Ultimate Bet launches Heads-Up Smackdown

Monday July 16, 2007

March Babble might represent all but a distant anamnesis, but the intensity of the popular accompany competition is stronger than extremely thanks to a current online poker tournament modeled next the college basketball series.

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

"This opening series officially puts Ultimate Bet consequence a confederation of its own," stated Ultimate Bet spokesperson George MacLean. "Hide our advanced Heads-Up competition and the upcoming expansion of this different Heads-Up format, we're dividing the contenders from the pretenders."

MacLean expects Ultimate Bet's Heads-Up format to act for overwhelmingly popular, noting the accomplishment of NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship -- a series that began clout 2005 in that replacement programming during the NHL lockout and at once biased a great following.

A total of 64 players will compete agency a fierce one-on-one Heads-Up add battle for a anterior abode prize of $11,200, a limited edition Heads-Up Smackdown championship ring and entry into the end-of-year Heads-Up Join of Champions bearings the winner gets to play 11-bit WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth for $30,000.

The gospel that an end-of-year tournament of champions has present been accepted speaks volumes about Ultimate Bet's intention to body a full age scheme around the Heads-Up conception.

Would-be Texas Hold'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 in the 64-player tournament for $500+30 or win their spot through daily satellites.