Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - UB Marketing
This just in! Due to an overwhelming response for the UB Blog Tournament tonight, we’ve made some changes that you’re going to want to check out!
The registration limit has been raised from 500 to 2500 players.
First place – a Seat to Sunday’s $200K + $30!
There are many other prizes but you can’t win if you don’t play!
Don’t forget to use the code UBblog28 for entry into tonights UB Blog Tournament!
Tags: 200k guarenteed, blog tournament
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Friday, January 23, 2009 - UB Marketing
Last week was huge for poker at Ultimate Bet. Not only the UBOC championship finished, but some major promotions like the Wild Card (NFL Super Bowl Tickets) giveaway took place and 2 UB players will soon be heading to the nice city of Tampa in Florida for the game of their lives.
Things have come back to normality regarding the tournament schedule and this week we’ll be hosting the $200k GTD after 2 weeks of absence. Not only the 200k is back, but be sure to check all the new satellites that have been launched for events such as the Sniper 40k, Sniper 80k and the all the $100k events we host throughout the week.
On another note, for all those huge tournament players and sit n go players remember Ultimate Bet recently launched brand new leaderboards which have been designed to reward every type of player. So it doesn’t matter if you like playing $1 9 seated sngs or $200 multi table tournaments if you finish in the money you will be scoring points and participating in some CEREUS money giveaways at the end of the week and major freerolls for top winners at the end of the month.
So, for the following weeks one of the biggest satellite we are running are the Pokernews Cup satellites. This major event will take place in Austria from March 21st-28th and it promises to be a 1 of a kind event. Not only some major poker personalities will attend and huge prizepools are expected, but attendants will have the opportunity to play poker in one of the most amazing sites in the world surrounded with beautiful mountains, nature and amazing views… My advice, check out the satellite schedule on your poker client and get your luggage ready because for as low as 660 points or $10 you can end up playing some exciting tournaments with the best players in the world at the Alps!!!
Tags: 200k guarenteed, Austria, Cereus, leaderboards, players rewards, Pokernews Cup, sniper 40k, sniper 80k, sniper tournaments, super bowl XLIII Ticket Giveaway, UBOC, wild card main event
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - Shawn Rice
Hello fellow UBers,
I have taken a small break and have not been playing as much lately because of some family medical problems. All seems to be much better now and thanks for the kind words from many of my friends.
Maybe a small break is just what I needed because I now have a strong desire to play poker like I have not had in a long time. As many of you know, UB puts me and a few other pros into the Ultimate Bet $200k guaranteed most every week with bounties on our heads. This makes it much tougher to win. You better not be bluffing too much too early because if someone knocks you out they win $200.
I just grinded away like I do most every Sunday and with like 70 players left I was the chip leader and I said to myself, “Damn I really have a good chance of winning this”. It is when I get close to the final few tables where I think I have a real advantage. Many people are looking to try and go up the pay scale and I am just looking to play situations where I can pick up as many chips as possible. I make the final table with under average chips but I felt totally ok with my stack because I was something like 40 times the big blind; and with the UB structure that Annie Duke help create I felt great about my position.
I did get lucky once. I was against a very aggressive player and I was in desperate mode. He picked up A3 suited and ran into A9 on a A78 flop. I get it all in and turn a 3, BINGO, I doubled up and made it to the final 3 and played what seems forever 3 handed. IMOLDPLZFOLD whom finished 3rd was very aggressive and I felt it was just a matter of time before he would run into a big hand and he finally did.
When it got to heads up, I had a very tiny chip lead and offered to chop. Second place was 27k and first was 46k. I had a lot of respect for FEEDMEMUNE’s game and therefore told him I would take 37k and offer him 36k. He agreed and we used the new chop system that UB now has at its final tables. The online UB Manager showed up immediately and I had my share in my account in no time.
More so than the money, I wanted the win. If I could get him to agree to the chop I would get that. I will be requesting the hand history for this tourney and will make a video for the public to see what I was thinking when I had to make the tougher decisions. I will post it on Pro Play Live where Annie and I have made videos along with many of today’s top poker players.
Looking back on this tourney, I think what helped me and what I did a little different is that I folded many close hands early. Say it was raised and I had a small pocket pair, I just decided I would not risk 10% of my stack to see the flop. I’d rather use my chips and being the agressor. I learned this from Loewa79 and Brsavage whom I think are the best at avoiding bad situations as far as calling your money off.
Thanks to everyone that watched and wished me well and congrats over the past week. I hope to make it happen again very soon.
Proud UB Team Member
Shawn Rice
Tags: 200k guarenteed, Annie Duke, poker tournaments
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