Although Sundays are known primarily as tournament days in the online poker world, CEREUS Network partners UB.com and Absolute Poker are giving players a solid alternative this weekend. For a full 24 hours on Sunday, May 23, the two sites will award all their customers twice the number of UltimatePoints and AbsolutePoints for their play.
The Power Hour promotion, which normally rewards loyal and dedicated ring game players for six hours, is being amped up to a full day by the CEREUS Network as a show of gratitude to users who have stuck with them through thick and thin. All live cash games (excluding heads-up tables) will be handing out double the points from 00:00 until 23:59 ET on May 23rd.
UB.com and Absolute Poker recently came under fire after PokerTableRatings.com discovered a flaw in the CEREUS Network’s server security. Under the guidance of Tokwiro’s Chief Operating Officer Paul Leggett, the company has worked diligently to rectify the situation. Leggett released this statement earlier this week:
“Today we released an updated version of our CEREUS Poker software. This new version completes the implementation of OpenSSL encryption for all of our Client-Server communication. We are now having PokerTableRatings and a third party auditor verify that the implementation is complete.”
The results of the audit are still pending, but UB.com and Absolute Poker – no strangers to controversy – deserve some credit for how they’ve handled this most recent bump in the road. From the moment the issue was brought to light, Leggett and his team have been completely open and honest with the poker community, something that hasn’t always been true in the past.
In any case, it’s obvious that the CEREUS Network’s super-sized Double Points Sunday is an effort to regain the ring game traffic lost following the security breach. The timing and target group are unmistakable indicators. However, for players who were planning on staying with the network or giving it one last chance, this is a great opportunity to earn extra points.
Players who take advantage of the all-day affair should note that the extra points will automatically appear in their accounts, so there’s no need to fret about collecting them. The only thing players need to worry about is how to spend them.
The CEREUS Network’s poker loyalty programs – RAI$E and FAME –are among some of the best in the industry. As players climb UB.com’s RAI$E ladder by earning Status Points, the rewards only get better. There are a total of five RAI$E status levels: Member, Player, Contender, Legend, and Icon. The five rungs of Absolute Poker’s FAME program are Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum VIP, and Diamond Elite. One of the key features of both reward systems is that players can turn their loyalty point into cold hard cash. When players reach the Gold and Contender status levels, they are eligible to trade in for up to $50 a month. Platinum VIP and Legend bring in $250 per month, while Icon and Diamond Elite offer a hefty $1,000 bonus 12 times a year.
