Send your Player to Vegas

Send your players to Vegas on us!

So at Chipleader, we’re constantly asking ourselves what affiliates really want. Over the past few years, we’ve come up with some pretty cool prizes to thank you guys for being a part of our program. Super Bowl tickets, use of a private jet, trips to Argentina and Costa Rica, and all kinds of other stuff round out the list of amazing prizes we’ve handed out.

As we get closer to the world’s biggest poker tournament, we all sat down and took a closer look at what we’re all doing here. We exist because we love poker more than anything. And you guys exist because 1) you love poker more than anything else and 2) you love making money from people who love poker as much as you do.

Online poker players are passionate about two things: Online Poker and land-based poker. For online poker, we’re obviously all about Absolute Poker and UB, the two brands we represent. But for land-based events, there’s one event that every poker player dreams of taking down.

That event is the WSOP and this year we’re giving out two WSOP packages to the top performing affiliates. These are packages that you can use to give away to your players any way you choose. Use the package as a promotional tool to attract new players. Or reward your top players. It’s all up to you.

This is a huge, HUGE opportunity to put together an awesome promo for your players. Nothing on earth helps your MGR more than having a seat to the WSOP in your possession.

Poker players dream of heading to the WSOP and if you’ve got a free package to give away, you’ll be the affiliate site that players flock to in droves.

To win one of the two packages, just be the affiliate with the highest % of new depositing players in March and April compared to your February numbers or be the affiliate with the highest % increase in revenue in March and April compared to your February numbers.

There are a few details you need to know to qualify for this contest so check out our promotions page for all the info.

Announcing UB.com

Leading Online Poker Site UltimateBet Finds a New Home at UB.com

UltimateBet rebrands and unveils a sleek new identity with the switch to UB.com, and a shift back to the most important element in online poker, the player.

Miami, FL (Marketwire), Tuesday, November 17, 2009 – Tagged by players as “UB” for much of its decade online, UltimateBet has embraced the Poker Room’s nickname, and is primed to tackle the next ten years with a whole new look and focus. Extensive rebranding of its online Poker Room reveals a multi-layered makeover that delivers the streamlined UB brand name and super cool logo, plus a slew of other ‘non-cosmetic’ feature and functionality changes designed to please the player.

“The launch of UB.com represents a turning point for our company. We have assembled a great group of professionals who are passionate about poker to build the UB brand. Our goal is to create products and services that poker players really want. We are trying to listen very carefully to both our players and the poker community to help us achieve this goal,” said Paul Leggett, Tokwiro’s Chief Operating Officer.

“The launch of UB.com is not just a new domain with a different logo, it’s much more than that. It’s a complete new direction for UB. It’s software built with the serious poker player in mind. It’s a new television show that is truly about poker, not just another reality or game show. And finally, it’s tournaments and promotions that poker players care about.”

The change from UltimateBet to UB is a natural development for the leading online poker site, as it responds to the next generation of poker players who are young, intelligent, and passionate about the game.

The latest software update features a complete Lobby redesign for improved navigation and usability. New game filters empower UB players with a quicker more efficient way to weed out the games they don’t want to see, keeping only their personal game selection in view. Tournament and ring game icons have also been added in this product release.

An overhaul of the tournament schedule adds over 30 new guaranteed poker tournaments and $1 Million-plus in guarantees every month to the line-up. UB’s improved tournament blind structures have been welcomed, and the launch of synchronized breaks is universally applauded amongst the growing breed of multi-table online tournament player.

Recent software enhancements have also introduced a much-anticipated Mac version of the poker client, and players now enjoy more ring game options than ever before, including the unique UB 7-Deuce Hold ‘em, plus 4 Max tables, and ring games with antes.

Home of the Aruba Poker Classic, the annual UBOC online tournament series, coming again this January, and the biggest and best Bad Beat Jackpots, UB.com will continue to offer players industry-leading promotions, the robust RAI$E loyalty program, easy access to superior customer support, and more ways to deposit real money funds with the fastest cashouts around.

“In the ten years since I have been involved with the UB brand, I have never been prouder to represent the company as much as I am right now. We have great people captaining the ship, we have a great vibe and some serious swagger. I look forward to the day when we are the largest poker site on the planet,” added UB Pro player Phil Hellmuth.

To find out more about the new UB.com and a ton of new features, visit www.ub.com

About UB.com

Raise. Stack. Own.
Built for the passionate poker player, UB.com offers top poker rewards, optimal tournament structures and fast-paced action games in one of the largest online poker communities in the world. Players can download the free poker software, play in free ring games and tournaments, plus meet and chat online with Phil Hellmuth and other Team UB pros to learn and enhance their playing strategy. UB provides the best poker games available on the net as part of the CEREUS poker network.

Chipleader’s Big Five Promo

You’re going to want to high five someone the moment you see how much cash you’re about to make. We’re arming Chipleader Affiliates with the power to increase their revenue from November 15th through December 10th just by promoting Absolute Poker.

Every new depositing player on Absolute Poker will automatically be registered to play five freerolls worth $1,500 each.

This is the best time to promote the hell out of Absolute Poker on your website because nothing lures in new players like thousands in free cash.

The freerolls run from December 11th through 15th at 8:00 p.m.

Grab your new AP banners right now and watch the money roll in.

The Chipleader Team

Wanna go to the Super Bowl?

We know a lot of our affiliates go crazy for sports. And those who don’t, well, chances are they love a kickass party.

That’s why we’re sending one of our affiliates to the biggest sporting event / football party of the year. That’s right, we’ve brought back our Super Bowl promotion. Yup, we’re giving away another two tickets to the Super Bowl to our top performing affiliate.

The prize package on the line includes airfare for you and a friend to Miami, Florida, hotel accommodations in a really nice hotel, and seats to the biggest game of the year.

To win it, all you need to do is keep raking in new players. If you’re the top affiliate who brings in the highest percentage increase of new depositing players for the month of December compared to your November numbers, you’ll win. There are a few terms and conditions you need to know so head over to our Super Bowl promo page for the details.

Oh, and if you don’t get to hit the Super Bowl on us, don’t worry. We’re throwing another thousand bucks into the mix for the affiliates who rank 2nd through 5th. You can use the cash to throw your own Super Bowl party at home. Maybe put it towards a new HDTV or a few hundred lbs of wings and hold a tailgate party in your own backyard. Your call.

Countdown to Aruba

Countdown to Aruba

I feel like writing an obituary for the summer that never was, but why dwell on the past, especially when talking about the weather. Even if it is still technically summer, autumn is where the action is, especially with no shortage of major happenings at UltimateBet.  Do you realize that we’re only three weeks from the 2009 Aruba Poker Classic?

If you want to win your way to paradise, then you should probably get on that right now.  It isn’t too late to win your $8,500 Aruba prize package, unless you are reading this from the archives.  Aruba is always mind-blowing, but this is going to be the kind of party that redefines the word massive.  Play in what is easily the best poker tournament on the tour while you party under the sun with tons of pros.

We’re always treating you like a pro at UltimateBet.  We’ve made some changes to RAI$E, our industry-leading loyalty program, and players will now earn up to 31% on their cash.  You’ll now be awarded UltimatePoints based on your level of activity on the site, which will be fairer to our players.

Even if you haven’t made a deposit, you can now earn UltimatePoints. If you’ve earned cash through promotions or freerolls, you will now accumulate UltimatePoints when playing in our real money games.

Feel free to post your Aruba fantasies into the blog, but you should probably keep it respectable.

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Be Aggressive Oline

Online poker is a unique beast, with its own quirks and oddities. How you play a successful and winning game online can be completely different than how you play a successful and winning game in a casino or club. You’re playing against different people in a different environment, and a lot of the tips and guidelines that apply to traditional poker table simply don’t work online.

Case in point, conservative slow playing. This is one of the consistently winning strategies in brick and mortar games. Holding onto your chips is how you win the game, because truly risky gambles are almost always too risky. Now there are exceptions to this, but in general you want to be conservative.

Not so online, especially in fun money games. First of all, the online player base is much more timid than the brick and mortar player base, and thus, they will be more easily aggressed, and aggression will net you more winnings. Realizing the timid nature of many online players will help you win more chips and make more money, whether it’s real or fake.

In fun money games, aggression is always the way to play. There’s no real risk in losing, and thus, there’s no reason not to be aggressive. Fun money games are where you practice your chops, and learn new ways to steal chips. In this environment it always pays off the be aggressive, if only to test whether or not it will be successful.

Your Ultimate Mac Bet

There’s some major action at the apple orchard today.  If you have a Mac computer, you probably lined up at the Apple Store this morning to purchase Snow Leopard, the latest version of Mac’s operating system.  There’s a barrel of new features and a new rock solid core that’s faster and more stable than ever.

Even if you aren’t into bobbing for apple operating systems, we have something stellar coming up.   We will be introducing UB-Mac, an impressive Mac version of our UB software.  Poker players who’ve dared to think different, won’t have to boot into unstable Windows mode to hit the UB tables.

With UB-Mac, you’ll be able to play all the ring games we offer in our PC version, as well as single and multi-table Hold’em tournaments and single player blackjack. You can use your current username, password, and balance, without abandoning the style and stability that only Mac offers.  There are even some special mac only features.

New Kid On The Block!

Hi Everyone!

I have been sitting here wondering what to blog about for the past 2 hours. Ok…Not 2 hours spent just starting at the screen, racking my brain about what to write, and feeling that I am incompetent in the writing department. Not me. I’m not like that! It’s not how I roll… I’ve been working, but in the back of my mind I have been going over what to write. After 2 hours I still don’t know….

When all else fails just write about yourself!

I am the “new” kid in town although I’m not really…

I know that you have heard by now that Marce is no longer with us (no she didn’t die!) so I came out of the backstage and am now in the spotlight! Look at ME! I AM A STAR! Ok that’s taking it a bit far. I do feel like I’m in the spotlight and I hope I can perform. I feel a bit of stage fright to be honest.

For those of you who don’t know me I am Alex (as the name says). I have been working at AP and Chipleader for a while now. I started out working at AP in the VIP Department. Answering support emails and doing multiple other things. I then went to AP Affiliates in January of 2006 and have been here ever since.

I know that a lot of you don’t know me and some of you might. I’ve worked in a lot of things and have done lots of things. I’ve worked Support and Bankrolls and everything else in between…I’ve been to hell and back and lived to sell the film rights to it, book rights as well.

Anyways, I won’t bore you anymore with the details of me…

I am glad I will be working with you and if you have any questions or you would like me to continue my talk about myself then email me! It’s alex@chipleader.com

P.S. I apologize for any grammatical errors and/or any punctuation errors. I missed that class at school.

God Bless and Take care,

Alex.

New Kids on the Block – Hanging Tough

 

STEP Tourney Enhancements

We’ve just made stepping your way to the Caribbean even easier. Log on and test-drive our new “Play Next Step” window. If you win a STEP tournament, a pop up window will display all your upcoming STEP tournament options. Playing in the next STEP is as easy as clicking on the available tournament of your choice.

Don’t forget! Our popular STEP Tournaments feature ten easy steps. Enter Step 1 of our tournament for only $0.10. If you finish in first or second place, you’ll move up to Step 2. Win Step 2 and you’ll proceed to Step 3, and so forth all the way to Step 10! Some steps even let you try again if you finish in 3rd, 4th, or 5th place without having to shell out any additional cash. Even if you lose, you can always start back at Step 1 for another dime.

Right now, STEPs can take you all the way to Aruba for the 2009 Aruba Poker Classic or to The Bahamas for the Sports Legends Challenge for as little a as dime. With our latest feature, you can play your next STEP without missing a beat.

Why Chipleader ROCKS!

Well…

Chipleader’s Affiliate Appreciation trip was absolutely ridiculous… so much fun! As you all may know we offer a promo for all affiliates once a year, usually the top 10-15 qualify for an amazing trip that we put together. 2007 we did it up in Bahamas, 2008 was the sunny Costa Rica adventure and 2009’s venue was ARGENTINA… WOW!

This year 10 affiliates that won the promotion (highest percentage increase of MGR over a 3 month period) were whisked away to Buenos Aires Argentina… we gallivanted off to one of the most beautiful spots on earth the Iguazu falls, we viewed an amazing tango show, visited a ranch to hang out with some local Gauchos, drink wine, eat LOTS O’ MEAT, and much more! This trip is all about you guys (AFFILIATES), Chipleader’s team really does appreciate the collaboration and camaraderie that we experience from all you…it’s just one way of how we show how much we enjoy working with all of you.

I cannot even imagine what is in store for our 2010 trip, I’m sure the group that goes and the destination will be second to none. Besides our Affiliate Appreciation promotion that is run annually Chipleader is constantly offering ways to motivate and entice you to grow with us and have fun. You can always visit our brands promotions here: http://www.absolutepoker.com/promotions/  http://www.ultimatebet.com/poker-promotion and http://www.chipleader.com/promotions.asp

As always email me at Danielle@chipleader.com or Alex@chipleader.com for any inquiries, concerns, questions or if you just want to chat, we’d love to hear from you.

Enjoy the weekend!

D

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