Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Earning Ultimate Bet Points

Ultimate Bet is one of the largest poker rooms on the internet.with traffic that is among the top 3-4 in both ring games and tournaments. I believe it is a great place to learn these games at low stakes levels. Ultimate Bet is also a USA friendly poker room, by the way, operating on the Excapsa network. I've found that the gameplay at Ultimate Bet is pretty tight. UB software is faster and somewhat different from the others but is does not compensate on being user-friendly. Ultimate Bet is the home of Annie Duke, Phil Hellmuth and many other top poker players.

You used to get points if you were dealt a hand. Now only players who contribute to the pot get points. It's similar to an airline frequent flyer program for gamblers. If a tournament pays only five places, only the top five players get points, for example.

You MUST be at least 18 years old to receive a free bankroll at Ultimate Bet, Full Tilt and Absolute Poker. At Ultimate Bet, there are plenty of opportunities to build a nice bankroll (the amount of money you have set aside to play poker with). It is generally advised to be very conservative with your bankroll as a beginner.

Ultimate Bet is still playing strong for all US online poker so it is one of my favorite poker rooms. They are absolutely the most popular poker room with the rarer seven card poker professionals.