The third Ultimate Bet Online Championship Series (UBOC) begins on January 9, 2009, the online poker room announced last week. Ultimate Bet will host 22 events in total, consisting of 12 UBOC high-stakes events and 10 Mini UBOC tournaments, which have buy-ins that are 10% of their high-roller counterparts.
Annie Duke, who has created much of the tournament schedule currently found on Ultimate Bet, commented in a press release distributed by the online poker site, “This is unbelievably massive. In keeping with our commitment to delivering more of what online poker players demand, we’re raising the stakes in our third UBOC series by throwing over $3 million in guarantees into the mix.” Two events of the 12 that make up the main UBOC tournament schedule boast $1 million guarantees. They include a $5,200 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em Championship and the $1,050 buy-in UBOC Championship.
Here’s a look at the schedule for the 12 major UBOC events:
Friday, January 9th
Event 1: $109 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys, $50,000 Guaranteed
Saturday, January 10th
Event 2: $320 No Limit Hold’em, $200,000 Guaranteed
Event 3: $530 No Limit Heads-Up 128-Man Event, $64,000 Guaranteed
Sunday, January 11th
Event 4: $530 No Limit Hold’em Deep-Stack, $200,000 Guaranteed
Event 5: $5,200 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em Championship, $1 million Guaranteed
Monday, January 12th
Event 6: $162 Pot Limit Omaha Eight or Better Double Stack, $50,000 Guaranteed
Tuesday, January 13th
Event 7: $130 HORSE, $50,000 Guaranteed
Wednesday, January 14th
Event 8: $350 Sniper Bounty, $100,000 Guaranteed
Thursday, January 15th
Event 9: $162 Pot Limit Hold’em, $150,000 Guaranteed
Friday, January 16th
Event 10: $130 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em, $30,000 Guaranteed
Saturday, January 17th
Event 11: $109 No Limit Hold’em with Rebuys, $100,000 Guaranteed
Sunday, January 18th
Event 12: $1,050 UBOC Championship, $1 million Guaranteed
The Mini UBOC events have 10% of the buy-in of their high-stakes counterparts, along with 10% of the guarantees. The two $1 million guarantees do not have tournaments in the Mini UBOC. Satellites will begin on Monday, September 15th and become a major part of Ultimate Bet’s promotional offering. Visit the UB poker lobby for more information.
In last year’s Main Event of the UBOC, the top ten players took home healthy paydays:
1st Place: Maria Nuccia ($168,450)
2nd Place: Fred420 ($168,450)
3rd Place: PMJackson21 ($87,500)
4th Place: A_thekevlar_2 ($65,000)
5th Place: Zmona ($52,500)
6th Place: Breitling996 ($42,000)
7th Place: RMB31 ($32,000)
8th Place: toetagU ($22,500)
9th Place: E Tyme ($17,000)
10th Place: ThrillsnKills ($10,000)
The UBOC is one of several tournament series that are run on major online poker rooms. PokerStars is in the midst of the 2008 World Championship of Online Poker. The Main Event, a $5,200 buy-in tournament with a $10 million guarantee, starts on September 21st. Full Tilt Poker offers the Full Tilt Online Poker Series, which recently just completed its ninth installment. Next month, Bodog will run its second Bodog Poker Open, which was a rousing success in its debut. Each tournament series offers a way for individual online poker sites to become the epicenter of the poker world for several days.