Ultimate Bet is the home to some of the world's leading poker professionals including 11-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Antonio Esfandiari and Dave Ulliot.

They offer a generous sign up bonus for all new players and after merging with Absolute Poker in 2008, they now have a very expanded player base with a great variety of games at all stake levels. Besides the regular Texas Hold'em games (No Limit and Pot Limit), you can play Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, Triple Draw and Pineapple with stakes ranging from $0.01/$0.02 to $150/$300.

The Ultimate Bet software is very good and very fast, with quite a few innovative functions. It shows a 3D perspective which is crisp and clean with a clear betting structure and easy to use betting buttons. They also utilise a betting slide bar which makes quick betting even easier.

One of the best features of Ultimate Bet is the tournament schedule. You can join the World Poker Tour satellites and the World Series of Poker satellites plus there's plenty of freerolls for beginners. Their multi table tournaments range from a $1 buy-in to $200.

Ultimate Bet is one of the larger poker rooms on the internet. During peak hours you can get 25,000-30,000 players with about 30-40% being ring game players, the rest is tournament traffic. Most players play Texas Hold'em, but you can easily find a game of omaha or stud in the stake level that you need.


The competition at Ultimate Bet is about average but because many new players like to use Ultimate Bet for their freeroll tournaments, there are quite a few novices about on the site. That said, the competition at the higher stakes levels can be very strong.

The bonus details for new players includes a 111% first time deposit bonus on up to $1100. The minimum deposit is $25. You then receive $1 in bonus cash per 10 raked hands. Further to this, Ultimate Bet has one of the best refer a friend promotions in the world. You get $100 added to your account as soon as your friend has cashed in at least $100 to his. In addition, your friend will receive $50 added to his. Ultimate Bet also award the top four hands every 90 minutes.


If you want to become an Ultimate Bet regular, you should know that with every raked hand comes one Ultimate Point (UP). In addition, you are awarded one point per table per hour. The UP:s can be used for purchasing Ultimate Bet branded clothes and accessories, but most importantly special freeroll tournaments.