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Ultimate Poker Drops Several Team Members

Wednesday, August 13th, 2014

Online poker pros are a common occurrence at top online poker rooms. Poker operators sponsor top players to compete online at the site and represent the brand during live events. In most cases, a pro can stay at an online poker room for years, earning nice compensation and playing the game they love. This week, several pros received bad news and lost their spot on an online poker team. It was recently reported that several pros sponsored at Ultimate Poker will no longer be working with the site.

Team U is the sponsored pro team at Ultimate Poker and now the site has removed several pros from the Team U player page. William Reynolds, Jeremy Ausmus, Brent Hanks and Phil Collins have all been removed from the website as members of Team U. When a player profile is removed from an online poker team web page, it usually means the player is no longer a part of the website.

The site still seems to be working with Antonio Esfandiari, Jason Somerville, Dan O’Brien and Danielle Anderson. According to F5Poker, Randy Dorfman, a former pro of Ultimate Poker, Tweeted about the news stating:

“Ultimate Poker drops Pros Will Reynolds, Jeremy Ausmus, Phil Collins & Brent Hanks. Maybe time 4 Stations to drop people running UP? #toolate”

Ultimate Poker has yet to officially announce if the pros are no longer members of the site but most likely the pros are no longer working with UP. With the news of Ultimate Poker, there was also a case of a pro leaving PokerStars. Humbero Brenes is no longer associated with PokerStars and will not be working with the site even after the poker room is now part of Amaya Gaming. This week has not bee the best for poker pros. It will be interesting to see in the coming days if Ultimate Poker announces the reasoning behind the change at the poker pro page of the website.

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US Market to Grow According to Ultimate Poker Chairman

Wednesday, May 21st, 2014

file4741238088930A recent Pokerfuse report points out that Ultimate Poker has created a video series featured on YouTube with videos created by Tom Breitling the Chairman of the company. The videos cover a variety of topics but one of the most recent releases has gained quite a bit of views based on the content. The video titled Lessons Learned—Market Size, covers the US market for online gambling and how Breitling believes the industry’s potential will be emerging soon.

In the video, Breitling states that Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey are only a representation of about 4% of the population in the US. Breitling stated that ‘most of us believe all Americans should be protected and have a chance to play the games they love’. The UP Chairman then stated that 91% of adults in the US have a mobile phone and 2 out of 3 have visited a land based casinos so ‘these folks will soon be playing online’.

In the video, Breitling stated that a breakthrough in the market is just around the corner and education and innovation are the driving force behind breaking through the US market. However, the video did not feature any specifics of the plans of the company to ‘break through the market’.

The video also discusses the poor revenues for the first year of operation with online poker and Ultimate Poker and Breitling just dismisses the information stated that the company can be compared to Google or Amazon. In the video, the Chairman states that you have to see this in the same way you might look at the numbers with Amazon. The Amazon Company did $35,000 in revenues for the first month and $500,000 for the first year back in 1995. Then by last year, the company was earning $74.5 billion in revenues. Breitling stated that the point is that you have to start somewhere. It will be interesting to se how the company progresses for the remainder of the year and if the market sees this breakthrough in the US.

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TwoPlusTwo Forum now includes Ultimate Poker Sponsored Support Option

Thursday, October 31st, 2013

Every poker player knows that the TwoPlusTwo forums are THE place to go to find out the latest goings on in the poker industry across the globe. The poker forum has over 300,000 members and are affiliated with top online poker rooms as well as groups that provide information on a variety of topics. Players can start their own threads about whatever they like from gossip to online poker rooms and so much more.

TwoPlusTwo is also home to sponsored support forums so players can view information about their home poker room. In the United States, the WSOP online poker site has already created an option so players can ask questions or find out information about the site. WSOP launched their TwoPlusTwo support option on launch day and now it seems as though, Ultimate Poker is following suit.

Ultimate Poker has now paid for a sponsored support forum at TwoPlusTwo and will be able to offer answers to questions and concerns that players may have. UP has already been active at the poker forum, offering information on upcoming changes or features to the site as well as helping players who have questions.

A long general discussion thread has now been moved to a new support forum specifically for Ultimate Poker. Terrence Chan is the representative of the site and he has created other threads for Ultimate Poker such as Promotions, Feature Requests and more. Players will find a section for any question they may have and should receive response fairly quickly.

The TwoPlusTwo forums have long been a go-to option for poker players who seek advice, input or just want to vent. By providing this outlet for players, Ultimate Poker is allowing members to be able to receive resolution for any issues, questions or concerns they may have.

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Pot Limit Omaha added to Ultimate Poker

Thursday, October 24th, 2013

Ultimate Poker launched back in April in the state of Nevada and since that time, players within the states borders have been able to enjoy real money poker games. The site has been limited to what they offer and players have been anxiously awaiting new additions. The site has now announced they have launched real money pot limit Omaha games that are available now.

The cash games began yesterday and will have limits of $1-$2 with pot limit Omaha. There will be six-handed tables and those who want to play with lower stakes can hit the $0.10/$0.25 tables. The site is expected to launch even more stakes as well as poker games in the future. The site is basically the guinea pig for the region, not to mention the US. States are waiting to see how well the site does before launching their online poker sites.

Ultimate Poker is not the only site available to residents in the state of Nevada. WSOP kicked off their real money gaming site just a few weeks ago and they began with Omaha, seven card stud and of course, hold’em.

The state of Nevada is currently the only one in the US to offer online poker options for real money but Delaware and New Jersey are close to launching. Delaware plans on offering real money poker options online on October 31st and then on November 26th the state of New Jersey will launch not only online poker but online casino games as well.

The United States is slowly entering the online gambling industry as the three states emerge as the first to try the option. Other states are watching to see how well the others do before following in their footsteps. Either way, US gamblers are starting to have gaming options and this is an exciting time!

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