Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke leave UB.com

Yes poker surfers and surfettes you heard right.  The two biggest names for UB.com have mutually parted ways with the site formerly know as Ultimate Bet.

Phil Hellmuth Jr. appears to have left UB.com either on his own accord or theirs. Neither has really said just yet what the reasoning is, so we will speculate.

1. Phil Hellmuth has something lined up with WSOP.com in sponsorship and teaching poker classes
2. He has some sort of deal/sponsorship with Aria Resort and Casino
3. Is planning on becoming a professional dancer after he appears on "Dancing With the Stars"
4. UB.com kicked him and Annie Duke to the curb in order to make way for their revamped and younger demographic. (feel free to sign up JohnnyKahuna)
5. All of the above

We speculate something along the lines of 1 & 2 with a little 4 mixed in there.

Annie Duke on the other hand did at least did say that she was leaving UB.com because she would like to explore some other avenues of business and personal growth.
Speculation, well she did just get engaged and she has 4 kids, so we imagine she needs some time to herself and with her family. On the business side, she did do well on Celebrity Apprentice (we thought she should've won it) so we can assume that on the business end of things she either has something lined up or will have no problem.

UB's Global Poker League

What's up poker surfers and surfettes, we hope you all had a great Christmas with family and friends!

UB.com has partnered with Global Poker League (www.GPLnow.com) and Cowabunga Poker has created a team with UB player JOHNNYKAHUNA as the team captain (and he better start playing!). We currently have added two members to the team, JAXSONSMOMMY and EZMONEYFISH now on to the big news.

• GPL Team Cowabunga Poker has qualified for the Global Poker League's Green Star Playoff thanks to the hard and winning work of JAXSONSMOMMY!!!  and the team is currently ranked at 30th in the GPL standings
• Green Star Play offs will be held April 30th and May 7th at 2pm!

Cowabunga Christmas

To all the poker surfers and surfettes, we hope you are having a Cowabunga Christmas!!!!

Merry Christmas to all!

SURFS UP! UB.com releases it's full UBOC6 Schedule

Here are the fist 10 events:   for the complete list check out UBOC6 Full Schedule and Mini UBOC6

Sunday, January 16th at 14:00 ET
Event #1: NLHE Deep Stack
$530 buy-in, $250,000 Guarantee

Sunday, January 16th at 16:00 ET
Event #2: Sniper NLHE Deep Stack
$320 buy-in, $200,000 Guarantee

Sunday, January 16th at 18:30 ET
Event #3: NLHE Deep Stack Ultra Turbo
$320 buy-in, $100,000 Guarantee

Monday, January 17th at 20:05 ET
Event #4: NLHE Four-Max
$320 buy-in, $100,000 Guarantee

Monday, January 17th at 20:05 ET
Event #5: NLHE Rock Star Bounty
$215 buy-in, $100,000 Guarantee

Tuesday, January 18th at 20:05 ET
Event #6: PLO Six-Max
$215 buy-in, $50,000 Guarantee

Tuesday, January 18th at 20:05 ET
Event #7: NLHE Deep Stack
$320 buy-in, $100,000 Guarantee

Wednesday, January 19th at 16:05 ET
Event #8: NLHE
$162 buy-in, $50,000 Guarantee

Wednesday, January 19th at 20:05 ET
Event #9: PLO Cubed
$215 buy-in, $100,000 Guarantee

Wednesday, January 19th at 20:05 ET
Event #10: NLHE Deep Stack Six-Max
$530 buy-in, $250,000 Guarantee

Tidal Wave: Poker news Dec.6-18th

Poker Surfers and Surfettes a little poker news for you

• Rumors abound that PokerStars has slipped in and bought up the sponsorship for GSN's High Stakes Poker. Full Tilt Poker has been the sponsor for the past seasons and even though none of the players ever wore logo's or advertisements Full Tilt is still concerned that people would be confused as to which site their players are associated with. What does this mean for the new season..check back and we'll let you know as soon as we do
• Tom Dwan inched his way back to a $63k win in his "Durrrr" Challenge, that still puts him down around $500k for the challenge thus far against "Jungleman12".  Dwan was up $354k during the session but dropped some $200k in  a pot and then  had some more misfortune when he flopped the nut flush against the 'jungles' two pair and lost his internet connection forcing the hand to be checked down. No offense to Dwan but if you're playing pots worth $200k you may want to make sure you have a solid connection, yet we're sure this swing didn't affect him too much. He did tweet that he was a bit tilted after that hand.
• The PPA announced that unfortunately the bill proposed by Senate Majority leader Harry Reid was dead in the water. But We'll keep trying!!!
• Party Gaming co-founder Anurag Dikshit (yeah that's his real name) was finally sentenced to to 1 year probation and a $300 million dollar fine (yeah million) by a New York court.  Dikshit has also agreed as part of the sentencing to cooperate in an ongoing investigation with federal prosecutors. Dikshit had sold off his shares in Party Gaming, the parent company of Party Poker, and admitted to violating the Wire Act of 1961 two years ago. Party Gaming is currently merging with BWIN the Austrian online sports book and casino/poker site.

Surfs Up it's Christmas Freerolls and low limit buy ins

That's right Poker Surfers and Surfettes UB.com is offering some awesome Christmas Freerolls and low limit buy in satellites into their $80k Sniper and $200 Sunday Tourneys:

$200k Guaranteed Freerolls

• When: December 12, 19 & 26 @ 12pm ET
• Buy-in: FREE
• Prize Pool: 20 seats in our $200k GTD at 4pm ET

$200k Guaranteed Rebuy Satellites

• When: December 12, 19 & 26 at 1pm ET
• Buy-in: $4+0.40 Rebuy
• Prize Pool: 20 seats in our $200k GTD at 4pm ET

$80k Sniper Freerolls

• When: December 15, 22 & 29 @ 5pm ET
• Buy-in: FREE
• Prize Pool: 20 seats in our $80k Sniper at 9pm ET

$80k Sniper Rebuy Satellites

• When: December 15, 22 & 29 @ 6pm ET
• Buy-in: $4+0.40 Rebuy
• Prize Pool: 20 seats in our $80k Sniper at 9pm ET

Terms & Conditions

Tidal Wave: Poker News Dec.4-Dec.12th

Surfs Up Poker Surfers and Surfettes, here comes your Tidal Wave of poker news!

• Magic happens for the "Magician" Antonio Esfandiari, who not only celebrated his 32nd birthday but his huge WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic win for a niiiicee $870k plus. granted it wasn't really magic (sorry kids) because Antonio has been playing very well and really working hard at the game.
• Andrew Robl, one of our favs, and our sister site,RatPackPoker.net, favorites too. Finshed 2nd in the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic to take down $540k. Robl has been around for a long time and started out as a online grinder in college under the name "good2cu" visit his website here for more. http://www.andrewrobl.com/
• Gus Hansen wins the Full Tilt Poker sponsored Poker Million IX for $1million, and had to beat out the likes of Howard Lederer, Patrik Antonius and Tony Bloom.
• www.CardRunners.com celebrated it's 5th anniversary by waiving the sign up fee, reduced membership plans and giving away prizes all week. 
• "The Micros" a new youtube series started by the founders of CardRunners has seen over 80,000 subscribers in it's first week. be sure to check out the animated poker player series here at http://TinyURL.com/The-Micros
• MRWINDEY hit the UB.com bad beat jackpot on Sunday for $24k 
• UB.com and Absolute Poker holding Christmas Freerolls in to their $80k Sniper and $200k Super Sunday events, along with low limit buy in satellites too!
• PokerStars signed the unknown (Viktor Bloom) Isildur1 and added a "find a seat" option to their card room
• Miami Dolphins WIN!!!! even after the JETS Sal Alosi tried to trip them up! and poker pro Jason Mercier is a Phins fan!!!
• Cowabunga Poker now has a Team on GPLnow.com come join the team!

Rat Pack Poker News Brief

Ladies and Gentleman here's a quick poker news brief for this week.

• World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic has seen some major action with Antonio Esfandiari as the chip leader until Vanessa Rousso took down a massive pot and is now the chip leader. WSOP Main Event Runner Up John Racener is 2nd and Andrew Robl is in 3rd w/Esfandiari in 5th. Check out http://www.worldpokertour.com/ for the latest updates
• PokerStars Signed the infamous and officially unknown "Isildur1". The Swedish high stakes online pro is of course thought to be Viktor Bloom (cool name, needs a comic book) and in an interview "Isildur1" said he/she chose PokerStars because it's the largest site and will be a challenge.
• FOX late night aired PokerStars "Big Game" with Joe Hachem taking down $21k, and Doyle Brunson made a successful bluff with his legendary hand 10-2os
• Full Tilt Poker updated their software and has finally added a "auto add-on" button to there re-buy structure.
• Absolute Poker has seen some more low stakes action with player "RJH7350" back at the tables. The Hold'em specialist is back at it after a brief break, look for him to start playing some MTT's and taking down some cash games.
• "VEGASGUY1982" has been seen at the Full Tilt Poker Tables climbing up in the SNG status with some wins, and has bee seen taking down pots at the RUSH Poker Tables.

Stay Cool

Rip Curl: Poker News Brief

Ok Poker Surfers here's your Rip Curl Poker News Brief

• World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic has seen some major action with Antonio Esfandiari as the chip leader until Vanessa Rousso took down a massive pot and is now the chip leader. WSOP Main Event Runner Up John Racener is 2nd and Andrew Robl is in 3rd w/Esfandiari in 5th. Check out http://www.worldpokertour.com/ for the latest updates
• PokerStars Signed the infamous and officially unknown "Isildur1". The Swedish high stakes online pro is of course thought to be Viktor Bloom (cool name, needs a comic book) and in an interview "Isildur1" said he/she chose PokerStars because it's the largest site and will be a challenge.
• FOX late night aired PokerStars "Big Game" with Joe Hachem taking down $21k, and Doyle Brunson made a successful bluff with his legendary hand 10-2os
• Full Tilt Poker updated their software and has finally added a "auto add-on" button to there re-buy structure.
• We here at CowabungaPoker.com have created a Global Poker League team on www.GPLnow.com with UB with "JOHNNYKAHUNA" as the captain. look for team Cowabunga Poker in the teams section and join us in the league

Tidal Wave! Poker News

What's up Poker Surfers and Surfettes! Here's some poker news via the Tidal Wave!

• CardRunners.com is celebrating their 5th anniversary and the good news for us poker students is the $100 sign up fee will be waived and for just $30/month we'll get access to all the site has to offer. Plus when you sign up during Dec.6th-12th you're automatically in the running for prizes they're giving out. Like an iPad, Xbox Kinect, MacBook Air and more!
• The WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic kicked off with the likes of Barry Greenstein, Chau Giang, Antonio Esfandiari, Vanessa Russo and one of the current leaders Phil Ivey.
• Unidentified online player IHateJuice put a $225k smackdown  on Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius on the Full Tilt $2000/4000 Heads Up Hold'em Limit tables. Especially bad for Patrik who also lost $280k to Urindanger
• "Leatherass" Dusty Schmidt has come out with a new book entitled "Don't Listen to Phil Hellmuth: Correcting the 50 Worst Pieces of Poker Advice You've Ever Heard" now why all of the corrections in the book are not just on Hellmuth's advice, there is still a lot. Schmidt even corrects some of his own old advice. be sure to pick it up @ www.Dustyschmidt.net on Dec. 6th

Poker Surfers and Surfettes when we know more we'll put some up! good luck riding those poker waves!

Poker Promo UB.com's SNG Races to 3

Yo!!! Poker Surfers check this bad ass promo from UB.com

Just win any three SnG tournaments a day in select buy-in levels and we’ll slot you into a special $10k Freeroll for 50 seats in Sunday’s $200k Guarantee. You can choose from the following three buy-in levels:

• $5 & $6
• $10 & $11
• $20 & $22

Each qualifying SnG is a  9-handed tournament. Look for the ones labeled “Race to 3” to qualify.

Use Bonus Code SURFSUP

for deposit bonus & CowabungaPoker.com Gear

We’re also handing out tournament seats to the players who collect the most combined wins, per level, from Monday to Saturday. Here’s the breakdown:

1. A) MOST COMBINED WINS in the $5 and $6 Level
   • - Top 5 win automatic entry to Sniper $25K GTD Tuesday ($120+$10 - Hollywood Dave)
   • - 6th through 25th win entries to another “second chance”50-Seat Satellite for the $200K GTD on Sunday at 1pm ET
2. B) MOST COMBINED WINS in the $10 and $11 Level
   • - Top 5 win automatic entry to Sniper $80K GTD Wednesday ($200+$15 - Joe Sebok)
   • - 6th through 25th win entries to another “second chance”50-Seat Satellite for the $200K GTD on Sunday at 1pm ET
3. C) MOST COMBINED WINS in the $20 and $22 Level
   • - Top 10 win automatic entry to the $200K GTD Sunday