On Tuesday, leading online poker site Ultimate Bet announced the launch of UltimateBet.de, a dedicated German language information website that will outline the company’s all new series of live poker tournaments to be hosted in Germany and the Czech Republic.
The inaugural event will be hosted in Cologne, Germany on October 24th and one lucky player will walk away with an unusual prize. Exclusive to Ultimate Bet account holders, this specific tournament has a low-limit buy-in (€25) and will award the winner with a Mercedes Smart Car, known as much for its fuel-sipping, Earth-friendly efficiency as for its styling and superior safety.
Ultimate Bet has scheduled another tournament on November 11th that will take place in Aulendorf, Germany. Prizes have yet to be determined, but the online poker site will be giving away two free seats to its weekly $100,000 Guaranteed tournament as well as Ultimate Bet vouchers.
“We want our German players to feel as welcomed and as much a part of the Ultimate Bet community as their North American poker peers, and our live events will help create familiarity with the UB brand and the company that we are today, with an emphasis on security, safety, and the welfare of our players,” said Stephan Reschke, Ultimate Bet’s Marketing Manager for Germany.
The series of brick and mortar Texas Hold’em tournaments will bring in a new level of support and rewards for Ultimate Bet’s growing German population. The live tournaments in Germany will shift host venues throughout the country each weekend, with a range of affordable buy-ins and attractive prize pools. Monthly $10,000 guaranteed tournaments will be held at the Casino Flamingo, located conveniently close to the German border with the Czech Republic.
Ultimate Bet recently put on its signature land-based tournament, the Aruba Poker Classic, which concluded on October 10th. Brandon “AreTheseUtz” Hall bested a field of 475 players to claim the title after defeating Robert Mizrachi heads up. A first-place prize of $753,330 was awarded to the winner of the event. The tournament was formerly a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT).
While Ultimate Bet’s new series expansion into Germany and the Czech Republic certainly won’t create a comparable prize pool just yet, the site is excited about meeting with some of its northern European players. The live venues will also provide a way for Ultimate Bet’s German players to meet each other face-to-face rather than just in the online poker room. Ultimate Bet is a USA-friendly online poker site and its traffic tends to peak during North American evening hours, but the development of a live tournament series in Europe should create a considerable amount of growth for the company in the future.
