Posts Tagged ‘ub’

Ultimate Poker (UB.com) and Absolute Poker Lays Off Team of Pros

Monday, May 9th, 2011

UB.com and Absolute Poker’s parent company Blanca Games has issued a statement recently in regard to their team of professional players.

“Recently, Absolute Poker and UB ceased their U.S.-facing operations due to legal developments in the United States. To ensure the on-going viability of the business, it has been necessary to downsize certain aspects of Absolute Poker’s and UB’s operations. These efficiency measures have been taken to enable the brands to continue to operate their non-U.S.-facing business.”

“These actions are the result of the severe impact of Black Friday on the business, and these efficiency measures have negatively affected not only the financial position of the brands, but also their staff and personnel. Regrettably, the negative effect of Black Friday has extended to the Company’s highest profile group of poker professionals, known as Team UB. Consequently, Blanca’s executive management team today informed its roster of sponsored pros that, in accordance with the provisions of their agreements, their contracts have been terminated. Each of the ten Team UB pros, plus one player representing Absolute Poker, has received personal notification that their sponsorship arrangement with Blanca’s respective online poker room is now invalid.”

The pros who were laid off by Absolute Poker and Ub.com are Joe Sebok, Prahlad Friedman, “Hollywood” Dave Stann, Eric Baldwin, Maria Ho, Trishelle Cannatella, Scott Ian, Tiffany Michelle, Brandon Cantu, Adam Levy, and Bryan Devonshire.

“This was a difficult task for Blanca’s management, and we are very disappointed that we have been compelled to sever ties with our sponsored pros. Over the years, the Company has been successful in gathering a group of young, extraordinarily talented and brand-appropriate poker professionals who have proudly sported its logos. We are truly saddened that circumstances have dictated this course of action, and we regret that we are no longer in a position to partner with our sponsored pros, or to provide them with a source of income for playing the game that they love. We appreciate their significant time and dedication shared with us, and we thank them for the loyalty and patience they have continued to show us even during the unsettling events of the past few weeks. We respect and admire them for their many accomplishments, both at the poker tables and away from them, and we will always be grateful for their valuable contributions to building the UB and Absolute Poker brands and to creating a rock-solid community at the pair of online poker rooms.”

Many sources indicate that Absolute Poker and UB.com are still negotiating with the U.S Attorney’s Office to help return the funds of US based players.

Several pros have been issuing comments in regard to this matter on Twitter. Joe Sebok has posted a new blog entry titled “Black Friday” Fallout/My Final UB Statement.

“Hollywood” Dave Stann said on Twitter “Godspeed #TeamUB. So close 2 relaunching the coolest new blackjack tourney platform on the web, gonna have to find a new home now. Blog 2moro.”

Bryan Devonshire stated on his Twitter account – “UB released me today, has promised return of funds. Go fuck yourself DOJ. We beg for tax and regulation and you claim we’re criminal. FFFUU.”

Tags: , , , , , , ,
Posted in Absolute Poker, Ultimate Bet Poker | No Comments »

PokerStars and UB-Absolute Poker Offices Raided in Costa Rica

Friday, May 6th, 2011

According to a new post at Tao Poker, the OIJ have raided the offices of PokerStars and UB/Absolute Poker located in Costa Rica.

According to several sources, the officials in Costa Rica are worried that PokerStars will not pay employees as their are indications that UB and Absolute Poker have not paid their employees.

Check out these posts and forum threads for more information on this developing story:

PokerStars’ Office Raided in Costa Rica by Federales – Tao Poker

Post from PokerStars VIP Manager – 2+2 Forum

Costa Rica OIJ Raids Pokerstars/AP/UB Offices in Costa Rica – 2+2 Forum

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in Absolute Poker, pokerstars, Ultimate Bet Poker | No Comments »

UBOC 6 Begins January 16th at Ultimate Poker

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

The sixth installment of the best online poker series is hitting Ultimate Poker (UB.com) on January 16th. Satellites for the $5 million series are now live. This year, UBOC is stacked with a $1 million championship event, a new High Rollers tourney, a Centerfold Models tournament, unreal contests and more.

Grab 2011 by the nuts and go for the jugular in UBOC 6, the first and only online poker series of 2011 that features:

- $5 Million in cash and prizes

- 29 Unbelievable Guaranteed Events

- A $1 Million Guaranteed Championship event

- One High Roller Tourney ($2,000 buy-in, $750K Guaranteed)

- A Sexy Centerfold Bounty Event

- $200 Bounties on all hosts, centerfold models and rock stars. Plus we’ll add a UBOC t-shirt to the bounty if the player you take down is a Team UB pro

- Four killer contests that award money

- A New Tournament of Champions featuring previous UBOC 5 winners

- 32 watches on the line

- Brand new Ultra Turbo events on Sundays at 6:30pm ET

Download Ultimate Poker, receive a 125% Bonus up to $1,100 and play in UBOC 6

Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in Ultimate Bet Poker | No Comments »

Ultimate Poker (UB.com) Online Championship Tournament Schedule

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

UBOC 5 will begin on August 18th, 2010 at Ultimate Poker (UB.com) and will feature a $1 million guaranteed tournament. UBOC 5 also will include over $4 million in prize pools, 20 individual events including all the popular poker variations like Hold’em, Omaha, HORSE, Heads-Up and more.

UB’s Online Championship will award bonus prizes of up to a million dollars – just for cashing. There will also be extra contests for cash, freeroll entries and more. There will also be a Team UB host for each event.

Here is a complete list of events for UBOC 5 at UltimateBet Poker:

UBOC Event #1
Date: 8/18/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: Sniper No Limit Hold’em with $30 bounties
Buy-in: $300 + $20
Guaranteed: $200,000
Host: Joe Sebok

UBOC Event #2
Date: 8/18/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: Pot Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha Mix
Buy-in: $250 + $17
Guaranteed: $100,000
Host: Bryan Devonshire

UBOC Event #3
Date: 8/19/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: No Limit Hold’em 4-Max
Buy-in: $300 + $20
Guaranteed: $100,000
Host: Adam “Roothlus” Levy

UBOC Event #4
Date: 8/20/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: Sniper No Limit Hold’em with $20 Bounties
Buy-in: $150 + $12
Guaranteed: $100,000
Host: Trishelle Cannatella

UBOC Event #5
Date: 8/21/2010
Time: 14:00 (ET)
Game: No Limit Hold’em Heads Up
Buy-in: $1,000 + $50
Guaranteed: $128,000
Host: Annie Duke

UBOC Event #6
Date: 8/21/2010
Time: 16:00 (ET)
Game: No Limit Hold’em Turbo 2x (second chance) Short Stack with Pro Bounties of $200
Guaranteed: $100,000
Host: Team UB

UBOC Event #7
Date: 8/22/2010
Time: 14:00 (ET)
Game: Pot Limit Omaha with 1 Rebuy + 1 Add On
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Guaranteed: $100,000
Host: Matt Graham

UBOC Event #8
Date: 8/22/2010
Time: 16:00 (ET)
Game: Deepstack No Limit Hold’em
Buy-in: $1000 + $50
Guaranteed: $500,000
Host: Eric Baldwin

UBOC Event #9
Date: 8/23/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: No Limit Hold’em ($200 Rock Star Bounty)
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Guaranteed: $200,000
Host: Scott Ian/Shanna Moakler

UBOC Event #10
Date: 8/23/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: Pot Limit Omaha 8 or better
Buy-in: $300 + $20
Guaranteed: $100,000
Host: Billy Kopp

UBOC Event #11
Date: 8/24/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: No Limit Hold’em with 1 Rebuy + 1 Add on
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Guaranteed: $150,000
Host: Trishelle Cannatella

UBOC Event #12
Date: 8/24/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: HORSE
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Guaranteed: $50,000
Host: Hollywood Dave

UBOC Event #13
Date: 8/25/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: No Limit Hold’em Deepstack
Buy-in: $500 + $30
Guaranteed: $200,000
Host: Mark Seif

UBOC Event #14
Date: 8/25/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: Pot Limit Omaha 6-max 2x (second chance)
Guaranteed: $100,000
Host: Debo34

UBOC Event #15
Date: 8/26/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: Sniper No Limit Hold’em ($30 Bounties)
Guaranteed: $150,000
Host: Brandon Cantu

UBOC Event #16
Date: 8/26/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: Limit Omaha 8 or better
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Guaranteed: $50,000
Host: Annie Duke

UBOC Event #17
Date: 8/27/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: Sniper No Limit Hold’em 6-max ($20 Bounties)
Buy-in: $150 + $12
Guaranteed: $100,000
Host: Tiffany Michelle

UBOC Event #18
Date: 8/28/2010
Time: 14:00 (ET)
Game: No Limit Hold’em Turbo With Unlimited Rebuys
Buy-in: $100 + $9
Guaranteed: $100,000
Host: P0kerH0

UBOC Event #19
Date: 8/28/2010
Time: 16:00 (ET)
Game: 8 Game Mix (HORSE + PLO, NLH, PLO8)
Buy-in: $300 + $20
Guaranteed: $100,000
Host: Michael Binger

UBOC Event #20
Date: 8/29/2010
Time: 16:00 (ET)
Game: UBOC Championship Monster Stack No Limit Hold’em
Buy-in: $1,000 + $50
Guaranteed: $1,000,000
Host: Phil Hellmuth

For those of you who play in lower buy-in tournaments, here is a list of all events for the Mini-UBOC 5:

Mini-UBOC Event #1
Date: 8/18/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: Sniper No Limit Hold’em ($5 Bounties)
Buy-in: $30 + $3
Guaranteed: $20,000
Host: SPIN31

Mini-UBOC Event #2
Date: 8/18/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: Pot Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha Mix
Buy-in: $25 + $2.50
Guaranteed: $10,000
Host: HANKDAHTANK

Mini-UBOC Event #3
Date: 8/19/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: No Limit Hold’em 4-max
Buy-in: $30 + $3
Guaranteed: $15,000
Host: SUFFER

Mini UBOC Event #4
Date: 8/20/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: Sniper No Limit Hold’em ($4 Bounties)
Buy-in: $15 + $1.50
Guaranteed: $10,000
Host: TRADEBYDAY

Mini-UBOC Event #5
Date: 8/21/2010
Time: 14:00 (ET)
Game: No Limit Hold’em Heads Up
Buy-in: $10 + $1
Guaranteed: $2,560
Host: FEINT

Mini-UBOC Event #6
Date: 8/21/2010
Time: 16:00 (ET)
Game: No Limit Hold’em Turbo 2x (second chance) Short Stack
Buy-in: $20 + $2
Guaranteed: $10,000
Host: AIRKID3

Mini-UBOC Event #7
Date: 8/22/2010
Time: 14:00 (ET)
Game: Pot Limit Omaha with 1 Rebuy + 1 Add on
Buy-in: $20 + $2
Guaranteed: $10,000
Host: ELIASHARRIS

Mini-UBOC Event #8
Date: 8/22/2010
Time: 16:00 (ET)
Game: Deepstack No Limit Hold’em 6-max
Buy-in: $25 + $2.50
Guaranteed: $20,000
Host: GOGATORS86

Mini-UBOC Event #9
Date: 8/23/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: No Limit Hold’em
Buy-in: $20 + $2
Guaranteed: $15,000
Host: VOSS1313

Mini-UBOC Event #10
Date: 8/23/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: Pot Limit Omaha 8 or better
Buy-in: $30 + $3
Guaranteed: $10,000
Host: JOES2828

Mini-UBOC Event #11
Date: 8/24/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: No Limit Hold’em with 1 Rebuy + 1 Add on
Buy-in: $20 + $2
Guaranteed: $15,000
Host: NUTINSIDER

Mini-UBOC Event #12
Date: 8/24/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: HORSE
Buy-in: $20 + $2
Guaranteed: $8,000
Host: BRANDONMIK

Mini-UBOC Event #13
Date: 8/25/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: Multi-Day 1 Deepstack No Limit Hold’em
Buy-in: $20 + $2
Guaranteed: $20,000
Host: YELLOWDAWG

Mini-UBOC Event #14
Date: 8/25/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: Pot Limit Omaha 6-max 2x (second chance)
Buy-in: $30 + $3
Guaranteed: $10,000
Host: A2STEAKSAUCE

Mini-UBOC Event #15
Date: 8/26/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: Sniper No Limit Hold’em ($5 Bounties)
Buy-in: $30 + $3
Guaranteed: $20,000
Host: IAMMAVERICK

Mini-UBOC Event #16
Date: 8/26/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: Limit Omaha 8 or Better
Buy-in: $20 + $2
Guaranteed: $6,000
Host: 011POKERDR

Mini-UBOC Event #17
Date: 8/27/2010
Time: 20:05 (ET)
Game: Sniper No Limit Hold’em 6-max ($4 Bounties)
Buy-in: $15 + $1.50
Guaranteed: $10,000
Host: BOROVICH05

Mini-UBOC Event #18
Date: 8/28/2010
Time: 14:00 (ET)
Game: No Limit Hold’em Turbo with Unlimited Rebuys
Buy-in: $10 + $1
Guaranteed: $10,000
Host: 7TEMPEHEAT7

Mini-UBOC Event #19
Date: 8/28/2010
Time: 16:00 (ET)
Game: 8 Game Mix (HORSE + PLO, NLH, PLO8)
Buy-in: $20 + $2
Guaranteed: $8,000
Host: XBLINK

Mini-UBOC Event #20
Date: 8/29/2010
Time: 16:00 (ET)
Game: Min-UBOC Championship Monster Stack No Limit Hold’em
Buy-in: $50 + $5
Guaranteed: $50,000
Host: GUIGUI_88

Dowload the free Ultimate Poker software, make your real money deposit, and play in the UBOC 5 series

Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Ultimate Bet Poker | No Comments »

$10 Fundraiser to Benefit Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program on UB and Absolute Poker

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Second Sundays $10 Fundraiser to Benefit Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai

Second Sundays $10 online tournament is a win-win for charity and participants. All registered players automatically qualify for cash, swag, tournament entries, a Rockwell Time sports watch, and the next day’s bonus freeroll.

Sharon Osbourne

Sharon Osbourne

Last month, UB.com and AbsolutePoker.com of the CEREUS Network introduced “Second Sundays,” a series of online fundraisers benefiting national charities. This Sunday, a $10 online fundraiser benefiting the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Foundation will take place at 10AM PST. All who register are guaranteed to win cash, swag, entries to the CEREUS Network’s $200,000 Guaranteed tournament, or entry to the next day’s freeroll. The winner also receives a Rockwell Time limited edition stainless steel “Pink” sports watch designed in support of cancer causes and research.

The goal is to raise much needed funds and to raise awareness around this important cause.

What: Sharon Osbourne Cancer F. Holdem

When: Sunday, April 11, at 10AM PST

Where: UB.com or AbsolutePoker.com

Buy-In: $10

Register now for April’s Second Sundays event by logging onto UB.com or AbsolutePoker.com and look for the event in the tournament lobby titled “Sharon Osbourne Cancer F. Holdem.”

The Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program, part of the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai, was established by the straight-shooting entertainment personality Sharon Osbourne following her own battle with colon cancer. The program works to improve the lives of patients and their loved ones by providing at-home help, childcare, transportation, access to support groups, and patient care services offered within the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

UB and Absolute Poker’s Second Sundays fundraiser tournaments will be hosted online across the CEREUS Network on the second Sunday every month, with each one benefiting a different worthwhile charity.

For more information about Second Sundays visit http://www.ub.com/poker-promotion/second-sunday/ or http://www.absolutepoker.com/promotions/second-sundays/

Tags: , ,
Posted in Charity Poker Tournaments | No Comments »

Ultimate Poker Download Bonus – 111% Up To $1,100

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Download Ultimate Poker and get a 111% Bonus up to a maximum of $1,100. Plus, get your bonus twice as quick with the Power Hour promotion. Rack up double the UltimatePoints with UB Power Hours – every day from 1-4am and 1-4pm (and 1-5pm on Sundays).

Ultimate Poker Download Bonus

Download the free software now and you will be able to compete in the UBOC4 – a multi-million dollar championship online poker series featuring the top pros and the best online poker players.

Ultimate Poker Download Bonus

Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in Online Poker, Ultimate Bet Poker | No Comments »

2009 WSOP Main Event Satellites at UltimateBet Poker

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Ultimate Bet Poker is currently running daily and weekly 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event satellite tournaments. They are offering various tournaments with a range of buy-ins including direct buy in qualifiers, rebuy satellites, and Step tournaments.

Ultimate Bet is also celebrating their 10th Anniversary and will be giving away $10 Million dollars to anyone who wins their 2009 Main Event Seat at UB and wins the entire tournament. That is some serious cash that someone can win in addition to the millions of dollars that the first place prize will pay.

You can receive a 111% First Time Deposit Bonus at UltimateBet up to $1,100 when you create a new account. Download the free UB software, create your new account, make your first real money deposit and you can claim your free poker chips – up to $1,100. Use our special bonus code – HELLMUTHBONUS – to ensure you receive the maximum bonus possible.

2009 WSOP Main Event Satellites at Ultimate Bet Poker

Download the free Ultimate Bet Poker Software and claim your free poker chips

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in Online Poker, Ultimate Bet Poker, World Series of Poker | No Comments »