THE UB SNG BONUS IS A SCAM

[kurtcobain]

These numbers are from memory, so feel free to tear me apart if I'm wrong, but...

The SNG bonus gives you bonus dollars; it takes 10 ultimate points to redeem one bonus dollar. I played $2/4 nl for about half an hour the other day, and earned something like 30 ultimate points ($3). Pokertracker said I raked $26. These numbers may be a little off, so lets say the bonus dollars give you 10% off the rake. Big deal. I've never looked into it, but I assume UB, Party, and Stars all have the same rake (homogoneous product, perfect competition).

I earned about $2,000 bonus dollars the first week (they made an error and didn't cap it), and then I realized that it's basically just a 10% rake break. I seriously considering leaving UB and forgetting the "bonus" dollars.

Now, UB is without a doubt the worst of the three major online poker sites. There are the fewest players (fewest fish) and the site crashes every other day. The only reason I like it is their "bet pot" button, which really puts the AG in LAG.

I'm pretty sure this promotion is a ploy to prevent people from going over to the new online pokerroom, fulltilt.com, and to boost their sales, given they have less players than party and stars.

Does anyone who plays $2/4 NL hold 'em and $100 sngs (or somewhere near that) have any reason why I (or anyone) should stick with UB? Maybe UB is fishier at those stakes...I never really investigated it. I know, though, that when I used to play on Stars, site crashes weren't a regular occurence. Party, last time I checked, only lets you buy in for $200 at the $2/4 nl game, which is their highest NL game. UB sit n gos, for some reason, seem tougher as well. Who knows.

So, any thoughts on:

1) the july sitngo scam really just being a ~10% rake break
2) UB being a horrible site
3) games on UB are harder to find (less players) and possibly tougher (less fish?)


THANKS