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Ultimate Heads Up Smack Down Tournament - Fierce Battle of the Year.

UB Heads Up Smack Down

Get ready to seize victory in the ultimate Bet's online heads-up poker tournament. Be one of 64 players to compete in a fierce one-on-one heads up bracket battle. Experience all the intensity of March Madness style single elimination bracket competition, as first-round players face-off in one of 32 extreme elimination poker games, where the winners advance to next week's round and all the losers are permanently toast. The action heats up over 5 weeks long as the real contenders clash with poker pretenders, with half of the seeds suffering defeat every week. When the buzzer goes off, there will only be one champion!

The SmackDown Schedule
  • Week 1 - Saturday, August 4th 2pm ET
  • Week 2 - Saturday, August 11th 2pm ET
  • Week 3 - Saturday, August 18th 2pm ET
  • Week 4 - Saturday, August 25th 2pm ET
  • Week 5 - Final 4 Saturday, September 1st 2pm ET
The Championship Match will be held on Sunday, September 2nd at 2pm ET.

To view the entrants of the inaugural Ultimate Heads Up Poker SmackDown, Click on 'View Brackets' to see yours and other players' positions in the bracket. For any questions, contact UltimateBet's support at support@ultimatebet.com.

What's at stake?
As if the glory of total domination wasn't enough, the tournament's champion wins the following:

  • $11,200 in cash,
  • Custom UltimateBet Heads-Up SmackDown Challenge championship ring,
  • Free entry into the next heads-up challenge,
  • Automatic entry into the end of year Heads-Up Bracket Of Champions, where the ultimate winner gets to play the legendary 11-time WSOP Champion Phil Hellmuth in a best out of 3 series for $30,000 prize.
Standard payout applies to remaining top 7 players.
1st - 35%
2nd - 20%
3rd and 4th - 10%
5th-8th - 6.25%

Registration Is Now Open For SmackDown 2!
The inaugural event sold out in 3 days! Get your poker face and your bankroll ready for Heads Up SmackDown event #2. With double the contestants and 4x the prize money, the UB's Heads Up Poker SmackDown will only get bigger and bigger. Stay tuned as the excitement continues with action-packed heads-up poker events at UltimateBet poker room over the next 12 months!

To register for the tournament, go to the UB game lobby click Poker > Real Money > Scheduled Tournaments > Open. Then click on the $1000+50 Heads-Up SmackDown 2 (ID#967282) and click "Register".

The SmackDown 2 Schedule all tourneys are at 2pm ET
Round 1 - 128 players to 64 on Saturday, September 1st;
Round 2 - 64 players to 32 on Saturday, September 8th
Round 3 - 32 players to 16 on Saturday, September 15th
Rounds 4 and 5 - 16 players to 8 on Saturday, September 22nd, and 8 players to 4 on Sunday, September 23rd
Final Weekend - September 29th and 30th, 4 players to 2 players on Saturday

The Championship Match will be held on Sunday, September 30th @ 2pm ET.

What's at stake?
The SmackDown 2 champion wins the following:

  • $44,800 in cash,
  • Custom UltimateBet Heads-Up SmackDown Challenge championship ring,
  • Free entry into the next heads-up challenge,
  • Automatic entry into the end of year Heads-Up Bracket Of Champions, where the ultimate winner gets to play the legendary 11-time WSOP Champ Phil Hellmuth in a best out of 3 series for $30,000!
Payouts schedule is the same as for the Heads Up SmackDown event #1 where the winner takes 35% of the prize pool, second place finisher receives 20%, 3rd & 4th place players gets 10% each, plus some cash for the rest.

Source: Ultimate Bet

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