Ultimate Bet Review

Special Features
Endorsed by Phil Hellmuth
Big satellites to live tournaments
Lots of high-stake tournaments and cash games
Huge sign up bonus

Summary
Ultimate Bet is a long established internet poker room which is endorsed by some of pokers biggest names including Phil Hellmuth and Antonio Esfandiari. They have formed with Absolute Poker to create the new Cereus network which has boosted traffic to almost double what it was. Ultimate Bet accept U.S players and is one of the most popular poker rooms due to great software, bonuses and rewards.

Software
The Ultimate Bet software is extremely popular among online players. It runs fast and smooth without any problems, and the 'Ultimate Buddy' friend-finder is extremely popular helping players find the table where their friends are playing, if they are online etc. Despite not having the best graphics, the software is very good and is constantly being updated to keep up with the constant stream of new players, as well as giving players multi-table options.

Game Variety
Game variety at Ultimate Bet is very good and offers players a lot of options. Not only do they offer the now standard Texas Hold'em and Omaha games, but they also offer games including H.O.R.S.E, Razz, Seven-Card Stud Hi and Hi-Lo, Blackjack and more. There are games around the clock at most variations with Hold'em being most popular.

Ring Game Traffic
With the merge with Absolute Poker to form the Cereus Network, the ring game traffic is now double what it was, and continues to grow every day. You will usually find around 3,000 cash game players at Ultimate Bet, with low stakes being extremely popular, and high stakes where you will find Phil Hellmuth - if you think your good enough!

Tournaments
Ultimate Bet offer a great variety of tournaments from low buy-ins to large buy-in tournaments. Their weekly $200k guaranteed attracts a lot of players, many considered amongst the best online tournament players in the world. There are lots of daily guaranteed tournaments from as little as $1, and Ultimate Bet also have lots of qualifier tournaments which reward players with packages to the biggest live tournaments in the world. They also offer lots of freerolls which pay out in cash, points and prizes which is a great bonus for low stake players.

Soft Competition
Competition ranges at Ultimate Bet, with lots of loose players up to mid-stake games, however at the high-stakes games competition is very tough with Phil Hellmuth and other top pros frequently playing.

Customer Support
Currently Ultimate Bet only offer e-mail support, however we expect that to change as more and more poker rooms add live chat and telephone support. Response times via e-mail are usually very quick.

Deposit and Withdrawal Options
Deposit Options = Visa, MasterCard, Click2Pay, ClickandBuy, uKash, Moneybookers, Neteller, Bank Wire, Check, and more. Withdrawal Options = Visa, MasterCard, Moneybookers, Neteller, checks and more.