UltimateBet Makes Changes to Online Championship Event

It was announced today by UltimateBet that they would be making a change to one of the events included in the Ultimate Bet Online Championships. The $5,000 plus $200 event will be replaced with a $300 plus $200 event to make the series available to more players.

Annie Duke, the card room consultant for UltimateBet, commented that they have listened to their players and modified the UBOC tournament schedule to be more available to online poker players. The major difference this will have is that the event will have a much lower guaranteed prize pool. Normally the pool would be at $1 million. It now will sit at $300,000 guaranteed.

Duke went on to comment that there still is a $1 million championship event as well as the $300,000 event and both will “thrill more players looking to be a part of the most exciting online championship series in poker.”

Personally I think it is a good choice to lower the buy-in. not everyone has the funds to pay for the big buy-ins and this is a great way for players to get exposure and compete in a major poker tournament.