Should I play at Ultimate Bet? - Page 2 - Beginning Poker Questions

AP/UB are somewhat shady to many people b/c of the scandal. The rake at 30% is awesome though, the players are really soft imo. It does cost 8$ to cash out tho which sucks. And you cant always find a game at some stakes.

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11-14-2009 , 01:13 AM

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bodhisoma

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Originally Posted by DontMakeMeLaff

All of the people I know who play poker online say Ultimate Bet is one of the best rooms along with Full Tilt and Pokerstars. But I googled Ultimate Bet and all this stuff about "Ultimate Scandal" came up. Is it safe to play there? Thanks in advance to any advice...

Read the details of what happened and then decide if you want to reward such a company with your business.

I think I'd be more sympathetic to them if they'd come clean far, far sooner than they did. I have some sympathy for Joe Sebok and what he's trying to accomplish and I wish him well, I just won't be at UB anytime in the near future and I tend to suggest that people who care about this game seriously consider what their patronage means.

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11-14-2009 , 01:19 AM

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GCP

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Originally Posted by Nerdrage

You should definitely go to UB. My brother is a medium-high stakes LHE player, and he says most of the people at 5/10 would go broke playing 50c/$1 on any other site lol. Rakeback only comes once a month though. Unless you sign up to absolute and go to rakeupdate.com. You could make accounts on both to clear TWO deposit bonuses also, which is what i love. Plus, you already have stats and notes on the players even.
Edit: if you do sign up, stay away from the bad beat jackpot tables in limit unless you're playing decent stakes.

What's your brother's handle at UB?

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11-14-2009 , 03:08 AM

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Onetwobit

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Originally Posted by Nerdrage

The lobby software is terrible, at times it takes the tables forever to load and drives me insane. Plus again, no auto top off and re-buy also drives me insane.

are you talking about FT? pretty sure FT has both auto rebuy and auto top up haha. never ever have had a problem with loading tables

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11-14-2009 , 03:57 AM

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Nerdrage

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Originally Posted by GCP

What's your brother's handle at UB?

99redballoon

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Originally Posted by Onetwobit

are you talking about FT? pretty sure FT has both auto rebuy and auto top up haha. never ever have had a problem with loading tables

No the UB/AP lobbies

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11-14-2009 , 04:56 AM

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Onetwobit

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Originally Posted by Nerdrage

99redballoon

No the UB/AP lobbies

true

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11-14-2009 , 05:00 AM

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cortsu1337

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No because thats phil hellmuths site, and it sux

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11-14-2009 , 05:53 AM

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ChasingAces

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nvm.......

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11-15-2009 , 11:17 AM

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jesus105

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Originally Posted by DontMakeMeLaff

Should I play at Ultimate Bet?

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11-15-2009 , 12:25 PM

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PanchoStern

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Originally Posted by pr0shiet

+ UB tables look so unattractive/****ty compared to PS or FTP

Heck even compared to Bodog or Merge.

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11-15-2009 , 12:26 PM

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Peterobinson

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if u wanna get scammed u should

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11-15-2009 , 12:42 PM

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natin

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just play on ft or stars end of story

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11-15-2009 , 01:21 PM

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Rdysn5

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Phil Hellmuth endorses Ultimate Bet. So it must be good

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11-18-2009 , 12:56 AM

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ZachShalack420

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The "2 month 2 million" crew played high stakes at UB(even tho it still seems crazy to me), which makes me feel a little better about having to play their for RB.

But if I could get RB anywhere else besides cake, I would.

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11-18-2009 , 02:05 AM

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mmx

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Originally Posted by Nerdrage

99redballoon

http://www.pokertableratings.com/abs...h/99redballoon

Lol what? -15k in 5 days.. fun times eh?

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11-18-2009 , 02:29 AM

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Nerdrage

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Originally Posted by mmx

http://www.pokertableratings.com/abs...h/99redballoon

Lol what? -15k in 5 days.. fun times eh?

he got ****ed heads up, played a pretty long session with one guy and ended up down 15k against him lol

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11-18-2009 , 02:33 AM

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VUcats

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Originally Posted by mmx

http://www.pokertableratings.com/abs...h/99redballoon

Lol what? -15k in 5 days.. fun times eh?

150 BB downer in LHE is not at all uncommon especially playing heads up. Looks like he took a shot at a higher limit and got burned.

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11-18-2009 , 02:41 AM

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JasonInDallas

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white people once enslaved black people, so you should never buy anything from a white guy

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11-18-2009 , 02:52 AM

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Rek

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Originally Posted by JasonInDallas

white people once enslaved black people, so you should never buy anything from a white guy

I'm trying to see the logic to this statement

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11-18-2009 , 02:55 AM

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syncmax149

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cash outs at AB are not free

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11-18-2009 , 02:55 AM

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VUcats

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Better analogy - White people enslaved black people up until about two years ago, so if you're black you should think twice before going to work on that plantation in South Carolina

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11-18-2009 , 11:35 AM

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Systolic

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Originally Posted by DontMakeMeLaff

Short answer: No.

Long answer: Umm.... No.

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11-18-2009 , 12:00 PM

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tankgirl

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f ub

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11-18-2009 , 12:11 PM

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Kyle_Golem

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UB doesn't impress me. It's a mildy "jazzed" version of the dashboard for AP only the tables are SUPER obnoxious. I prefer the topview that all other sites use...feeling like I'm at the table isn't what I want online haha

gl in figuring out this dilemma. If it matters, I enjoy AP

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11-18-2009 , 01:14 PM

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uganation

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I am an AP person not by choice but i have no problem with them. The guy who got me into online poker played AP and he transfered me the money. the rakeback is good and the players are soft. I love that the min buy in is 40bb but not having auto top off sucks. If you don't want to play there out of principal i understand but if you really think someone is going to steal your 50NL or whatever buy in that isn't going to happen. If there are super users at my table they are really bad at it.

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