Yhteenveto (Arviointi 7 / 10)
Ultimate Bet is one of the most well known online poker rooms, which stems from its television advertising. You've probably seen their ads for the Aruba Poker Classic. This draws a lot of players to their tournament scene, but cash game traffic is sorely lacking.
Pelivalikoima (Arviointi 5 / 10)
Limit games are spread with tables stakes ranging from the penny stakes (literally) to $200/$400. The higher stakes games are rarely ever running. Most of the traffic makes it way to their no-limit tables. No-limit stakes can also be found from the penny stakes to $50/$100. However, even the mid-stakes tables are barren. Most of the games are $0.50/$1 and below. Full ring tables are favored at the penny stakes, but 6-max is the game of choice for the low-stakes. Pot-limit is simply dead on UB. Omaha, O8, and 7-stud games are also rare. The majority of these games are played by those bored of Hold 'em. However, these games are also for insignificant money. Heads-up and kill tables are also available to players.
Tournament traffic fares better. However, SNG traffic is just as weak as the cash games in terms of traffic. Buy-ins range from $0.50 to $5,000. Once again, the higher buy-ins are rarely filled. Turbo, Ultra Turbo, 6-handed and multi-table SNGs are also available. MTTs are where UB seems to be the liveliest. Buy-ins start from $1 up to $500. The upper range being satellites to their featured live tournament, the Aruba Poker Classic. UB offers various guaranteed tournaments. However, the buy-ins are often higher compared to equal prize pools from other sites. Their "Sunday Major" is the $200 buy-in $200k guaranteed.
Pelaajien taso (Arviointi 8 / 10)
The cash games are filled with fish. The problem is actually finding a game to sit in. Tournaments are generally weak as well, with television ads serving to bring in recreational players.
Ohjelmisto (Arviointi 8 / 10)
Software has always been one of UB's strong suits. The software and gameplay are very fast. Even when multi-tabling, the software is relatively lightweight on your system. UB offers their "find a player" function through a program called "Ultimate Buddy." You can use this to follow the fish or just watch your friends. Their implementation of re-sizable tables is hit and miss. You can choose from 2 sizes: Regular (your standard-sized table) and Mini (which is roughly 1/4 the height of the regular table, but the same width). Unfortunately, the tables aren't fully drag-and-drop re-sizable like some of the larger sites.
Grafiikat (Arviointi 8 / 10)
The lobby interface is well organized, providing the necessary table statistics. The table experience features customizable backgrounds, four color decks, and the ability to display your accumulated UltimatePoints. The table font is legible and the lack of avatars is a definite plus. You are able to take notes and assign color labels to each opponent easily.
Tuottavuus (Arviointi 7 / 10)
Fortunately for the majority of UB players who are at the low-limits, UB has one of the best low-limit rake structures available across the poker networks with a tiered structure dependent on the number of players in a pot and max cap that is respectively lower.
For new players, UB offers a 111% deposit bonus up to $1100 with no expiry date. Bonuses are cleared by obtaining UltimatePoints. You earn points dependent on the amount of rake taken from a hand or the tournament fees respectively. For cash games, the bonuses run on a contributed basis. This means that you must put money in the pot (either voluntarily or being in a blind). This clearly favors the short-handed players, where the majority of players are anyway. UB also offers frequent reloads (often once a week). All bonuses are stackable and never expire. UltimatePoints earned can also be redeemed for products in the UltimatePoints store or exchanged for cash. Simply put, UB *could* be very profitable. However, the lack of games (especially mid and high stakes) prevent players from actually ever completing their seemingly endless reloads.
