (7)
UltimateBet's traffic at the tournaments is very good at peak hours, where the traffic will reach somewhere between 20,000-26,000 but the traffic is down earlier in the evenings (European peak hours). At multi-table tournaments, there is sometimes a "player bounty", in which the participant who eliminated the bounty player gets a special price!
Rake (6)
UltimateBet's rake is somewhat less attractive than the average in the industry, at least when it comes to lower limit games. The rake caps at UltimateBet are in line with the industry, but the drop is taken at more frequent intervals, which result in a higher effective rake. However, the maximum rake for short-handed games, are capped at lower than at many other rooms. Moreover, in the heads-up and three-player tables there is a very low cap. The tournaments have a flat buy-in charge of 10% for all levels except for the $1 events, which are free and the $100 where the charge is 9%. In heads up tournaments there is a 5% charge.
Sign up bonus (9)
To cash out bonus money you need points for raked hands. For example, get 1,000 points for raked hands (where you just get dealt cards) at $0.25/$0.50 tables and up, within any time limit to cash out $100. Each pot with rake $0.05-$0.20 awards 0.10 points, $0.25-$0.45 awards 0.25 points and a rake of $0.5-$3 awards 0.5 points. Plus, you can make up to $100 for each friend you refer.
Promotions (10)
UltimateBet has reasonably good promotions, with a great refer-a-friend program. Large guaranteed tourneys are run every week as well as WSOP qualifiers. There are quite a few free rolls and frequent player free rolls. Maybe once per quarter there is a re-deposit bonus of about 20% up to $100. "Team Ultimate Bet", the poker star endorsers, make frequent appearances in the rooms. There are 4 High hand jackpots awarded every 90 minutes. UltimateBet also runs continuous WPT qualifiers and the refer-a-friend program gives you up to $100 per friend! Lots of chances to play poker on TV! Just win your way through one of the many televised events being held right now.
Financial security (10)
Very good, as one of the leading poker rooms in the world. No recorded problems. Top score.
