Full Tilt

Full Tilt Poker has grown enormously since launching the original launch of 2004, so much so in fact that Full Tilt Poker is now the second leading online poker room in terms of active player volume. Not only does Full Tilt accept player deposits from all over the world, including US players, the poker site has developed a long-standing reputation for presenting one of the most valuable tournament schedules in the business, offering freeroll poker tournaments, loyalty tournaments, and a plethora of guaranteed prize pool type tournaments.

From consistent Freeroll competitions to massive guaranteed tournaments and major events, like FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker is the kind of online poker room you can take a seat at and win valuable sums of money without ever laying a penny on the table. You might even find yourself competing against the likes of such Full Tilt Pros such as Phil Ivey, Jennifer Harman or Chris “Jesus” Ferguson.

FULL TILT SOFTWARE
Full Tilt Poker is not a part of any network aside from their own privately developed software platform, noted for its stability, quick pace and ease of navigation. Just last year, Full Tilt Poker completed a Mac compatible version of the software, though Linux users remain on the waiting list. The graphics are sharp and vibrant with tons of cartoon-style avatars to pick from, keeping the atmosphere fun and light-hearted. The fully functional software has plenty of customizable features, options and player stats to accommodate all skill levels, including complete compatibility with most poker odds calculators, like Poker Tracker.

The Full Tilt Poker Lobby offers all the necessary statistics, like viewed-flop percentage, average pot size and hands played per hour, plus players seated, individual stack sizes and waiting list when a game is clicked on. Player notes (viewable in the main and tournament lobbies), buddy lists, 4-color decks and a great hand history function round out most valuable features. Multi-tabling allows for up to 8 simultaneous games, with good mini-view or full-window options, along with the ability to disconnect the chat window and place it wherever you like.

NEW PLAYER BONUS AT FULL TILT
Full Tilt bonuses are among the highest online poker deposit bonuses in the industry, giving new members a 100% matching bonus worth up to $600 on their first deposit. Play any real-money ring games, multi-table or sit’n'go tournaments to gain Full Tilt Points towards releasing the bonus money.

Every $1 raked in a ring game awards 1 point to each player that was dealt cards, regardless of contributing to the pot. Tournaments award 7 points for every $1 paid in tournament fees. Partial points are awarded on both ring games and tournaments. Every point is worth $.06 of the bonus. The deposit bonus is released in increments of 10% or $20, whichever is lower. In addition, the points earned towards the bonus are not taken away, but kept by the player to be used for entry to special points tournaments or to purchase Full Tilt Gear. Players should enter a Full Tilt Referral Code when signing up.

POKER GAME VARIETY

Full Tilt Poker offers one of the largest poker game selections, offering not only the standard variety, but mixed games as well. The Full Tilt line-up includes Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo, Razz (7 Card Stud Low), H.A., H.O.S.E. and H.O.R.S.E. All Stud and mixed games are presented in Fixed Limit only, except for H.A., played in Pot Limit. All other games can be played in all limits - Fixed Limit, No Limit and Pot Limit. The lowest stakes are $.05/$.10 No Limit Hold’em, but Full Tilt Poker is more famous for its high stakes action, offering blinds of $1,000/$2,000 in Fixed Limit Hi-Lo games (Stud and Omaha).
Full Tilt Poker is the second largest online poker room in the world, revealing average peak hour player traffic of 10,500 in cash games, 70,000 in tournaments as of May 2008. Tournaments are very well populated, especially the freeroll variety, which typically consists of very loose, juicy competition as this is where the beginners are often found. Cash games have tighter opposition than many other online poker rooms, but if you look through the lower limits, soft competition isn’t too hard to find.

TOURNAMENTS AT FULL TILT POKER
As mentioned above, Full Tilt Poker has one of the most lucrative, well-structured tournament schedules in the online poker industry. Full Tilt Poker pays out more than $5-million every week in guaranteed tournaments alone, and that doesn’t include special events like the FTOPS VIII. But if you’re seeking a way to rake in the chips and real money cashes without opening your wallet, it’s the Freeroll competitions you want.

Freeroll tournaments at Full Tilt Poker are well populated, frequently run and can be found in all game varieties, not just the typical Hold’em tables. The opposition at these Freerolls is extremely loose in fact, the beginning of a tournament might be compared to a field of land mines. However, once the field has narrowed some, and real poker play commences, the free poker tournaemtns at Full Tilt can be considered more lucrative than many other online poker rooms.

Players will even find Freeroll satellite tournaments that catapult the winner into a seat at major live poker events like the WSOP, WPT, Aussie Millions and more.

One of the newest additions to the Full Tilt Poker tournament schedule is the introduction of Shootout tournaments. These are played like a mix of multi-table and sit’n'go tournaments. Players are not tossed about to keep the seats full, instead they remain at the same table until they are the last man standing, then moved to a full table to take on the other table winners. For example, a Double Shootout would pit 81 players against each other, divided into 9 tables. Once each table has a last man standing, they converge on the final table.

POKER ROOM BANKING - FULL TILT
Full Tilt Poker accepts players from most countries around the world, including US players. There is a limited number of payment options supplied, but enough to be regionally convenient for everyone.

Deposits: Visa, MasterCard, Visa Electron, Click2Pay, FPS and Cash Transfer.

Withdrawals: Gatorpay, Click2Pay, FPS and Check (Check: min $100, max $5,000)

CUSTOMER SUPPORT AT FULL TILT POKER
Full Tilt Poker has an excellent team of 24/7 customer service representatives that are fast, friendly and professional. Assistance can only be obtained via email at his time, but there are many categorical email addresses supplied to ensure the fastest response time to all inquiries. It should be stated that the FAQ page has been overhauled to supply answers to all common, and some less common questions, adding user-friendly, topically categorical drop down menus to find exactly what you’re looking in seconds flat.