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Every World Poker Tour tournament is huge, but the WPT Festa al Lago event is definitely one of the biggest.  In fact, the 2009 Festa al Lago poker tournament offered over $4 million in prize money, and winner Tommy Vedes walked away with $1,218,225. Unfortunately, the $10,300 buy-in for Festa al Lago makes this casino poker tourney out of reach for the average online poker player.  And when you factor in the travel costs and hotel stay in Las Vegas……let’s just say you’re better off sitting at home trying to collect rakeback in internet poker. Of course, you could go …

The Four Aces Poker Open is already making poker news in its much-anticipated debut event.  The Montreal, Canada poker tournament is expected to offer hundreds of thousands of dollars in addition to attracting some of the top pros in the world.  If this sounds like a good deal to you, then you should hurry over to Ultimate Bet and start playing for one of the $3,500 Four Aces Poker Open prize packages that are currently being offered. The $3,500 poker prize package will pay the $2,500 + $250 Main Event buy-in along with $750 left over for hotel and traveling …

If you’ve ever thought of playing at Ultimate Bet Poker, then now is the time to do it since they are giving away $1,000,000 through their poker tournament leaderboards.  Whether you are seeking a weekly, monthly, or yearly prize, there is lots of cash to be won in this promotion. The best thing about the tournament leaderboards at UB is that you don’t need to do anything except play poker.  The leaderboard takes care of itself since you earn points for cashing in poker games at Ultimate Bet.  Of course, your goal should be to finish as high as possible …

The end of summer is usually a sad occasion since it marks the time when people have to start raking leaves, wear warmer clothing, and pretend they’re not home when Trick or Treaters come around.  However, the end of summer is a joyous occasion for those who play poker at Ultimate Bet because this is when they hold the UB Online Championship – a.k.a. UBOC. The fifth installment of the UBOC will run from August 18th to August 29th, and will offer 20 tournaments with the culmination being a $1,000,000 Guaranteed Championship poker tournament.  And for those holdem poker players …

Ultimate Bet player Phil Hellmuth has a penchant for grand entrances.  Last year Hellmuth dressed in a military uniform while being escorted by 11 scantily-clad women – one for each of his poker tournament gold bracelets.  And while Hellmuth has been busy promoting the excellent 30% rakeback deals that UB offers, he still made time for yet another grand WSOP Main Event entrance. This year, Hellmuth showed up dressed as a mixed martial arts fighter along with world famous announcer Bruce Buffer.  Hellmuth entered the poker table area from a stage as Buffer bellowed out, “He’s loved by many, hated …

Most of the top poker pros such as Ultimate Bet player Phil Hellmuth and Full Tilt Poker pro Phil Ivey are in Las Vegas competing in the WSOP*.  But PokerStars is trying to make sure that people have other options for winning big money with their UK and Ireland Poker Tour. The most recent stop on the UKIPT was at Killarney where 253 players competed in the Main Event poker tournament for thousands of Euros.  The most notable players in the tourney included PokerStars online poker pro Julian Thew, UKIPT Nottingham champion Andrew Couldridge, and UKIPT Coventry champ Gilles Augustus.  …

Of all the poker hands you could be dealt, 7-2 is no doubt the worst one. This is something that everyone finds out as soon as they learn to player poker.  But Ultimate Bet is putting an offer on the table that will make it pretty hard to fold 7-2 next time it’s dealt to you.  Ultimate Bet is offering side jackpots to players who can win a pot with the worst hand in online poker at their “Seven Deuce” poker tables.  To get started with this extremely fun promotion, you just need to visit the lobby in the UB …

Since the World Series of Poker is currently going on, many online poker players think that their chances to attend the world’s largest casino poker event are gone.  But this isn’t the case at all because Ultimate Bet will be awarding 50 Main Event seats this weekend on June 20th. The event happens at 4pm ET, and anybody who completes the Ultimate Bet poker download can participate.  If your bankroll is large enough, you can pay $500 + $30 to enter the main qualifier where the fifty $12,000 prize packages will be given away.  Of course, you don’t need to …

Lots of players make crazy and unusual prop bets during the World Series of Poker.  In fact, many of these prop bets make poker news since they command so much attention from the poker world.  And Ultimate Bet is looking for plenty more of these high profile bets through their “Craziest Last Longer Bet” promo.  The way this promotion works is that UB internet poker players will get the opportunity to come up with original ideas for proposition bets.  And whoever comes up with the best prop bet will get to make the wager via Ultimate Bet’s bank account. To …

Few poker pros have come as far as UltimateBet player Tiffany Michelle has in the last year.  Michelle cemented her place as one of the best texas poker players in the world when she finished in 17th place in the World Series of Poker.  Her showing at the WSOP, and the fact that she is one of the more attractive players in the game today have made Tiffany Michelle a fast rising star. Now UltimateBet is giving people the chance to win a date with this poker hottie on April 28th in a free poker tournament.  That’s right…you don’t even …