Ultimate Bet Bonus Code

UltimateBet is my choice for the best array of bonuses online. There are dozens of deals to go through but let’s just mention the elephantine 125% first time deposit bonus on up to $1,100. While that $1,100 number makes it one of the largest bonuses available online, it’s Bonus Dollar system (same as FPP or any other player point system on any other site) is structured such that more so than most any other site online, the UB bonuses are reachable. It’s a bit too complicated to explain here, but briefly, you gain Bonus Dollars based on your Rai$e status (a measure of your poker play) and if you commit to playing, you can be sure that UltimateBet will commit to you.

Ultimate Bet Overview

On top of the multitudes of fantastic bonus deals available on UltimateBet, UB runs the very popular $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool Sunday Tournament as its top tournament draw. Often times, this tournament will feature a major poker professional as a bounty (those players have included WSOP superstars Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth.) Plus you’ve got the huge live tournament, the annual Aruba Poker Classic sponsored by UltimateBet.

U.S. Player Policy

Both UltimateBet and its sister site Absolute Poker are proud to maintain themselves as a home for US players.

Customer Service

As great as UB is in bonuses and market availability, it is lacking a bit in customer service. They do support a multi-pronged customer service team, employing everything from an FAQ section to live chat to a hot line at 1-866-605-0311. But I sent an email question regarding depositing to support@ultimatebet.com and had to wait for two days to receive an answer. The live chat is probably their best feature as I was able to reach an agent within 30 seconds of initiating an effort.

Tournament Information

The biggest regular tournament on UltimateBet is the $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool Sunday tournament. The $215 buy-in tournament has a fair range of satellites leading up to it ranging down to $5.50 buy-in. The tournament often features a significant overlay and an A-list poker celebrity acting as a bounty.

Bounties are the focus of UltimateBet tournaments, with most of its tournaments featuring a bounty aspect. Numerous “sniper” series are up and running on UB, where players compete for weekly prizes by tabulating how many players that they have personally eliminated from qualifying tournaments. The most popular is the weekly seven man freeroll offered to the 7 players eliminating the most players over the course of the week, this tournament often becomes a ribald STT full of hilarious trash talk.

Major Promotions

$1 Pro Rebuy Madness Bounty Tournament
Start playing with enough money and the pros will find you, but most poker players will never get a chance to test themselves against the world’s best. UB offers its low stakes players a rare chance to play with big name pros like Shawn Rica and Scott Ian in its nightly $1 Rebuy Madness Tournament. Pay a buck, get a crack at a real poker millionaire.

Ultimate Points
UltimatePoints are awarded to players on the basis of both the level of their poker play and the level of their status on UB’s Rai$e ladder. Like FPPs on other sites, UltimatePoints can be exchanged by the player at the UB store for everything from a chance to be a fighter pilot for a day in the Air Combat USA system (179,000 points) to super dream car rental (245,000 points per day.) Golf clubs, books, chips and vacation packages – you can buy a lot with your UltimatePoints on UB.

Aruba Poker Classic
The annual Aruba Poker Classic is a major tournament in the international high-stakes poker tournament circuit. Played every year in the Bahamas, this onetime fixture of the World Poker Tour has played host to Phil Hellmuth, Erick Lindgren, Freddy Deeb, Layne Flack, Mike Matusow, John Juanda and hundreds of other top pros. With qualifiers and satellites open for registration right now, check out the UB lobby for more information.

How to Download

UB is an easy habit to pick up especially for Windows users. Simply go to ultimatebet.com, click on the big flashing icon that says “Download now,” kill 5-10 minutes depending on the speed of your internet connection, fill out the information, confirm your email address and then get playing at the poker room. Download to table, the whole thing won’t take 30 minutes. Mac users need to use a secondary program like Boot Camp or Parallels to get involved with UltimateBet.