Ultimate Poker (U.S.A Nevada site) opens today

http://ultimatepoker.com/

THE BEGINNING

i wonder how much they had to pay to be the first

http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/30/4285252/ultimate-poker-first-legal-us-poker-site

It's owned by the Fertita brothers, so this is not some joke company.

For those who dont know who the Fertitas are, they own Zuffa LLC which is the parent company of the UFC.

Sweet, looks like software from 2001. Wonder if it will have players like 2001.

On April 30 2013 17:09 NewbSaibot wrote: Sweet, looks like software from 2001. Wonder if it will have players like 2001.

with the hand history in the chat box i guess it will

looks like you don't need to be a resident either, just be physically in Vegas and you are good to go. You can also physically cash out from any Stations casino.

Doesn't looked like that rake is that bad. 4.5%, no rakeback though and the buy-in structures are fucked. They're all like 50bb maxed.

This is cool, once the other states see the revenue gains they will hop on board similar to what's happening with marijuana(the trend, and implied revenue), IMO.

Talk about conspiracy though. I mean how long would this site need to be in development? Kinda hilarious that stars/ftp probably werent even cut in on the conversation

is this interstate only, or can players residing in other countries play too?

as long as you are in nevada you can play no matter where you are from. while playing here, you can only play vs other people currently in nevada

Any indication of player count yet? I'm curious if there's like 200 people online or 2000 (both dismally small but still indicative of growth potential)

why would anyone go to nevada to play online poker versus only other players from nevada lol, that is so dumb

On May 01 2013 10:13 TalentedTom wrote: why would anyone go to nevada to play online poker versus only other players from nevada lol, that is so dumb

To play dumb americans

My table on European sites right now:
Estonia Estonia Belarus Lithuania Romania ME Belarus Russia

Yeah... fun

all of those countries take poker way too seriously, haven't met a Romanian fish yet :/

On May 01 2013 14:20 locoo wrote: all of those countries take poker way too seriously, haven't met a Romanian fish yet :/

Yeah :/

Each country should bring at least some fish or get banned imo

I don't think i've ever seen a Belarus fish, ever.

i wonder what happened to "euro fish"? wasnt that all the rage to be avoiding stars/ftp and playing euro sites because of "tough americans"? that was back in 2007 though haha. anyone care to explain what happened to the whole fishy euro site theory before?

Just another example of fucking government impeding progress and sending us back to fucking 2000's

On May 01 2013 19:06 whamm! wrote: i wonder what happened to "euro fish"? wasnt that all the rage to be avoiding stars/ftp and playing euro sites because of "tough americans"? that was back in 2007 though haha. anyone care to explain what happened to the whole fishy euro site theory before?

probably because we dont have any more french players, italians, spanish(YEAH!),

"Download and register now for your chance to win a trip to Las Vegas and gain a free entry into our Sunday $10,000 Guaranteed Tournament."

Sweet deal for Nevada players to win a trip to LV

On May 01 2013 14:20 locoo wrote: all of those countries take poker way too seriously, haven't met a Romanian fish yet :/

Probably don't have the disposable income to play recreationally

On May 01 2013 19:06 whamm! wrote: i wonder what happened to "euro fish"? wasnt that all the rage to be avoiding stars/ftp and playing euro sites because of "tough americans"? that was back in 2007 though haha. anyone care to explain what happened to the whole fishy euro site theory before?

im sure they were talking about richer central european countries ... romania and belarus was probably never that fishy

I remember pokertableratings had a list of all the countries' results and all the rich countries were getting absolutely murdered;


who do you guys think are the juiciest countries? i always feel like belgium and holland are terrible

On May 03 2013 18:09 Jelle wrote: Show nested quote + On May 01 2013 19:06 whamm! wrote: i wonder what happened to "euro fish"? wasnt that all the rage to be avoiding stars/ftp and playing euro sites because of "tough americans"? that was back in 2007 though haha. anyone care to explain what happened to the whole fishy euro site theory before? im sure they were talking about richer central european countries ... romania and belarus was probably never that fishy I remember pokertableratings had a list of all the countries' results and all the rich countries were getting absolutely murdered; who do you guys think are the juiciest countries? i always feel like belgium and holland are terrible

isn't that just because the rich countries generally have bigger player pools?

anyway i always thought worst were either italy or the south/central american countries.

On May 03 2013 18:09 Jelle wrote: Show nested quote + On May 01 2013 19:06 whamm! wrote: i wonder what happened to "euro fish"? wasnt that all the rage to be avoiding stars/ftp and playing euro sites because of "tough americans"? that was back in 2007 though haha. anyone care to explain what happened to the whole fishy euro site theory before? im sure they were talking about richer central european countries ... romania and belarus was probably never that fishy I remember pokertableratings had a list of all the countries' results and all the rich countries were getting absolutely murdered; who do you guys think are the juiciest countries? i always feel like belgium and holland are terrible

I like Brazil, Russia and Greece the most.

Dont think i seen a nit from holland yet...

I love russians, love swedish players too, love aggro tard players, ;o)
france/italy use to be the best fishes to play

so basically its the same software as absolute poker

On May 04 2013 00:24 MARSHALL28 wrote: so basically its the same software as absolute poker

I was just about to say this...

This is pretty significant. It's not going to take that long for them to realize they want revenue from other states and countries player pools. The day is coming.

On May 03 2013 21:30 VanDerMeyde wrote: Show nested quote + On May 03 2013 18:09 Jelle wrote:   On May 01 2013 19:06 whamm! wrote: i wonder what happened to "euro fish"? wasnt that all the rage to be avoiding stars/ftp and playing euro sites because of "tough americans"? that was back in 2007 though haha. anyone care to explain what happened to the whole fishy euro site theory before? im sure they were talking about richer central european countries ... romania and belarus was probably never that fishy I remember pokertableratings had a list of all the countries' results and all the rich countries were getting absolutely murdered; who do you guys think are the juiciest countries? i always feel like belgium and holland are terrible I like Brazil, Russia and Greece the most. Dont think i seen a nit from holland yet...

I also like players from Greece the most

Australians are huge donkey too.

On May 01 2013 21:37 bigredhoss wrote: "Download and register now for your chance to win a trip to Las Vegas and gain a free entry into our Sunday $10,000 Guaranteed Tournament." Sweet deal for Nevada players to win a trip to LV

rofl

On May 01 2013 14:20 locoo wrote: all of those countries take poker way too seriously, haven't met a Romanian fish yet :/

I dunno man a lot of the russians I play against are pretty fucking bad

ray of hope appears

On May 01 2013 11:29 VanDerMeyde wrote: Show nested quote + On May 01 2013 10:13 TalentedTom wrote: why would anyone go to nevada to play online poker versus only other players from nevada lol, that is so dumb To play dumb americans My table on European sites right now: Estonia Estonia Belarus Lithuania Romania ME Belarus Russia Yeah... fun

You should check out prima
its : Bulgaria Bulgaria Sweden Sweden Bulgaria Sweden or some bulgarian/swedish reg that lied and typed Istanbul/Izmir or Cyprus or smtng lame

no good

Not too much talk about this so far, would be nice to hear from someone trying to play it regularly. I guess it kind of sucks that it's open in a place where people already have lots of access to gambling.

Edit: http://www.pocketfives.com/articles/ultimate-poker-review-588179/ A decent article on some of the staff behind it. At least some of them are coming from Pokerstars.

I downloaded it to see if I wanted to play on it while in Vegas. Unfortunately it looks like all the tables have a 50BB max buyin. I hope they fix that eventually.

They knew they were opening with sub-par software. They decided to do it anyhow so they could officially be the first to open. They are working on all the bells and whistles, hopefully they have a good development team behind them. I have to agree, the 50bb max is way to low, they HAVE to fix that.

Those regs from belarus, russia etc play like 18 hours per day....

Edit: Gotta respect the work ethics ! (but i guess it must be very motivating when avarage sallary is like 500 euro per month)

turrible

Anyone know what the games are like?

No re-sizable tables LOL

10/20 donks are plentiful nomsayin