Earlier this week we reported that rumors were flying about poker pro Prahlad Friedman joining the UB Team despite the disappointment of some of his fans and fellow poker players, including Daniel Negreanu. It has now been confirmed that the rumors are true and Friedman is indeed an official member of Team UB.

 UB.com's Bad Beat Jackpot has crossed the $500,000 mark. The Bad Beat Jackpot which pays out big when a player loses a pot while holding four of a kind, eights or better is fantastic for everyone. 50% of the Jackpot is awarded to the player with the “losing” hand, 25% is paid out to the winner of that hand, every active player at the table earns a $1,000 bonus, and all of the players playing at the same stakes receive a small award.

 UB.com will be giving low-stakes players plenty of reason to celebrate this month with a number of promotions aimed at those with smaller pocket books. The popular online casino will be offering the Perfect 10, the Perfect 3, the Perfect Player Bonus, Perfect Cash Games, and Perfect Sit and Gos all month long.

Earlier this week popular online poker room UB.com announced that they will be sponsoring the tour bus of well known metal band Anthrax as it wraps up its U.S. tour. While such a pairing may seem random at first glance the band’s front man Scott Ian is a member of Team UB and is known to play at UB.com while on his tour bus. 

 UB.com paid out big to one unlucky player on Tuesday. KAPPIT from Ferris, Texas lost with quad nines to fellow player CJBV who held four Queens Tuesday evening. While on the surface this would appear to be nothing but a crushing defeat the losing hand ended up paying out big when it set off UB.com’s Bad Beat Jackpot to the tune of $670,575.38.