Software Update
Friday, October 30, 2009 - ProductMan
This is huge, or at least hugely convenient. We’ve heard your pleas and we’re proud to bring Synchronized Breaks to our Multi-Table tourneys. Now everyone at our Multi-Table Tournaments can count on a 5-minute break at the 55th minute of every hour.
Whether you want to grab a snack, hit the bathroom, recharge, or plot your next move, you’ll love the flexibility that our Synchronized Breaks offer. You shouldn’t have to miss a hand or drag your laptop to the bathroom—and now you don’t!
Synchronized breaks for multi-table tournaments take place at the 55th minute of every hour with some exceptions. If a tourney begins at 10:30 and has the Synchronized Breaks feature enabled, the tournament will go on break at 10:55, but all hands will be completed before the break begins. Once all hands are completed, all players get a 5-minute break. After the 5-minute break is over, the tournament will start. Since breaks can happen a few minutes apart, some tourneys might resume before others.
If you play in multiple tourneys that have synchronized breaks enabled, you’ll get one break for all tourneys. Not all tournaments have synchronized breaks. Check the lobby to see if this feature is enabled in your favorite tournament.
You can find compete details right here. As always, let us know what you think. What will you do with your break?
Tags: Mult-table, Poker Poker Poker, Synchronized Breaks, tournaments, ub
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Friday, September 11, 2009 - ProductMan
I feel like writing an obituary for the summer that never was, but why dwell on the past, especially when talking about the weather. Even if it is still technically summer, autumn is where the action is, especially with no shortage of major happenings at UltimateBet. Do you realize that we’re only three weeks from the 2009 Aruba Poker Classic?
If you want to win your way to paradise, then you should probably get on that right now. It isn’t too late to win your $8,500 Aruba prize package, unless you are reading this from the archives. Aruba is always mind-blowing, but this is going to be the kind of party that redefines the word massive. Play in what is easily the best poker tournament on the tour while you party under the sun with tons of pros.
We’re always treating you like a pro at UltimateBet. We’ve made some changes to RAI$E, our industry-leading loyalty program, and players will now earn up to 31% on their cash. You’ll now be awarded UltimatePoints based on your level of activity on the site, which will be fairer to our players.
Even if you haven’t made a deposit, you can now earn UltimatePoints. If you’ve earned cash through promotions or freerolls, you will now accumulate UltimatePoints when playing in our real money games.
Feel free to post your Aruba fantasies into the blog, but you should probably keep it respectable.
Tags: Aruba P, Aruba Poker Classic, RAI$E, ub, Ultimate Points
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Friday, August 7, 2009 - ProductMan
We ushered in a rewarding revolution last week when we released our new 7 Deuce Tables. The poker planet is abuzz with our crazy Texas Hold’em twist that turns those nasty 7-2 hole cards into pure gold. Have you taken your seat yet?
Cash and glory are ready to be seized when you bluff your way to victory with what is widely known as poker’s worst hand. The fun begins with the addition of our side pot. Before any cards are dealt, everyone places a prop bet into the side pot. You can score the side pot when you win a hand while holding 7-2. That’s really only the beginning because the main pot has been known to balloon as everyone at the table tries to outwit each other.
You can really rock the show with our new Seven Deuce Leaderboards. We’re keeping track of who wins the most 7-2 hands. The players with the most daily low stakes ($0.10/$0.25 to $1/$2) and high stakes ($2/$4 and above) hands will earn a piece of our $27,500 pie. Hit up the lobby and look for the tables with the 7-2 designation.
While you have our game open, you might as well try winning your way to paradise. The Aruba Poker Classic is less than two months away and you can get on board for as little as 10 cents. Try your hand at one of our STEP tourneys and you could win your $8,500 Aruba package for next to nothing. There’s also a $10,000,000 bonus on the line.
Grab your seat and let us know how you fare. The whole blogosphere wants to hear your 7-2 success stories. Tell us how things unfold (or even unravel) by posting into the comment box below.
Tags: 7 deuce, 7-2, Aruba, Hold’em, leaderboards, Seven Deuce, STEP
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - ProductMan
This is probably the biggest development since the launch of our Bad Beat Jackpot tables a couple years back. We’ve added a revolutionary and rewarding twist to some of our Texas Hold’em tables. Take your seat at any of our new Seven Deuce Tables and you’ll be awarded a side pot if you win the main pot while holding 7-2. That’s right! Those otherwise nasty 7-2 hole cards are suddenly worth lusting over. Cash in when you bluff your way to victory with the worst hand in poker.
The tables work just like standard Texas Hold’em tables, but before any cards are dealt, players have to place a prop bet into the side pot. The amount of the prop bet depends on the table’s stakes and will be between 1 and 2 Big Blinds from each player. After a player wins the side pot, all players must re-contribute to the side pot before the next round of cards is dealt. If you leave the table, you’ll get your prop bet back, assuming it hasn’t already been won.
Visit the lobby and you’ll find our Seven Deuce Tables marked with a 7-2. There are games at stakes for all budgets. Watch out! The pot can balloon pretty quickly as players try to rope each other in. Check out the promo page for all the details and see some unwittingly hilarious video clips of Phil. You can’t find this kind of intensity anywhere else.
Let us know how you fare and what you think. You can post your comments into the blog.
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Friday, July 24, 2009 - ProductMan
It’s been a busy month and with the 2009 WSOP pretty much completed, we’re ready to congratulate the remaining 9 players left in the Main Event. There’s probably going to be a lot of sleepless nights between now and November, but I’m kind of digging the hype of having the whole thing on pause. Don’t worry; we’ve got lots of stuff in store to tide everyone over until the autumn.
We added 2 new features to our client earlier this week. When you launch our software, you’ll now see your ‘Username’ displayed prominently. You’ll find it throughout the main client, at the tables, on the cashier, Tournament Leaderboards, and other locations. We’ve also discontinued the use of the word ‘nickname’ so that everyone is on the same page. This will make it easier if you ever need to contact Customer Support.
We’ve also enhanced our player to player transfers. You can now customize your transfer options for added layer of security. It’s easy to enable or disable transfers from only trusted players. Add the players to your ‘trusted’ list and only those players can transfer money to you. Players can also set this feature to allow or prevent all players on the Cereus Network from transferring funds to their account. In order for you to be able to transfer funds to another player, the player receiving the funds must have you on their ‘trusted’ list or have this feature set to ‘all’.
We have lots in store over the coming weeks. As always, please post your feedback or concerns directly into the blog. This might be premature, but we’re excited about meeting lots of you in Aruba, so don’t forget to win your way to paradise.
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Friday, June 5, 2009 - ProductMan
With the WSOP in full-swing, it seems like all eyes are fixated on Vegas. Even if you can’t make the trek to Sin City, the blogs are abuzz to the hilt with comprehensive coverage that practically transplants you into the action. Actually, there’s so much commentary, photos, and witticisms in these pages, I’m beginning to think the other goings-on at UltimateBet are going to be majorly overshadowed, to say the least. Are you even reading this?
You should know that our software developers have poured their hearts and souls, or at least precious time, into our latest release. Fire up the poker client and install our latest release. You’ll discover these new features:
Expanded Prize Pool Display
We have expanded the prize pool display in the lobby. You can now see more places within the lobby. We’ll now display up to the top 11 places (if 12 or more places are paid). You’ll also have the option within the prize pool display to click on a hotlink to view the complete prize pool.
User Note Display on Rollover
Put yourself into the loop and improve your game with your own research. You can create notes about your opponents by right clicking on a player’s avatar and selecting the “Note” option. You’ll see a pop-up window where you can enter notes about that specific player. You’ll see a small “N” next to the player’s name, indicating that there is a saved note. When scrolling your mouse over the “N” letter, any saved notes will be displayed in the form of a tool tip.
Waiting List Additions
Why wait and why worry? Our new waiting lists put more options at your disposal. If you join a waiting list from a standard table, you’ll have the option to wait for a standard table, wait for a standard table at the stakes you joined from, or search all tables within the stakes you joined from. You’ll be able to set the amount of players and seats at a table.
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Friday, May 15, 2009 - ProductMan
The evolution of poker continues right here at UltimateBet. With nearly ten years under our belt, it sometimes seems like all the bases have already been covered. Tell that to our programmers, who have abandoned their beds and strapped themselves to their desks to help us roll out some exciting new features. Log on and test-drive our latest release. Here are a few of the changes you’ll find in this week’s update:
Ante Games:
Log on and discover the newest addition to our ultimate game selection. At our Ante Games every player at the table will be required to post an ante along with the two players that have to post the blinds. Join one of our ante games, watch the pot grow pre-flop, and enjoy even more action.
Final Table View:
We’ve redesigned the final table of our renowned Multi-Table Tournaments. You can experience our exciting new design this weekend, beginning with our 100K Guaranteed Tournament. The final table is the stuff of fantasies, and you’ll agree that it looks fantastic. The new look is unbelievable. We’re sure the blogosphere will be abuzz about our unique new look. Be one of the players to make the final table in the 100K and witness our new design firsthand.
Tournament Pop Up:
Who doesn’t love playing in our tournaments? Unfortunately, sometimes computers crash and people need to restart their machines. Players who multi-task sometimes accidentally close the main client during tournament play.
We have updated our client so that if you are playing in a tournament and the main client is closed on purpose or by accident, all you have to do is reopen the client. Players will no longer have to search for a tournament that they are playing in. Just load the main client and the tournaments in play will pop back up.
Tags: final table view, poker software, Product Features, Product Team, Software Update, tournament pop up
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Friday, April 24, 2009 - ProductMan
The wheels are always in motion at UltimateBet. Our gaming software is constantly evolving, but it isn’t a work in progress. Our developers not only make a habit of burning the midnight oil to deliver brand spanking new features, but they are always on the clock ready to right any sudden glitches that might surface.
Players will notice that the rules for blinds now correctly follow the rules in brick and mortar poker rooms.
We addressed the following issues in our recent update:
• Players will no longer be able to enter a table and play on the small blind.
• In one case, Player A was accidentally forced to post two big blinds in a row after Player B left the table when it was his turn to post the big blind, only to reemerge on the next hand. Based on our rules, there should have been a dead blind and Player B should have been charged again to auto post. We’ve fixed this issue to prevent rat holing.
• We resolved logic issues during tournament play when a player went all-in but could not afford the big blind.
You can see the logic behind our blind rule changes. Check out the rules for posting blinds at http://www.ultimatebet.com/poker-rules.
Glitch got you down? Have suggestions for our software? Feel free to contact support@ultimatebet.com or post your comments right into the blog.
Tags: blind rule, product feature, Software Update
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Friday, April 24, 2009 - Aciator
The Payments team is very excited to introduce a new feature. We are now pre-populating your previously used Credit Card and eCheck numbers so you no longer need to re-enter them each time you make a deposit.
Our Product Development team is constantly looking at ways to improve your experience, and we draw on great shopping sites such as iTunes and Amazon.com for inspiration on usability and best practice.
Rest assured that your financial details are as secure as ever. You will still need to log into your account to make any deposits, and you will need to produce another identifying number in order to use your stored credit card number (example 3-digit CCV #).
We appreciate your feedback on this new feature, and any other ways we can impove your Cashier experience.
Tags: Payments, product
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Friday, March 20, 2009 - ProductMan
We might be a few days ahead of schedule if you believe the calendar, but our software developers are in full-blown spring-cleaning mode. You won’t find anyone neatening up their cubicles, dusting off their monitors, or tossing away vintage pizza boxes around here. This round of cleaning is strictly digital and you stand to reap the rewards. Our programmers have not only been polishing up our software with tons of tweaks, but they’ve added several brand new features to enhance your play at our tables.
Just launch our software to take advantage of our latest release. Here is a small sampling of some of the changes you’ll find in our update:
Better Waiting Lists
We’ve changed the rules for our waiting lists. Only eligible players can take up spots on our waiting lists. Before joining the waiting list for a full ring game table, our software will now check to see if there is enough cash in your account. If you don’t have the required minimum buy-in for the table, you will be unable to join the waiting list.
In addition, if you join a waiting list and your available balance drops below the minimum buy-in during your time on the waiting list, then you will be removed from the waiting list.
These changes should result in shorter waiting lists and serious players will now have a better idea how close they are to taking their seat.
Lobby Clock
We’ve eliminated the ghosting in the lobby clock. Now you’ll always know what the official time is without a hitch.
Disable “Fold & Show”
Most players love our “Fold and Show” button, which allows you to display your cards after folding in heads-up situations. If you aren’t a fan of this feature, then you can now stop the “Fold and Show” button from being displayed by turning it off completely in the options menu.
You’ll find many more changes already online. Don’t forget that many of these changes are the result of your valuable feedback. We encourage you to post your suggestions directly into the blog. Whether you think our software needs the quick sweep of a broom or you want us to rip out the floor and start over, we want to hear from you.
Tags: Product Team, Software Update
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