UltimateBet 50% up to $100 Holiday Reload Bonus

[CWsports]

50% Holiday Redeposit Bonus!

Just in time for the holidays, we're offering to help stuff your stocking with a little extra green.

It's easy, just make your deposit of $25 or more anytime during the month of December and receive 50% of that deposit, up to $100 in Bonus Dollars.
Bonus is limited to one per person.

Happy Holidays!

[Nick-Zack]

LOL -I already have $2800 in bonuses there but another $100 can't hurt I guess. I will have to start clearing these at some time.

[CWsports]

I now have $650 in pending bonuses there in 3 months and I've yet to play a single hand there. I guess I'm saving them for a rainy month.

[AncientPC]

I have $570 in pending bonuses, I heard the UB tables get softer at night but I'm too busy playing other more profitable sites to bother with playing at UB.

[wonderwes]

So I would assume the majority of the players on UB dislike the bonus cash system. I wonder if they would ever change their point system if enouch people requested it. I see they are redoing the jackpot system.

I still think UB has some of the best multi games. Always the right size of players.

[lorinda]

Why would a UB player dislike free money?

I think it's great.

Lori

[PuertoKid]

I think their bonus system is fine. I like getting it in increments instead of having to wait until all raked hands played and then get whole bonus.

[AncientPC]

But you have to play a lot more hands to get the equivalent amount of money as compared to a Party & skins / Paradise / Absolute bonus.

[lorinda]

The difference between UB and Paradise at 1/2 is negligable in speed if you start the tables.

Lori

[playersare]

i like the incremental bonus structure of UB as well, but other people are right in that this is offset by the lower amount of bonus "points" once receives playing UB compared to just about every other poker site except Pacific (aka poker hell). If you calculate the number of hands and rake contribution required to earn X amount of bonus dollars an hour at UB - let's say $1/2 fixed limit full ring games for example - you'll find that it is only 50% of the earnings rate of pokerroom, absolute and paradise, and only *25%* compared to party poker, interpoker and poker plex.

one possible reason why UB points are awarded more frugally is because ultimate points themselves can be wagered and accumulated through live play in addition to being redeemed for the usual site promotions such as tournament entries and branded merchandise. just like $1 is theoretically worth more than $1 to a good poker player who knows how and when to bet it, one ultimate point can be considered to be worth more than its face value (roughly 1/2 of one cent) if invested wisely.

of course there are plenty of other factors besides bonus rates when it comes to picking which poker site to play at, and I certainly like playing UB and free money is free money no matter how you slice it. But I will say that I do tend to work off bonuses on many other sites first, before I go back for my next visit to UB.