UB Championship Series
Posted by Crystal Smith on Thursday, November 25, 2010
So far in this blog we’ve discussed the benefits of US friendly poker sites, the UB referral code, how to earn the bonus, and details about RAI$E, their VIP program. For today’s topic, I’d like to discuss the tournaments hosted by UB, specifically the UB Online Championship (UBOC) series. Earlier this year UB hosted their fourth UBOC, featuring 12 days and 18 events.
The people that had the foresight to download free poker before the series started definitely benefited from being able to clear their bonus during the tournament series because they were able to play for a total prize pool of over $4 million. Those with small bankrolls didn’t feel left out because UB offered Mini-UBOC, a series that was similar to the regular UBOC but had buy-ins less than $30.
Because UB is one of the top Texas Holdem sites there were a lot of Hold Em events, but the folks in charge ensured that UBOC players also had the chance to play different types of poker. There were two Pot Limit Omaha events, three mixed game events, and one HORSE event. The Hold Em choices included short-handed and full ring tournaments as well as heads-up and rebuy events. Every UBOC event champion also received a special gift: a lovely championship watch to commemorate the win. Most online poker rooms give these bonus prizes to their winners to to make it similar to the World Series of Poker events.
You could buy-in to events from $109 to $2,600 while event guarantees ranged from $30k to $1 million. MTT poker pros such as Eric Baldwin and Brandon Cantu were asked to host the events, just like the Red Pros with FTOPS on the Full Tilt Poker download. The largest first prize won in an event was $361k which was won in the Deepstack No-Limit Hold Em 6-max tournament. That’s a lot of money!
With poker growing more and more every day, you can be assured that UBOC should only get better and better. You’ll need to wait until they announce the next UBOC to play in these tournaments yourself, but at least it will give you time to make that UB download if you haven’t already done so. If you’re one of those that isn’t already using Ultimate Bet for Mac, please read my previous entries for details about why it could be a good idea. Thanks for reading and see you next time!
The people that had the foresight to download free poker before the series started definitely benefited from being able to clear their bonus during the tournament series because they were able to play for a total prize pool of over $4 million. Those with small bankrolls didn’t feel left out because UB offered Mini-UBOC, a series that was similar to the regular UBOC but had buy-ins less than $30.
Because UB is one of the top Texas Holdem sites there were a lot of Hold Em events, but the folks in charge ensured that UBOC players also had the chance to play different types of poker. There were two Pot Limit Omaha events, three mixed game events, and one HORSE event. The Hold Em choices included short-handed and full ring tournaments as well as heads-up and rebuy events. Every UBOC event champion also received a special gift: a lovely championship watch to commemorate the win. Most online poker rooms give these bonus prizes to their winners to to make it similar to the World Series of Poker events.
You could buy-in to events from $109 to $2,600 while event guarantees ranged from $30k to $1 million. MTT poker pros such as Eric Baldwin and Brandon Cantu were asked to host the events, just like the Red Pros with FTOPS on the Full Tilt Poker download. The largest first prize won in an event was $361k which was won in the Deepstack No-Limit Hold Em 6-max tournament. That’s a lot of money!
With poker growing more and more every day, you can be assured that UBOC should only get better and better. You’ll need to wait until they announce the next UBOC to play in these tournaments yourself, but at least it will give you time to make that UB download if you haven’t already done so. If you’re one of those that isn’t already using Ultimate Bet for Mac, please read my previous entries for details about why it could be a good idea. Thanks for reading and see you next time!
