With the fourth annual UB.com Online Championship (UBOC) just a little over a month away, organizers recently released both the full UBOC schedule, as well as information on this year's Mini-UBOC, with 16 events of its own and significantly smaller buy-ins, for those whose bankrolls are just getting started.

The bigger and bolder UBOC 4 schedule appears to be putting all past championships to shame, with 18 events together offering close to $4 million in posted guarantees, including a $1 million guarantee UBOC Championship, hosted by poker tournament legend Phil "the Poker Brat" Hellmuth.

Some of the other big events to be found on the 2010 UBOC schedule include a $1,050 buy-in 2-day Heads-Up event hosted by Lacey Jones, a $320 buy-in Pot Limit Championship event (PLH/PLO/PLO8) hosted by Bryan Devonshire, a $2,600 buy-in Deepstack 6-Max event hosted by Annie Duke and a $320 buy-in "Sniper" event hosted by our own Joe Sebok, that kicks off the UBOC festivities on Wednesday, January 20th.

Along with the 17 main UBOC 4 events and the 16 Mini-UBOC events- featuring buy-ins at 10% of the cost of their big brother counterparts- the 2010 UBOC will also be running a series of contests and satellites that rewards dedicated players with Freeroll entries, free tournament dollars and even extra cash.   One such contest, called the Bubble Buster, will give players extra money for cashing in multiple UBOC events, taking it so far as to give any player $1,000,000, that can successfully cash in at least 11 of the events in UBOC 4.

The 2010 UBOC begins this January 20th and runs through January 31st.  For more information on the fourth installment of the UBOC, including a complete schedule breakdown, visit UB.com.


Story by Mark Anderson

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