Ultimate Bet Review (Rating 9/10)

Ultimate Bet is one of the world's leading poker rooms and a real innovator in the business, with many new software features and a nice, sleek look and feel. Most of the traffic is concentrated to Texas Hold'em, although this is hardly a big deal to most poker players. All in all, Ultimate Bet receives a recommendation if you're looking for some good action even at high stakes and a sturdy sign up bonus. (Read Full Review)

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Ultimate Bet is one of the world's leading poker rooms and a real innovator in the business, with many new software features and a nice, sleek look and feel. Most of the traffic is concentrated to Texas Hold'em, although this is hardly a big deal to most poker players. All in all, Ultimate Bet receives a recommendation if you're looking for some good action even at high stakes and a sturdy sign up bonus. Merging with Absolute Poker in August 2008 to form the new Cereus poker network, Ultimate Bet is also now one of the largest poker rooms in the world. The competition softness is a bit tight, especially at medium to high stakes, but the large number of high stake players make up for this flaw.

The game variation is very good and there are many ultra high-limit games and exotic game variations. Blackjack and Elimination Blackjack are now also offered as well as real money Roshambo. In our previous Ultimate Bet reviews, we spent much time criticizing the poor lobby software. Ultimate Bet features massive promotions and a great frequent player program. The complaints have been heard and the necessary improvements have been made. Several poker pro endorsers like Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke also can be found at the tables at all levels.

At Ultimate Bet there is usually action to be found at any poker game and at any limit. Ultimate Bet has gone from being an average poker room, now blossoming as state of the art software. The game variety is very good with Hold'em, Omaha Hi and Hi Lo, Seven Card Stud Hi and Hi Lo, Pineapple, 2-7 Triple Draw and A 5 Triple Draw. We adore the mini table function which is not unique in any way but so simple and so much better than what is offered at other sites. Also offered is the more unusual Royal Hold'em, where deuces through nines have been removed from the deck but the game plays as Hold'em. There's also a buddy function, very good statistics and a plethora of options.

Ultimate Bet was also the first to introduce Pineapple, a variation of Hold'em where you get three hole cards and have to discard one card after the flop. There are no proper lobby filters available, which is setback since Ultimate Bet accommodates quite a few players. There are also certain kill games in which a consecutive winner of two big qualifying pots has to post a forced blind that is twice the big blind. The poker table is where the real fun begins. This is one of the best tables we have seen.

The Ultimate Bet software is very good and very fast. It has quite a few innovative functions, is very stable and is clearly on par with the best in the business. The most promising part of Ultimate Bet is the tournament schedule. The functions are well oriented and the software is updated very frequently. You can join the World Poker Tour qualifiers as well as the World Series of Poker qualifiers. Either way, you're up for some tough competition. The graphics are crisp and clean and offer a great playing experience. Ultimate Bet offers a very stable and appealing poker experience. The e-mail support at Ultimate Bet is top notch and the response times are probably the fastest in the industry. The software is updated very frequently to ensure safety and stability with minimum downtime as a result.