With the final table of the World Series of Poker* Main Event on hold until November , poker fans are feeling a little deprived of multi million-dollar Texas Hold’em action. This weekend, that will all change. UltimateBet is holding its much-talked-about Aruba 50-seat Guaranteed poker tournament this Saturday with the goal of sending a record number of players to the online poker site’s signature poker event in Aruba.
On Saturday, July 19^th, UltimateBet will award at least 50 online poker players with Aruba Poker Classic prize packages valued at $8,500 apiece through its Aruba 50-seat Guarantee.
The $500+30 online Texas Hold’em event begins on Saturday, July 19^th at 5:30pm ET at UltimateBet.com. Each package includes a $5,000+500 buy-in to the 2008 Aruba Poker Classic and an additional $3,000 for travel and accommodations .

With several satellites running daily, Texas Hold’em players can still win their way to Saturday’s 50-Seat Aruba Satellite for as little as $10. 

The 2008 Aruba Poker Classic takes place from September 27^th through October 4^th at the Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino. Online poker fans are invited to go head-to-head with the world's best poker professionals in nonstop poker tournaments and cash games, rub elbows with Hollywood celebrities at exclusive Aruba parties, and re-energize by soaking up the sun on the world's best beach.

With more than 750 Texas Hold ‘Em players expected to play in the Aruba Poker Classic Main Event , UltimateBet is estimating a prize pool of over $4 million and the online poker site is guaranteeing a first place prize of $1 million.

For more information on the 2008 UltimateBet Aruba Poker Classic, visit UltimateBet.com .

Today, the management of both Absolute Poker and UltimateBet announced the upcoming launch of CEREUS: a NEW POKER PLATFORM that will integrate the customers and features from both poker rooms, instantly making CEREUS the third largest online poker network. 

CEREUS is the result of more than 12 months innovation and development. Absolute Poker and UltimateBet will retain their unique assets yet share more players, more action, more tournaments, incredible new features and massive promotions. 

Paul Leggett, Chief Operations Officer of both Absolute Poker and UltimateBet , said: 

“I am so excited to announce the launch of our new poker network CEREUS. This is a huge landmark for our company and online poker. I’m confident that Absolute Poker and UltimateBet customers will be thrilled by the new platform and we look forward to welcoming many new players from around the world. 

“CEREUS not only delivers the best online poker experience; it enables our company to improve our operations and deliver significantly better value and service to our customers. 

“Our company’s goal is to provide poker players with the ultimate online experience.  The launch of CEREUS is a major step for us in achieving our goal and we look forward to making many more exciting announcements very soon.”

You can learn a lot about your particular style of betting on poker by using Internet poker software.  Just as athletic coaches and players often study previous games to learn from what went wrong and what went right, you can study your own style of playing by using Internet poker software.  This software has a wide variety of capabilities depending upon which application you select.  While some of this software is web based and free, other kinds of poker software can be purchased and downloaded to your computer. Bet on poker in relaible internet poker room at Ultimatebet.com.

Just because it is free doesn't necessarily mean it is the right Internet poker software for you and the opposite is true also.  You could spend hundreds of dollars for this type of software and still not be getting the greatest benefit from it.  Therefore, it is imperative that you do your research and check out a wide variety of Internet poker software before you select the application that best fits your needs.  If you do choose software that comes with a price tag, check to see if there is a free trial period first so you can decide if it is the right software for you before you lay out big bucks for it.

Internet poker software can be a very valuable tool for you to use to track your poker betting financials, your playing history, and it can even help you to improve your game.  You can discover when and under what circumstances you are playing aggressively and you can analyze virtually every hand you have been dealt.  You can also use the software to calculate the odds based on any hand as well as the particular odds at each stage of the hand.  Take your time when evaluating this type of software; look closely at what is out there and decide which features are most important to you before you spend a lot of money.  You may have to try out a few applications until you find the perfect fit so be patient; in the end, however, you will most likely wonder how you ever got along without poker software to help you in your game.

 

 

 

Bodog Poker is the poker client that may be downloaded at www.bodog.com and used to play online poker for real or play money on their server. Texas Hold 'em is the primary form of poker played on Bodog, and an active game can be found at any time of day on any day of the year. Both limit and no-limit hold 'em is offered. Games are available at a variety of monetary levels that allow people of all incomes to play. No limit games are offered with maximum buy-in's as low as $10 and as high as $2,000. Limit games are available from the .05/.10 level to the $20/$40 level. The site also offers cash games in Omaha, Omaha Hi-Low, 5 Stud, 7 Stud, and 7 Stud Hi-Low. These games are much less popular and some games are hard to find during non-peak hours. In addition to cash games, Bodog also offers a large number of tournaments. Both scheduled and sit-n-go tournaments are offered at all levels, from free rolls to $1,000+ buy-ins. Many of the scheduled tournaments also have guaranteed prize pools. I play poker at several online sites, and, to be honest, they're all about the same. Full Tilt and PokerStars have a bit of an advantage over others due to the incredibly high traffic that allows them to offer virtually any poker game that exists. The downside of this is that their tournaments are often highly overpopulated. Bodog, because of lower traffic, offers tournaments that both compensate players well for their time and reasonable amounts of solid competition. Bodog is unique in a couple of ways that really give it a leg up on their competition. The first is that the Bodog Sportsbook, Casino, Horse Betting, and Poker clients are all linked to the same cash account. Many sites which offer the same services force gamblers to have an account with each client. The convenience of being able to use the same account for all 4 clients cannot be overstated. Bodog also offers generous deposit bonuses to both first time depositors and returning clients. They also have a very acceptable cash-out policy which offers one free cashout per month to clients. Bodog is also available to US customers. Many other sites are not. All things considered, I would highly recommend Bodog Poker to anyone who's looking at dabbling their feet in the world of online poker. While it is not the most popular site, it does offer all the features that you want in a poker client.