Poker Publicity Gets Dicey with Negreanu Insult of Annie Duke
August 25, 2010 by Dave Swinson · Leave a Comment
Publicity can be a prickly subject, as the professional poker world is finding out in the aftermath of Daniel Negreanu’s unsavory remarks about female player, Annie Duke. While Negreanu’s comments... continued
Gonzalez, Kelly Dominate Monday UBOC 5 Poker Events
August 24, 2010 by A. Greenwald · Leave a Comment
Over one thousand players joined UB.com and the CEREUS Network for Monday’s events at the UBOC 5, as players from all over the globe looked to cash in during the two exciting tournaments that took place.... continued
UB.com Offers Strong Weekend Poker during UBOC 5
August 24, 2010 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment
With the Ultimate Bet Online Championship 5 in full swing, the online poker room offered players a strong dose of action this past weekend. To date, eight events are in the books, with Event 8, the Deepstack... continued
UB.com Offers Freerolls for Festa Al Lago Seat
August 21, 2010 by Dave Swinson · Leave a Comment
As the focus of the poker world shifts back to Las Vegas and the Bellagio for the annual Festa Al Lago, UB is making sure that its players have every chance to go. For that reason, the popular online poker... continued
Ultimate Bet’s UBOC 5 off to a Great Start
August 20, 2010 by Dave Swinson · Leave a Comment
UB has kicked off its signature series, with the UB Online Championship 5 (UBOC 5) getting underway this week. Consisting of 20 events and featuring a guaranteed prize pool of $4 million, this is one of... continued
UB Lets Poker Players “Take Down a H0”
August 17, 2010 by Dave Swinson · Leave a Comment
UB is offering a new Saturday afternoon bounty tournament that allows players at both UB and Absolute Poker the opportunity to take down a “P0ker H0” and grab a share of the $50,000 guaranteed prize... continued
Is Liv Boeree Leaving UB.com?
August 6, 2010 by Mark Christopher · 1 Comment
An apparent change is underway for Liv Boeree, the English poker pro and one of the most recognizable new faces in the game today. After sporting UB.com logos during a successful run at the 2010 World... continued
Big Giveaway in August at UB
August 1, 2010 by Mike Ferguson · Leave a Comment
Online poker site UB.com along with its sister site Absolute Poker are jointly hosting big doings in the dog days of summer. The fifth UBOC Online Championships are comprised of twenty guaranteed tourneys... continued
UB.com Offering up Seats for UBOC5
July 29, 2010 by Dave Swinson · Leave a Comment
UB.com is putting millions of dollars of prize money on the line for the UB Online Championship 5, and the online poker room is now offering seats to the Main Event, the $1 Million GTD No Limit Hold‘em... continued
UB.com Lets Players “Show Up, Get Paid” at WSOP
July 28, 2010 by James McDonald · Leave a Comment
Anyone who says you don’t win simply by showing up never heard of UB.com’s “Show Up, Get Paid” promotion during the World Series of Poker. The popular online poker room came up with an ingenious... continued
2010 WSOP Main Event: The November Nine
July 24, 2010 by Mike Ferguson · 2 Comments
The numbers for the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) were staggering. Players came from 92 countries around the globe and broke the record for the second largest field ever with 7,319 entrants that included... continued
UB.com Offers Free “Bike Ride”
July 23, 2010 by Dave Swinson · Leave a Comment
Fresh off its success at the World Series of Poker, UB.com is setting its sights on creating the newest legend of poker, thanks to its newest promotion. UB.com recently announced, “With the ‘November... continued
UB.com’s Annie Duke Testifies on Capital Hill
July 21, 2010 by Dave Swinson · 1 Comment
UB.com’s Annie Duke is among five people testifying today before the House Financial Services Committee on Internet gambling. The hearing is considered to a preliminary step leading to a mark-up of HR... continued
Adam Levy Caps Strong Run for UB.com at WSOP Main Event
July 21, 2010 by Dave Swinson · Leave a Comment
On the strength of Adam Levy’s 12th place finish, UB.com enjoyed strong exposure at the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event. Levy’s impressive run ended just short of a date with the November Nine,... continued
Hellmuth Enters Main Event a Fighter, Suffers First Round KO
July 9, 2010 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment
Eleven-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth is still just that … an eleven-time winner. A few hours after making his trademarked grand entrance to his day one seating for the WSOP... continued
World Series of Poker Main Event Day 1B
July 7, 2010 by PRR · Leave a Comment
PokerRoomReview.com caught a good deal of the WSOP Main Event Day 1B action from the rail on Tuesday. With almost 1,500 runners for this seating, both the Pavilion and Amazon rooms of the Rio All-Suite... continued
Poker Stars Shine at UB’s WSOP Party
July 6, 2010 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment
A few of us guys from PokerRoomReview.com hit the Vegas Strip last night, heading over to CityCenter for the UB.com 2010 World Series of Poker kickoff party. Having done the previous night’s Bodog... continued
UB Offers Free Ride to WSOP Main Event
June 15, 2010 by Dave Swinson · Leave a Comment
Is $10,000 too much for you to pay for a seat in the World Series of Poker Main Event? What about $500, $200 or maybe $100? Is $10, $5 or $1 out of your reach? Just because you don’t have the money to... continued
June 13th Date Set for UB Poker Fundraiser
June 6, 2010 by Dave Swinson · Leave a Comment
Online poker room UltimateBet has announced June 13th and the date for its Second Sundays Fundraiser to Benefit the National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association. The event will be a $10 buy-in... continued
UB Re-Signs Poker Pro Brandon Cantu
June 6, 2010 by Dave Swinson · Leave a Comment
Demonstrating its desire to move up among the elite online poker rooms, UB.com has re-signed professional player Brandon Cantu to a contract for another year on Team UB. Cantu has amassed over $3.6 million... continued
Betty White, Tiger Woods Next Sponsored Poker Pros
June 5, 2010 by Mark Christopher · 3 Comments
In light of the recent signing of porn star Samantha Ryan by online poker site UltimateBet, we started to ponder the exact qualifications necessary to serve as a sponsored poker pro. What skills and traits,... continued
Online Poker Site Signs Porn Star as Sponsored “Pro”
June 2, 2010 by Dave Swinson · 1 Comment
In what could be politely called an unexpected move, UB.com has signed adult film actress Samantha Ryan as their newest sponsored pro. Ryan, with over 165 movie roles to her credit, has starred in such... continued
UB, Absolute Poker Invite Players to Get Crazy for the WSOP
May 27, 2010 by Mark Christopher · Leave a Comment
For the poker player who isn’t afraid to “let it all hang out”, UB.com and Absolute Poker have the perfect promotion. “The Craziest Last Longer Bet” is a new and unusual way for players from... continued
Cereus Poker Network Completes Software Fixes
May 18, 2010 by Dave Swinson · Leave a Comment
Tokwiro Enterprises, the company that owns the Cereus Poker Network, released a statement yesterday evening that a switch to Open SSL encryption was complete, and the site no longer has the flaws that... continued
Cereus Poker Network Suffers Ten Percent Drop
May 16, 2010 by Dave Swinson · Leave a Comment
Struggling to keep up with its larger competitors, the Cereus Network suffered a ten percent drop in online poker traffic at its Absolute Poker and UB.com websites. According to industry observers, the... continued


