Exciting changes
Thursday, November 12, 2009 - Annie Duke
I am really excited about some awesome changes in the blind structures at UB. I designed the structures that we have been using for years and I have always been pretty damn proud of them. But even a good thing can become better and last week I ripped back through those bad boys and made some big changes with the help of Roothlus :) The changes are huge. Amazing. Crazy! Okay. I know I am exaggerating but I am really excited about them.
We have added tons of level including the 250/500 level for all tournaments. That is a big change because it means you don’t get that big 50% jump anymore from the 200/400 level to the 300/600 level. That is a big jump that I am so psyched we have reduced to two 25% jumps instead. IN our deepstack tournaments, we had this crazy 5/10 level in there which, when you start with 5K in chips was pretty useless. So we got rid of that but added in a 25/50 level instead. I love that change. Start a little higher so the hands in the first round might actually matter but smooth out the structure later so you aren’t just losing a level.
The change to the deepstack events is part of a new policy that some tournaments will now have different structures than others, depending on buy-in and starting stack. Tournaments which start with more than 3K in chips now have a different structure than those that start lower and any tournament with a $500 buy-in or more has a new structure. In total:
1) For events 3K chips and higher the 5/10 level has been removed but a 25/50 level has been added. In total 7 new levels have been added to the structure
2) In events starting with less than 3K chips, a total of 7 levels have been added
3) In event with a buy-in of $500 or more, the 5/10 level is removed replaced by the 25/50 level. In total 11 levels have been added to those structures
4) The UBOC final has a total of 21 levels added to it
5) All tournaments now have antes introduced at the 100/200 level rather than the 150/300 level
6) The structures for limit tourneys have also been revamped and the antes in stud tourneys have been changed to be in line with other sites.
7) The antes in stud cash games have been revamped as well.
I am really excited about all of these changes. The stud changes in particular really fix a problem that UB had in general that the antes and bring ins were often much too high a percentage of the small bet. Those have now been brought in line with industry standards which is nice because it increases the skill level of the game to know how to adjust to antes.
All in all, the new structures give you, the player, much more bang for your buck. No crazy all-in fests on UB. Every tournament on the site now offers more play for your buy-in. I am pretty proud of the changes
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Tags: Adam "Roothlus" Levy, tournaments, ub, UBOC
November 13th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Thank-you Annie and congrats to Adam for his top ten finish @ Foxwoods!
November 13th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
looking forward to playing some poker
November 21st, 2009 at 3:31 am
Would be nice if the changes were tested before implementing. Cant search any column, only goes back to top when trying to choose a table. What’s up with deposit? Where are the free games?
December 10th, 2009 at 2:59 am
would really like to see my account balance without having to click on the cashier button all the time. I sent an email to tech but they don’t care maybe you do. Maybe not.
Also, I may have been living under a rock but I just came across a bunch of stuff on the web in regards to UB having a long list of cheating and scandal going on. Does this concern you?
December 21st, 2009 at 11:40 am
Well I know one change around UB I am not liking at all. I used to run a private tourney on UB a few years back but have always been involved with charity tourneys. I recently made a tournament request and was told the schedule is full. I mean does anyone really think I believe that it is too full to add one more?? Talk about the Christmas spirit….
I have been a loyal UB’er, heck I even met my fiance playing poker at UB 4 years ago. We even have a lil UB baby. The man I am requesting the tourney for is dying of cancer and he loves poker and UB. He only has around 9 months to live and my friends and I want to raise money to send him to Vegas before he dies. I even have Susie (SQ) working on it for me but so far, it is not on the schedule.
Is this the new UB now? Because if it is, I don’t like it!
December 23rd, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Hi BirdsinDirt,
Even though we always listen to our customers’ inquiries and suggestions, sometimes it is really hard for us to proceed with everyone’s requests. We are truly sorry about your friend’s situation, but we will contact you shortly to address this particular case. Thank you for your continuous Support and we hope you enjoy the holidays.