UB (formerly known as "UltimateBet") is one of the biggest and oldest poker sites on the internet. They opened in 2001 and grew very quickly during the poker boom because they regularly advertised during World Poker Tour broadcasts. Their popularity and image was enhanced by the endorsement of the "UB pros", a group of professional players who promoted the site, including Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke.
Their software is very nice. It is one of the smoothest interfaces out there. It has a very popular feature called "Mini-View" which allows you to make the table very small - a nice feature for players who play multiple tables at once.
In July 2008, UB and Absolute Poker joined together to form the CEREUS poker network in order to offer more benefits to their players.
In late 2010, both Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke announced that they were leaving UB. As of 2011, the UB poker pros only included lesser-known players, the most famous being Joe Sebok and Tiffany Michelle.
UB offered tournament leaderboards, bad beat jackpots which can get up to half a million dollars, their RAI$E Rewards Program, and UltimatePoints where you can buy items from their store. UB also offers blackjack as a side game.
UB shut down during Black Friday and, as of mid-2013, there seems to be no plans for UB to open back up.
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drfoomz on December 5, 2010
smeisner on November 25, 2010
In my search to find a new site to play at, I decide to play some .50/1 NL Hold'em (100 max buy-in) 9-10 player, just for a few hours before calling it a night at UB on Christmas. I had 3 unbelievable bad beats in a row during this time... I lost 300 dollars at this limit!!!
Unreal, this has never happen in a single session at any other site I have played at. I can usually hold my own at higher limits and tournament and have a good ROI the past 3 years. These players seem to know what was cards where coming and or knew what my hole cards where. Nothing else could explain their actions, or they way they played. They were making a killing on other players as well… First suck out: AK vs. KJ. I have AK in the SB, 5 players (loose, passive) limp in, I raise it to 11. Every one folds to a Player with KJo who flats calls from early position. (Note he has 400.00 plus in front of him in a 100 max buy in???, and I have 118.00 post-flop) The flop comes 2 7 K (two suited, no flush draw for either of us), I bet the pot which was around 25, the other player flat calls again??? Then the J (he only had 3 outs) came on the turn. The rest was history, I made another pot size bet, which made me pot commented and he moves all in. couldn’t put him on KJ, -118 there… Second weird post flop play: AK vs. 53s. I have Ah Kc in middle position, one player (just sat down at the table a few minutes prior) limps, I raise to 4.5, everyone folds to the SB who calls with 5d3d. The flop comes Ad, Qd, 7d. The other player has 200BB plus, I have a little under 100BB. He comes out raising with a made flush (118 to 1), over betting the flop and etc. and I re-raised and he moved all in. had to call… -100 or so there… Third suck out. Ah Ac vs. 8c 9c I have Ac Ah in middle position. A (loose, aggressive player) from early position raises to 4.5, I call, a player (unknown, just join the table with 100BB) in the sb calls with 8c 9c and the BB folds. 3 players see the flop of 5d 2c Jc, the player in the SB with 89 bets the pot with flush draw, the earlier position player calls, and I re-raise 3x the pot. The player with 89 flat calls, early position player folds, then a Jd falls on the turn. I have about 58BB left, already put almost half my stack in already. Player with 89 checks, I raise the pot (50BB), thinking he going to fold here if he has flush draw, since he is getting 2 to 1, there’s a pair on the board, he as two under cards, and has about 14% chance of winning if I don’t have a better flush/draw, with no express olds whatsoever. He calls of course and a 4c comes on the river… I have 8BB left. He moves all-in. I call… Unbelievable… NO ONE COULD HAVE MADE THAT PLAY WITHOUT KNOWNING SOMETHING. Then he starts chatting that we couldn’t believe he won and etc. This was the most unreal mind boggling play sequence I have ever experience. I will never play at Ultimate Cheat ever again. |
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Is this deliberate or is UB just a buggy piece of goo?
It certainly is unreliable. I sent them the results, I doubt if I will ever hear back.
Not going to waste any more time or money there, plus there's not much action in the lower limits.