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Well I won't go into how I believe the flops are juiced and true odds are thrown right out the window but the reason for this message is I want to withdraw my money from my account. Its only $126 so we are not talking about much. UB simply will not give me my money. They use excuses and actually say if I deposit more money then I can withdraw it all out at the same time. Wouldn't that be like throwing a lion a piece of meat and then asking for it back? You can put your money in but just try to get it out. My friend in New York had the same problem a year ago so it is not just me. BEWARE!!

I used to play there, I liked it. Interface is rather nifty (though I like FTP better), action was usually okay, etc. But in light of all the cheats there, I feel the FTR review needs to reflect those actions. Copy/paste this (http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/for um/important-ultimate-bet-superuser-scan dal-update-t73354.html) into your browser and then decide to play at FTP or Stars.

Have played on many sites, overall ultimatebet was near the bottom to me. I am someone who likes to withdraw cash fairly regularly and keep my bankroll at a fairly constant level. It was very annoying to me that the site does not allow a withdrawl within 48 hours of a deposit. I think that's just a joke and speaks to how poor their customer service is in general.

I signed up because there was a decent bonus and rakeback deal. But the software is sub standard, the rakeback tracking failed and it's hard to find a decent table. Also, I never had that much hassle cashing out from a site, they requested documents to verify my id, which I provided, but I'm still not allowed to withdraw and the customer service doesnt respond.

Do not play at this site! The owners stole millions from the high stakes players, using a "superuser" account to see everyone's hole cards. They did this for months and months, changing the superusers account names multiple times, so as not to arouse suspicion. See http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showth read.php?t=251207 for the full story (You'll need to scroll about halfway down for the bit starting with UB, the first bit is about a similar scandal involving Absolute Poker, who were owned by the same people!)

What customer service?? Missing tournament dollars for multiple feeder wins, missing registration for feeder tournaments won; 2 weeks and not an acknowledgement of any kind from customer service. The one response I did get over a month ago on an unrelated subject was misspelled and written in pigeon English.

Updated the UB review in August 2007.

UB has a cool 100% bonus to $650, it takes a long time, I guess it takes longer than some other rooms but I like playing here and I like getting free money! I haven't had cash out problems cuz I do the bank wire, although I did have to contact support once cuz they needed a bunch of information regarding the bank to wire to, but their input box was too small to type everyting in! stupid. Support was kinda weak, just like many others mentioned previously. But back to the poker - fun site, cool graphics and interface, smooth, no disconnects, and you get points that you can use to purchase UB stuff. I like this site.

Thought I'd chime in and give an update on my own experiences with cashing out from UB. I reside in the US so many, if not all, the US friendly rooms have had problems with cashing in and cashing out to US people. Many of the problems are not the fault of the poker rooms themselves, but that doesn't matter, we want our cash when we want it. I've found that UB actually has a great feature for cashing out - using a wire transfer directly to my bank account. This has been working very well for me, is quite fast, and one of a few rooms that can do this. Absolute just removed this cash out feature. So, I've been able to use my e-wallets to deposit into UB, but then I wire transfer back out whenever I want to. I hope they can keep this feature because I'm finding it the absolute best method for me. Still loving the UB interface, and I still like the action here. I won't be leaving any time soon.

An update on the cashout problems. Well, after over three months the failed withdrawals were refunded into my account. It seems that they have been having problems communicating with their bank due to the U.S. legislation. Although I was disappointed in the customer service, they more than compensated with a $200 free buy in to a $200,000 guaranteed event, as well as an entry to a private $5,000 event. For future withdrawals I plan to use ePassporte. From what I have heard that is the most dependable for U.S. players.

I have played at this site for three years and never had a problem with withdrawals. Recently I had two check withdrawals that were never received. They amount to $150. When I contacted support they said both checks were "lost in the mail" , a stop payment was to be made, and they would return the funds to my account. They now say that both withdrawals were canceled before processing, and the funds were never deducted from my account. I saved the emails confirming the withdrawals were indeed processed, forwarded them to support, and they are now just giving me the run around. They won't acknowledge that the emails they sent confirming the withdrawals exists even though I forwarded them both emails. I am certain the funds were taken out and certain they were never returned. This is huge disappointment because the software is so great. I am trying to withdrawal the rest of my account and I don't know what to expect. I'm trying to get used to pokerstars now, but I really dislike their interface. I have never heard of anyone having these withdrawal problems, so it was really surprising when it happened. The customer support is terrible(no phone or live support), so resolving this issue seems impossible.

I learned a lot here, in fact I was like a 10 bracelot winner when I left here. I was talking to myself like Phil Helmuth does when he gets a bad beat. I learned that if I flop two pair I should just fold it because someone will beat me with a better hand 5 of 6 times, lol. I guess I had bad luck. The interface was the best, the bonus great, it deposits as soon as u leave the table. however, in my book it is speed poker, you get 7-15 seconds to play your hand or it is folded. Also, be careful with the 5-10 cent limit hold em, the rack is ten percent. The Tourney info is extreme, tells u anything and everything, like who is in first second and third and what place u are, much info, constantly updated. Personally I prefer almost all the other sites I've been on to this site though.

In all my years of dealing with internet software, I have never dealt with a company who's Technical/Customer Support was so "AWFUL". For an internet game that involves "$$$" they do not have the courtesy of offering any "Online support" or "telephone support." Their only concern is playing with their software "THEIR" way. They need to become a bit more sensitive to "THEIR" customers or get out of business. "UltimateBet" WHAT A JOKE.....

I used to play at ongame, and it was a ton easier to make money there, but was forced out because of frist/politics. -people play better, and are more aware and tricky/aggressive. there are more tags/good-lags and less fish. -it's annoying/hard to use poker tracker. -they give no countdown clock, so you will randomly time out without noticing and get auto-folded. this can cost a lot if you're making 2-3 major decisions then time out for a big pot or two. -only half my emails to support were answered, and they have no phone-support. some of the answers did not answer my original question and took days/weeks...annoying service. there are good aspects - very nice interface with a convenient "bet pot" button, and fast paced action (so more hands per hour), but this doesn't outweight the other stuff. ub sucks. the end.

First of all, thier "customer service", I'd say it's horrible but it's not even there as far as I know. They only post an e-mail address but they don't respond. So if you have a problem, you're sh*t outta luck. I like the way the bonuses work, you're credited instantly which is nice. The software is good cause it's speed but it has a lot of annoying little features. I wish they had more playing but it's not that bad. Overall, it's a nice place it visit, but I wouldn't wanna live there.

i cant see the positives outweighing the negatives here. very high maintanence set up if you multi-table. have to download and old "patch" file to keep the HH window open for more than 5 hands just so your "handgrabber-type" software will continue to auto-import your hands. hard to build bigger pots, as it seems the others wont payoff unless they have something, too. bonus, if you like them, takes FOREVER to clear. however, it never expires, so there's no real rush to clear it at stakes "above your head."

They say you never forget your first. UB was the first online poker room for me. Now it's the only poker room for me. I've tried PokerStars and looked at Party but I don't think they compare. The GUI is both awesome and classic in these days where every site is awash in annoying banners and active content. UB has a little of that but they tuck it into the bottom left corner where it's easy to ignore. The bottom center view corresponds to how you'd see a round poker table in the B&M world. I've heard complaints about the bet totals not being shown but if you roll your mouse over the stack being bet the total pops up. In addition, the option to show the running pot total can be selected on the options page. The Stats button is easy to find and easy to read, I use it to fill in my spreadsheet that tracks my play after each session. Ditto for the hand history. Their connectivity is excellent. In perhaps 1000 hours of play I've lost connection maybe 6 times. Most of those are attrbutable to my home network. If your CPU was made in this century you will have no problem. For reasons I won't get into here, I remote desktop from my state of the art notebook to my home fileserver where the UB software lives which is a P3 500mhz with only 256MB ram and an 802.11b connection to the cable modem and only experience a nearly imperceptible slowdown. The bonuses mean next to nothing to me so I won't comment. I rarely play a tourney of any kind so I'll pass on that as well. To wrap up, if you just want to play full table ring poker I highly recommend Ultimate Bet!

LOVE the interface when center seating, especially when playing multple games. HATE the new waiting list for S&G's because you can no longer play multiples of those. Lots of action and many of the same people playing the same games. GREAT notes system with multi color balls for different types of player notes. Player notes are on their computer so you have the same notes no matter which computer you are using, unlike many other sites where the notes are stored on your computer so they are really messed up if you play from more than one computer. Although recently I have been spending a lot of time on Doyles room would still have to rate UB as the BEST overall.

I learned poker games here. Interface seems good, user friendly interface. Greatest software there is. Good mixture of decent players and fish.

It works for me.........lots of Omaha and Holdem action and good tournaments.

At first I wasn't a real big fan of UB maily because I couldn't get used to them not displaying bet amounts on the tables in their cash games. Once I got used to that I have fallen in love with the site. Their cashgames have a great mix of fish and good players. Their support seems friendly and quickly responds to e-mail. I haven't played any MTT yet but their SNG structure is IMO the best out there. The blinds raise slowly and you start with a big stack so it favors good post flop play. You have the option to fold hands face up if you are heads up in a pot and that is a cool feature I don't think anyone else offers. The software is slick and gives you options to change the backgroud. Unfortunatetly you aren't able to change your table view so you are always sitting in the bottom center seat. One thing that I really like is they offer a 'mini view' of the table which makes it really easy to multitable with no overlap. This is espeically nice for me since I don't have 1600x1200 resolution. The bonus is slow but at least they have one. You can also use your points for cool stuff in their store or to enter tournaments the only problem is that it takes a long time to earn points unless you play on their tables where they use player points as currency. Overall this is probably one of my favorite sites and I think I'll be playing on it for a while.

I will start by saying that this is the easiest site to look at for me . I have played at the other sites and the frontal card view works best. The mini view is also a plus, especially for multiple game play. Although the disconnects and stalls still do occur the action is fast and plenty. The sysytem does reward veteran players over newer players, but the newer players get the pleasure of the hands that almost never happen to insure exciting play. The sit and go mode has the best set up of all the sites. The amount of tourneys is a good thing. Heads up play seems to be a mystery. More often than not the best player wins barring the occasional suck out. As far as securities measures go this site seems to have less cheaters than most

Ultimate bet deserves all th praise it has received in the other reviews.however,it has some huge flaws mainly hardware related.Ultimate bet has overtaxed hardware which causes random disconnects.I've played there with high and low speed cable and dsl and it had this problem with all of them.I had it disconnect me when I was playing Ajs and hit two pair on the flop and also when I clicked fold with only a gutshot draw only not to fold and win the pot because of the disconnect.If you're playing here without enough ram on the machine you'll experience constant freeze ups and might experience the worse bug at UB-invisible cards or seeing just one of your cards-these were fairly common when I was playing on her windows me rig with only 63mb of ram.My own webstation has Xp pro and enough ram never to experience these "bugs" bugs at UB;but if you're playing on a truely old pc ignore their extremely optimist system requiremens-I would not play there if you have less than 256MB. The next huge problem is the random card generator is not random enough.It has a greater than normal tendency to deal pocket pairs.I've seen five dealt in one hand:to deal one the same pockets again and again out of the same seat(watch who has the hot seats at Ub and take them when they're open).This is exremely annoying occasionally(I've flopped a full house with the high wired set only to be facing quads three times in the same day!).It also has cold/rag seats out of which one never gets good pockets in hours of play-unless your definition of "good' is the same as Gus Hansen's. The next flaw with ub is their constant spamming of your email account and their very annoying popups and pop behind.The second can't be gotten rid of and the first will haunt you as long as you play with cookies disabled-so you either have to enable cookies everytime before you go there or suffer their annoying pop ups. Despite the flaws UB is still a great place to play and deserves three and a half to four and a half stars.

this the best poker room for me. You have a mini view option so you can play 3 tables at the same time even with a small screen. The touraments are pretty good too. The technical support is very fast. my favorite website !!

Good site but took away some of the promotions that made it the best.

Only played a few days on UB, won a little more than I lost but had luck both ways. Interface seems good and bonus, although a little slower than Party, is fine if you are playing on higher stakes tables where the rake is usually $1 or more per hand. Fewer games than Party so you can't always find enough games if you multi-table. The standard seems a little higher too, which I prefer because sometimes its difficult to read some of the more optimistic Party players. Just wanted to point out to the earlier poster that if you have KK, the odds someone else has AA at the same 10 handed table is 25-1 (9 players at 220-1 per player), not 2700-1. Your maths, rather than any conspiracy by the ultimate bet software, might be a better explanation of your losses.

I leaned poker games here. I play the "play money" games only, just for fun. I like the 1000/2000 no limit tables the most. I have nearly 20 mil play chips in each of my 5 accounts.

Everyone else has pretty much said it already..... ABSOLUTELY HATE THE BONUS STRUCTURE.....So much so, that I have left over $100 of bonus money in my acct and prob wont work too hard to go get it, on principal alone. Software is pretty damn fast, Good amount of idiots and fishers, but usually find 2 decent players at table of ten. Have yet to find a site that can match UB's variety in the Amount and types of Holdem games being played. Bad cards come in long streaks it seems, but good cards tend be hot for one or two peops in the sngo's.

I have been playing a lot of on line poker in the past two years. During that time I hit a lot of sites. Each time I come back to UB. They have the best looking site and software that is fast and reliable. The support is fantastic (they called me in 15 minutes when I logged a complaint). Cash outs are fast. There are enough fish to make steady money but not so many that the strategy leaves the game (that is my experience at party). Also, the note taking (saves your notes and can color code players) is incredibly helpful for remembering players habits over the long term. If you are looking for giant swings based on luck, try party poker. If you want to hone your poker skills with a more realistic table make up, play UB. Oh, and those that talk about Bots or rigged software at UB also believe Hoffa killed Kennedy. I've cashed out thousands from 3-6 on UB and have been on both sides of some bad beats and streaks. No site that makes this much money is going to risk their reputation on rigged software.

Ultimate Bet is a pretty good site with fast software, good game selection and lots of easy games with good action. There is no delay waiting for the cards to be shuffled and dealt, which was a minor issue I had with Paradise Poker (when you're playing thousands of hands, minor delays can translate into large differences in profit), so the action is pretty fast. The wide range of stakes for which you can play is accomodating to just about any bankroll. You can play anywhere from $.02/$.04 no limit, to $25/$50 no limit. Also, a lot of the players are very bad which makes for lots of easy games, even at the medium-stakes level. The only complaint I have with this site is with the software. At least 5 times in the past couple weeks my computer has just abruptly frozen while playing a few tables on this site. This has never happened before, and only happens when I'm using their software.

Greatest software there is. There are a perfect number of tables and total players. There are almost as much fish here at Party Poker. Best poker room there is. Customer Support is the best I have encountered. UltimatePoints and their Promotions are great. Best by far.

I have played at UB for a long time now, and it seems like a very user friendly interface. Most of my skill has been developed on these tables. I would suggest to anyone that wants to learn how to play poker (other than reading a few books, which I etremely suggest) will have a fun time playing with the play money in this cardroom. However, you can not play a play money "Sit & Go" without first depositing some real money, which is a real shame.

I HAD THE ULTIMATE OF BAD BEATS AND DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS OTHER THAN PACIFIC POKER. FIRST OF ALL I HAVE TRIED EVERY SINGLE ONLINE CASINO IN THIS TOP TEN IN THE LAST WEEK...ITS HOW I SPEND MY VACATIONS OK. WELL ANYWAYS THE SINGLE FACT IS THAT THEIR TOURNEYS AND CASHOUTS ARE MUCH BETTER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE AND THE GAMES LOOK AND PLAY GREAT. THE THING THAT IS BAD ABOUT THEM IS THEIR NO CUSTOMER SERVICE RULE. THESE GUYS MADE THE DMV LOOK GOOD. THEIR SYSTEMS WOULD GO DOWN ALL THE TIME. THEY INTRODUCED THESE NEW 75000 WEEKEND TOURNEY S AND SURE ENOUGH YOU ARENT EVEN AT THE FIRST HOUR BEFORE THE GAME GETS TURNED OFF AND EVERYONE IS OUT. NOW LIKE SOMEONE ELSE SAID THEY WILL PAY YOU OUT...I WAS IN EITHENTH PLACE WITH ABOUT 80 PEOPLE LEFT IN THE TOURNEY AND I GOT MY 450 BUCKS WHEN I ASKED FOR IT...BUT HELL I WANTED TO WIN IT ALL AND WASNT HAPPY WITH IT. I MUST BE PARANOID BUT MY CONSTANT COMPLAING TO THEM THAT THEY HAD TO UPGRADE THEIR SERVERS COST ME A REAL BAD RUN...THE FINALLY WAS A FLOP OF KING SIX SIX WHEN I HAD POCKENT KINGS...AND I LOST TO FOUR OF A KIND SIXES AFTER HE CALLED MY 28500 BET WITH SIX JACK... CAN YOU SAY PEEVED...ANYWAYS THAT WAS IT AND I LEFT...ALOT OF FISH AT PACIFIC POKER YEAH I AGREE THEY MADE ME RICH THATS A GOOD THING NOT A BAD THING...ARE THE TOURNEYS SECOND TO NONE...ABSOLUTELY NOT ONLY IN FREQUENCY AND PAYOUTS BUT THEY DO THEM WITH STYLE. IT LOOKS GOOD AND ITS CLASSY AND NOT FULL OF EFFECTS THAT LOOK LIKE A SATURDAY MORNING CARTOON LIKE ULTIMATE POKERSTARS AND ESPECIALLY PARTYPOKER DOES. JUST DONT TAKL TO CUSTOMER SERVICE I FIGURE THEY ARE RESPONSIBE FOR 5 TO SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS IN LOST WINNNINGS DUE TO THEIR INABILITY TO RESOLVE ANY ISSUE. I LITERALLY PUNCHED MY LAPTOP AFTER TALKING TO THEM ABOUT ONE INCIDENT ...A 2000 MISTAKE. BUT I ALWAYS COME BACK...CAUSE ITS FUN THE PLAYERS ARE GOOD MIX AND IT JUST PLAYS BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE. AND DONT EXPECT ANY BONUSES AFTER THE FIRST DEPOSITS CAUSE THEY DONT EXIST TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE 25% MATCH THEY GIVE AT FIRST...PUT THE 400 IN AT FIRST AND GET ALL 100 OUT OF THEM.. OH AND IF YOU SEE ME THERE SAY HELLO ...AND THEN FOLD TO ME LATER BOYS

This is only the second online casino I've tried (after Pacific Poker). My only gripe is that the ring games and tournies are limited, so it is almost impossible for me to get into a low stakes tournament, and at times I even have to wait awhile for ring games. On the plus side, you can get deposit bonuses after the initial deposit, you can play multiple tables at once. The way the bonus dollars work is neither good or bad.

One of 'Big Four' rooms. Like it definitely better than Party but less than Stars.

The interface is one of the best on the market. Though I miss the function key shortcuts of pokerroom.com, the all-mouse interface is not too demanding and button-choices are clear and quite secure from misclicks. The action is great at most times, but when one wants to play at some of the middle/high limits, sometimes getting a game started can be tough. Also, and with lower limits as well, late night/early morning games can take a while to amass enough players to start a Sit-N-Go. Otherwise the action is great and overall I never have a problem finding a game. I've used customer support on a few occasions and I've never had a problem with the service. They were very fast in replying, and very clear, and I never felt unsatisfied with their replies to me. Also, shipping occured very fast when I cashed in some of my points to order products. There are almost nothing but fish at the micro-limit tables. Even up to the 5 dollar SNG's there are a lot of fish; mostly players who watch the final table play on travel channel and think they're the next Gus Hansen. But at around the 5 dollar mark, players can play quite well. Strange as it may seem, play at the UB-point SNGs is more behaved and more advanced than the $5 and under real money games. I prefer to play against good players, and UB satisfies me in this respect. The bonus dollars you can earn at first glance seem kind of bogus: $1 is reaped only after earning 10 UBPoints. But in reality this is a pretty good buffer against the house's cut and at decent limits the points come fast. Bonus dollars can be earned for free (as well as points) at all times of the day at the site's consistent array of freerolls and UBP multi tourneys. I have over $230 in bonus bucks and I haven't deposited a single dime. With the freerolls for cash the site offers occasionally, I've built my bankroll to over a thousand dollars--also without ever depositing a dime. And because of UBP's that can be wagered themselves in SNG and ring games and multi-tourneys, I've earned quite a few "perks": 2 hats, 2 books, a deck of cards, turbo wilson software, and next, another book I'm saving up for. Well, well worth it. I've played a few sites out there, and I've settled on Ultimatebet.com. It's my home.

Ultimate bet is a fairly good poker room. It has all the usual games (holdem, 7-card, 7-card hilo, Omaha, Omaha hilo) but some nice extra's include pinapple and Triple draw lowball. There is also a high hand jackpot every 90 minutes if your lucky. I havnt played at too many other sites so i'm not sure exactly how it compares with bonuses but from ads ive seen it offers much less than other places. The main point at UB is the software. It has a first person view and a show hand option. Plus many options to change the settings of the room. The lobbyshows stats like avg. pot and hands per hr. but usually it seems they are not that helpful.

INTERFACE: First off, I have played at 9 different online poker sites thus far. Of those 9, UB definitely has the slickest user interface (IMHO). Pleasing to the eyes, all the call/raise/fold options that you need are there. They offer a simple and easily readable instant hand history right from the table so no need to wait for an email to check that last hand. They have a pretty slick "mini-view" feature as well so multi-tabling is made much simpler. although not as good as the mini-view offered by some of the Prima Network rooms (Royal Vegas and Gaming Club specifically) it is definteily something that I believe every poker room should have on their list of updates. ACTION/EASE OF GAME: The players that UB offers are probably as agood a mix as you could ask for. To me there are just the right amount of fish and descent players to make for many good tables. They seem to have stalled as far as new players joining up but there are still plenty of players around for plenty of action. TECH/CUSTOMER SUPPORT: In my rare instances that I needed customer support from UB, their people responded courteously and promptly. BONUS: Here is the one place that I don't care for UB at all. The bonuses are structured in such a way that you must earn so many "Ultimate Points" to release your bonus. The bonus is also released "as you go" based on how many points that you've earned. You earn $1 of bonus for every 10 points. So, if you've played your session for the night and you've earned 25 points you will have $2.50 released immediately into your account. This is a psychological point for me in that I would rather see the entire nbonus released into my account after I have earned it and don't really care for this structure at all. I am a big proponent of just requiring a player to play X amount of raked hands to release the bonus. OVERALL: The interface and action is what keeps me coming back here from time to time. The bonuses are actually almost a deterant for me.

I like the site very much, and find it easier to play than any other I tried!

The slickest poker interface out there. I learned much of my game here at UltimateBet at the $.10-.25 No Limit tables. Good mixture of decent players and fish. Offers micro-limits and a 20% percent initial deposit bonus. Too bad it takes so much work to earn those bonuses.