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Consult With Annie


2008-04-24 16:37:21
By: Gene Bromberg

UltimateBet has announced that it's hired Annie Duke as its new Cardroom Consultant. UB is rolling out a number of exciting new tournaments and Annie will manage the new tournament slate. Duke of course is very familiar with UltimateBet--she helped design UB's software when the company was founded and served as a consultant several years ago. "I opted to accept the Cardroom Consultant position after spending time with UltimateBet's new senior management team," Duke said. "I am extraordinarily pleased with their commitment to wanting what's best for the poker player and I have a renewed sense of enthusiasm in the future of UltimateBet."

And UB's players will have a renewed sense of enthusiasm when the check out all the new tournaments that will be offered. UB will kick off the new tournament schedule on April 28th and here's a sampling of the new tourament offerings:
  • New Sniper tournaments with massive guarantees
  • $1.2 million in weekly guarantees
  • Nightly DeepStack tournaments featuring longer blind levels where players start with 5,000 chips for tourneys with buy-ins of $100+9 and above, and 3,000 starting chips for tourneys with buy-ins under $100+9
  • New Short, Super Short, and Mega Short Stack satellites allow online poker fans to qualify so many new ways, all the way up to one half hour before an event
  • Lots of ways for players to qualify for their WSOP* seat - including a 3-seat guaranteed tournament on Sunday and a 25-seat and 50-seat guaranteed event
  • New $1 Turbo Rebuy $5,000 guaranteed tournament where poker fans can win their seat for as little as 6 cents
  • New Sit and Go satellites for all major events on the site
  • $200,000 guaranteed tournament every Sunday
So circle this coming Monday on your calendar and prepare to indulge yourself in a world of poker tournament delights here at UltimateBet.



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