Redeeming UB Bonus Dollars....anyone play low-limit on UB?

[pokerlaw]

Just deposited some money in UB yesterday - partially b/c of the reload bonus they had going. To get the bonus, I have to play the cash tables. I typically do fine with this on Party, however, the UB tables have FAR fewer players. Is it hard to log a large amount of hands on $1/2 and .50/$1 limit on UB? How is the competition?

Thanks in advance for any advice you give...

[Bobbrt1329]

Personally, I found UB to be too tight at these levels. I made more money on Party Poker without the bonus than I did on UB with the bonus. I still have $80 waiting for me, and I don't see any reason to leave Party to get it.
As an example, you can always sit down to a .50/1.00 table with an average pot of $10 or more at Party, but on UB I found it difficult to find a table over $7.
It's my opinion that at these low levels the bonus on UB is near worthless. There's more money to be made elsewhere.

...but that's just me.

[QTip]

It's harder to clear playing microlevels. If you move up to small stakes, it goes much quicker. Also, they have the whole "start a table" deal that works well if you can play HU or shorthanded OK for a while.

People talk about players at different sites and perhaps there's a bit of truth to it, but I wouldn't put much stock in it. I destroyed the UB tables when I was there, and I suck. I just made the deposit for this bonus as well, so off I go...

[MoreWineII]

UB's gotten a looooot looser. I play 3/6 and 5/10 there regularly. It's a nice bonus, I took advantage of it last night.

[bernie]

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UB's gotten a looooot looser

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shhhhhhh

haha

Though it's still much tougher than the Party games I see posted on here.

b

[MoreWineII]

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UB's gotten a looooot looser

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shhhhhhh

haha

Though it's still much tougher than the Party games I see posted on here.

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w3rd. But it's getting there.

I mean, ah...never mind. It's a rock garden.

[CallMeIshmael]

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As an example, you can always sit down to a .50/1.00 table with an average pot of $10 or more at Party, but on UB I found it difficult to find a table over $7.

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FWIW, If I am not mistaken, Party counts uncalled bets in average pot size while UB does not. If you notice, the pot they give you at party (Ie. XXX wins $25 pot with...) includes your bet, while at UB this is not true.

This is not overy significant at limit play, but can be very significant in PL/NL play.

Does anyone know if Party charges rake on that uncalled bet?

[Bob T.]

FWIW, If I am not mistaken, Party counts uncalled bets in average pot size while UB does not. If you notice, the pot they give you at party (Ie. XXX wins $25 pot with...) includes your bet, while at UB this is not true.


Hmmm, this makes sense, I've always done better at UB than at party, and if I'm using pot size as one of my selection criteria, than I am actually picking games on UB that are one big bet bigger than I am picking at party.

Does anyone know if Party charges rake on that uncalled bet?

I believe that the do not.

[jthegreat]

This is probably due mostly to sucky variance, but I do way better at UB than I do at Party. Heck, last night I lost 17BB at Party on 3 tables and made 20BB at UB on two. The tightness allows you to bluff a LOT more pots. They add up nicely.

[Bob T.]

Actually, I think that the tightness allows the full blown maniacs to survive longer at UB. Which lets me pick them off a higher percentage of their money, because my antimaniac game is good.