Review Summary
Ultimate Bet has taken a bit of a beating in recent years, but it still draws thousands of players thanks to generous promotions and some big money tournaments. Ultimate Bet is also home to several poker pros such as Joe Sebok, Maria Ho, and Tiffany Michelle. Read our Ultimate Bet review to find out why this online poker room is still worth your time.
Full UB Review
Coverage & Games
Ultimate Bet offers a fairly wide selection of games including Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Seven Card Stud, 7-2 Hold’em, Razz, and mixed games such as HORSE and HOSE. This is a better range than many smaller poker sites, but not as varied as the industry leaders.
Ultimate Bet accepted players come from the USA, UK, Australia and all around the world. There is essentially worldwide coverage and games are available around-the-clock wherever you are.
Bonuses, Promotions & Tournaments
The Ultimate Bet welcome bonus is a 111% match on your first deposit, worth up to $1100. This is quite a bit higher than the average online poker room, but Ultimate Bet are in greater need of players than sites like PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.
Other Ultimate Bet promotions are also available, and they appeal to different kinds of players. The bad beat jackpot will make skilled players much happier on those occasions when some noob donks out on them, with wins of over $50,000 possible on a loss. Younger players might be interest in Ultimate Bet promotions like The Big 4 Freeroll that offers tickets to concerts featuring popular bands.
While Ultimate Bet tournaments don’t offer the same huge prize money as the biggest poker rooms, they are still very competitive with the rest of the market. Every Sunday there is a $200,000 guaranteed prize money tournament and frequent tournaments offering tens of thousands.
Ease of Use & Support
Ultimate Bet software is quite easy to use, and it’s one of the reasons this poker site has remained popular throughout the years. It is easy to navigate and playing games is straightforward, though the major scandals on the Cereus Network poker rooms have generally been due to software issues. It has been a few years since those problems occurred, however, so we aren’t too concerned.
Additionally, Ultimate Bet is one of the few poker rooms with Mac software, so it would be a bit tough for Mac players to pass up based on previous problems.
The Ultimate Bet support service is available through a detailed FAQ or an online form. Contacting Ultimate Bet via the online form should get you a reply in less than 48 hours. This level of support is okay, but many other poker sites offer more.
Banking & Limits
Ultimate Bet deposit options: Visa, MasterCard, Ukash, Click2Pay, ClickandBuy, EcoCard, check, Moneybookers/Skrill, paysafecard, Neteller, debit cards, EntroPay, fast bank transfer, and many region specific deposit options
Ultimate Bet cash out methods: Bank transfer, check, premium bank wire, Moneybookers/Skrill, Click2Pay, InstaDebit, Visa, and Neteller
Reputation & Integrity
The reputation of Ultimate Bet is not so great thanks to a scandal involving another site on the same software network, as well as an incident that saw a large pot accidentally being awarded to the wrong player.
That really is in the past, though, and we think Ultimate Bet is not a danger for your cash. The site is licensed in the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory of Canada, and this regulatory body did deal out sanctions for the problems the Cereus Network was having a few years ago, so it is unlikely that any sites on the network will want to risk that again.
We think Ultimate Bet deserves a better reputation than it has right now, as it has been operating smoothly for quite some time now and offers a really good experience.