If you want to test your luck against some of the best online poker players in the world and compete for your share of millions of dollars, the Ultimate Bet UBOC is just for you. Every year, Ultimate Bet hosts the “Ultimate Bet Online Championship” to help find and reward the best internet players around.
The Ultimate Bet UBOC (Ultimate Bet Online Championship) is a series of tournaments hosted at Ultimate Bet at the beginning of every year. The last Ultimate Bet UBOC took place from January 20th to the 31st and featured 18 separate events. This year’s UBOC featured $4 million in guaranteed prize pools, including two events each with $1,000,000 guaranteed.
Texas Holdem was the main game this year but there were also several HORSE and Omaha events. The tournament types included normal freezeout tournaments, six-max tournaments, heads-up tournaments, deep stack tournaments, rebuys and bounties.
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Biggest UBOC Events
There were 18 events in the last Ultimate Bet UBOC but the two listed here were the largest. These two events alone had a total guaranteed prize pool of $2,000,000. If you managed to take either one of these down, the prize money would have been enough for you to buy a new house or maybe even retire.
UBOC Event 18 – The Championship
The UBOC Championship event takes place on the last day of the UBOC series. This event is usually hosted by Phil Hellmuth and it features a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. The buyin is a steep $1050 but you can qualify for entry at UB’s satellite tournaments for a fraction of the cost.
UBOC Event 8 – Deep Stack NLH 6 Max
This tournament was last hosted by Annie Duke and also featured a $1,000,000 prize pool. Instead of the usual 9-person tables, this event had 6 players per table and each player began with a significantly larger chip stack. The buyin is always pretty expensive at $2,500 but there are satellite qualifiers for this tournament as well.
Ultimate Bet UBOC Watch
The winners of UBOC events also earn a special commemorative watch with the UBOC championship logo. This stylish luxury watch serves all UBOC winners well as a time piece as well as a conversation starter. If you take down any UBOC event, win the January tournament leaderboard or the Mini-UBOC leaderboard, you’ll earn one of these one-of-a-kind watches.
Getting Started at the UBOC
Anyone can try their luck at the next UBOC. All you have to do to get started is visit the Ultimate Bet website, download the software and create an account. Remember to use the referral code UBCASH2010 to get a 111% deposit bonus on your first deposit there.
After you have an account at Ultimate Bet, there are three ways to qualify/enter any UBOC tournament:
Buy In Direct – You can buy in direct by signing in to your poker account and visiting the tournament lobby. Select the UBOC event you wish to play in and you’ll see an option to buy in. The funds will be debited straight from your player account.
Satellite Entry – You can win your way in to any UBOC event at a fraction of the cost by playing in satellite tournaments. Instead of cash prizes, UBOC satellite tournaments give away free entry to UBOC events.
Step Tournaments – These are single table tournaments that cost just $0.10 to enter. Every time you win a step tournament, you move up to the next level. If you beat the final step tournament, you’ll be rewarded with a free entry to the UBOC event.
Mini UBOC
The mini-UBOC is a tournament series that mimics the normal UBOC in every way except for the cost of entry. If you don’t have the bankroll to buy in to the more expensive UBOC events, the mini-UBOC will run at the same time with buyins that are just 10% the size of normal UBOC buyins, up to a maximum of $30.
UBOC Promotions
It just wouldn’t be right to host a tournament series this big and not have special promotions surround it. Ultimate Bet is the king of poker promotions so it’s no surprise they’re running several UBOC-related promotions.
Single Event Satellite Contest
If you win multiple entries to the same UBOC event, you can trade your entry tickets in for tournament dollars that you can use anywhere at UB. The player who wins the most entries to a single UBOC event will receive the equivalent of two extra buyins for that tourney. There are also prizes for the players who earn the 2nd-6th most entries to each event.
All U Can Satellite Contest
If you satellite your way in to more than one UBOC event, you’ll win seats to up to three different $5k Ultimate Bet freerolls. Compared to the UBOC prize pools, a $5k freeroll isn’t too impressive but it’s still free money and I’m sure all you satellite specialists out there can appreciate that.
Super Step Contest
This is one sweet contest. If you win your way in to any UBOC event through Ultimate Bet’s step tournaments, you’ll win special prizes if you go on to cash in that UBOC event. If you win the tournament, you’ll get to go play in the Aruba Poker Classic for free. You can find all the details at the Ultimate Bet website.
Bubble Buster
As nice as the other UBOC promotions are, the Bubble Buster just might be the best one of them all. This promotion rewards players with up to $1,000,000 for making it past the bubble in more than one UBOC event. The more UBOC events you cash in, the better your prize. If you make it to the money in 11 UBOC events, you’ll get $1,000,000.
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