G'Morning - Chris Danek here, Poker Product Manage @ Ultimate Poker.
I'll try to answer a couple questions for you guys, but as you can expect, it's going to be a busy day today. We've been holding this under wraps for a while now.
You can play as long as you're IN Nevada with a cell phone (we triangulate the cell phone every time you log in and periodically while you play).
You can deposit and cash out at any Stations casinos (there's 15 in the LV area) as well as use a credit card, mailed check or bank wire. We think it's going to be pretty cool to win a tournament, and drive down the street and get your cash. Cash. In your hand. Down the street. Cash. Yeah.
Remember how things used to be with banks and VISA? No more. We have a new merchant code for MasterCard and preliminary reports are that almost all MC deposits are going through.
Naturally we'll have more deposit methods as time goes on.
No relationship to UB. We chose the name to strengthen our association with the UFC.
We'll have a VIP program very soon. We offer competitive rake (4% for limit, 4.5% for NL, mostly less than 10% for MTTs/SNGs). We're also working on a huge variety of other things, but we wanted to clear the biggest hurdle first: getting to market and overcoming compliance. This is a new day and age, and compliance rules are tough. We also recognize that our software isn't as full featured as other sites you've played on. That's going to change. We have bright developers, smart people, and a host of people who've logged a combined several million hands online and live. Give us constructive feedback and help us move forward in the right direction and I guarantee you we'll get there.
I'll be doing the best I can to stay on top of this thread today, but if you want to talk to us, find us on twitter @UltimatePoker, myself @cdanek, Terrence Chan @tchanpoker, or email us directly at
playercare@ultimatepoker.com.
Don't ask me to do this in person, but in the words of the almighty Bruce Buffer... IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITSSSS TIIIIIIIIIIME!