The Quick Summary

UB.com (formerly known as Ultimate Bet) is one of the marquee online poker destinations available to gamers today. Not only is the Kahnawake Gaming Commission approved US-friendly mega site the personal site of poker super stars Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth Jr., but after a massive merger with fellow site, Absolute Poker, UB.com now forms one half of the enormous Cereus Poker Network.

Popularity: 9 of 10 – Excellent

UB.com has a few things going for it that immediately pay dividends in the way of player traffic: first, it remains open to the US public; second, UB.com is now part of a giant site and third, UB.com is universally recognized as the top promotion and bonus site online. All these factors coupled with an aggressive international marketing campaign not only to bring droves of new players to UB.com but keep old ones involved.

Security: 6.5 of 10 – Good

An integral link in the creation of the Cereus Network was the process of dealing with the additional security requirements of a suddenly doubled database. UB.com has risen to the challenge with a fantastic security squad headed by cutting edge encryption systems on top of a financial tracking team following any and all money transactions made on the site.

Player Competition: 8.5 of 10 – Excellent

As one of the few remaining sites to accept US players, UB.com becomes a real hotbed of American online poker talent. Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Annette Obrestad are only three major players who frequently play on UB.com.

If you’re looking for less than WSOP championship level competition, UB.com also features a slew of micro-stakes tables which tend to be ponds for fish. Of course, with the formation of Cereus and ultimate absorption of their sister site, Absolute Poker’s notoriously tight mid-stakes players (about $.50/$1 to $5/$10) have brought their all-too predictable style to UB.com’s more formidable tables - good news if you know how to take advantage of a super tight player.

Site Software: 9.5 of 10 – Excellent

UB.com is a standard in the online gaming world for its sleek, functional software. The Cereus Network has buttressed the already powerful operating systems with additional servers providing even smoother graphical representations and fewer drops or malfunctions.

UB.com supports many secondary player tracker options on top of offering the requisite player notes options at the poker table. UltimateBuddy is a free application offered by UB.com to streamline your player notes and maximize the connections and relationships you build during your poker playing experience.

Customer Support: 4.5 of 10 – Below Average

UB.com offers one means of customer support to its clientele: this email address support@ultimatebet.com, which it only guarantees will respond to questions within 48 hours of receiving your question. No live 24/7 chat option, no phone number, not even multiple accounts to help sort. UB.com is below average in the way of customer support

Company Ethics: 7 of 10 – Good

UB.com gets points for a focus on promotions and helping its members make the most of their poker dollar. On the other hand, UB.com loses points for recent public bungles (for example mismanagement concerning Tiffany Michele.) Overall, this Cereus site is out to help its members and that makes it good.

Site Promotions: 10 of 10 – The Best

To try and describe the promotions at UB.com would be like describing insect species in the rainforest – there are too many new ones coming out each day to pin any one down.

You’ve got very solid sign up bonuses, most notably the 111% on up to your first $1100; you’ve got tremendous reload options coming out virtually every hour of the day although the recent 100% to $650 one does stand out; then there are the rake races which monthly award participants hundreds of thousands of dollars on top of the seasonal live tournament packages which can send you everywhere from China to Las Vegas.

UB.com is truly the best in the industry when it comes to free money.

Overall Review: 7.86 of 10 – Very Good

Cereus is a worthy entry into the poker site heavyweight division. With strong US fueled player traffic and an unrivaled commitment to bonuses, reloads and promotions; UB.com  and the Cereus Network are able to provide the pinnacle in online gaming experience. Those wonderful qualities are somewhat tempered by tepid performances in ethics and support, but in the end, poker is about the money and you are not going to get any more free money out of any other site online.

Final Result: We give Ultimate Bet a final overall score of 7.86 out of 10.

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