Billy Kopp new memebr of Team UB

It was announced today that UltimateBet has signed Billy Kopp to join UltimateBet’s Team UB, a group of successful poker pros that includes Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke.

Kopp finished 12th in the Main Event of this year’s World Series of Poker, just three spots shy of the November Nine. As well as a nice pay check of $896,730; his impressive showing earned him and a high level of respect among poker’s top players.

The University of Kentucky student, known as one of online poker’s most aggressive players and feared for his loose-aggressive style of play at the tables, is making a name for himself against top poker champions. At a feature table, Kopp knocked out Peter Eastgate, the 2009 WSOP Main Event champion, and Joe Hachem, the 2005 champion.

In a few years, Billy Kopp has earned over $2.6 million from online poker games and land-based tournaments.
Other notable successes in 2009 include a 2nd place finish in Event #20 of the Harrah’s New Orleans WSOP Circuit – Bayou Poker Challenge for $127,832 and an 8th place finish in Event #15 of the WSOP for $71,115.

In addition to his land-based successes, Kopp has amassed eight Top 10 finishes in a variety of online poker events this year alone at UltimateBet, Absolute Poker and other popular online poker sites.

Online poker players at UltimateBet can employ the online poker site’s free UltimateBuddy software and add the name billy_kopp to their buddy list to discover which tables Billy Kopp is seated at.