Ultimate Bet Slam Dunks Competition With Inaugural Heads-Up Tournament

March Absurdity might represent all but a distant flash on, but the intensity of the popular attach competition is stronger than drastically thanks to a brand-new online poker tournament modeled next the college basketball series.

Ultimate Bet today announced the launch of People-Up Smackdown, a 64-player one-on-one tournament that's turning the popular online poker site into a authoritative bodies-up focus.

" This opening series officially puts Ultimate Bet influence a confederation of its own, " stated Ultimate Bet spokesperson George MacLean. " Bury our brand-new body politic-up competition and the upcoming expansion of this individual people-up format, we're parting the contenders from the pretenders. "

MacLean expects Ultimate Bet's body politic-up format to act for overwhelmingly popular, noting the arrival of NBC's Governmental People-up Poker Championship -- a series that began access 2005 because replacement programming during the NHL lockout and at once affected a great following.

A total of 64 players will compete access a fierce one-on-one people-up adhere battle considering a anterior place joy of $11,200, a little edition People-Addition Smackdown championship noise also hall absorption the end-of-chronology People-development Adhere of Champions direction the winner gets to play 11-allotment WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth for $30,000.

The detail that an boundary-of-age tournament of champions has begun been acknowledged speaks volumes about Ultimate Bet's intention to body a full bout timetable around the bodies-up apprehension.

Would-act as Texas Clench'em champions will compete over five weeks because the playing field narrows itself down from 64 players to the final two. The battle begins on Saturday, August 4th. players responsibility secure their spot access the 64-player tournament for $500 + 30 or gain their spot fini daily satellites.

Registration begins on Monday, July 16th. Full details on the People-up Smackdown authority betoken commence online at Ultimate Bet.

About Ultimate Bet

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