Thursday, 25 November 2010

• UB Championship Series

  So far in my articles we’ve gone over the benefits of US friendly poker sites, the UB referral code, how to clear the bonus, and details about RAI$E, their VIP program. Today I will talk about the tournaments hosted by UB, particularly the UB Online Championship (UBOC) series. Earlier this year UB hosted their fourth UBOC, featuring 18 events over twelve days.
  
  Those that could download free poker at the start of the year were lucky to have the chance to clear their deposit bonus during the events because they had the chance to compete for part of a $4 million prize pool. If you were a beginner player, you didn’t have to worry because there was also the Mini-UBOC, a series that had the same events as the regular UBOC but offered buy-ins under $30.
  
  Since UB is among the top Texas Holdem sites the series had mostly Hold Em events, but the site ensured that UBOC players also had the chance to play different types of poker. Other poker options included HORSE, mixed games, and Pot Limit Omaha. Hold Em players got to choose from short-handed and full ring tournaments as well as heads-up and rebuy events. If you managed to win one of the events, you received a very nice championship watch as a special prize for winning the tournament. Most online poker rooms give these special gifts to their winners to mimic the WSOP bracelets.
  
  The lowest buy-in in the series was $109 and the highest was $2,600 while individual tournament guarantees were anywhere from $30k to $1 million. Tourney poker pros like Eric Baldwin and Brandon Cantu were asked to host the events, similar to the Full Tilt Poker download and FTOPS. 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. I can’t argue that waiting for the next series announcement won’t be fun, 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, feel free to check out my older articles for details about why it might benefit you to do so. Until next time, good luck at the tables!

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