Full Tilt Poker Review

Full Tilt Poker boasts a talented team of poker professionals. Created by poker legends such as Howard Lederer, Eric Lindgren, and Chris Ferguson, Full Tilt Poker has become the 2nd largest online poker room in the world thanks to their matchless selection of a massive amount of games and stakes. Full Tilt also hosts players such as Tom “Durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius.

Despite a bevy of US pros and players, Full Tilt Poker shut its doors to US players on "Black Friday", April 15, 2011. It was on that day the United States Department Of Justice (DOJ) levied money laundering and bank fraud charges against executives from PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, and UB. Full Tilt was force to shut down their US operations; their commitment to American poker online had ended. However, Full Tilt Poker is still the second largest site on the world and happy to accept players from across the planet.

Full Tilt Poker Bonus and Promotions

Full Tilt Poker offers a tried and true 100% up to $600 initial deposit bonus. By using the bonus code MAXBONUS600 when signing up and they will not only have their first deposit matched up to $600 but will also become eligible to play in monthly freerolls and money-added events including the FTR500. To clear the bonus, just play real money ring games, tournaments, and/or SNGs. As a result of the rake you generate in cash games or fees you pay in tournaments/Sit and Gos, you will be awarded a certain number of Full Tilt Points. In order to clear the entire bonus you must clear 10,000 points over 120 days. However, the bonus will be credited to your account in $20 increments, giving you a more manageable target for which to aim.

Full Tilt Poker Games and Traffic

No matter what game you choose to play, Full Tilt will make you feel at home. Their cash games can be bought into for as little as $.40 at the $2 buy-in level. Those looking to play some of the highest stakes in the world should not worry either as the stakes go all the way up to $2,000/$4,000 blinds! In the mood to spectate? At Full Tilt, you can still watch them as players like Hanson, Harman, and Ivey fight it out for millions of dollars night after night. Full Tilt offers a massive amount of games including Limit and NL Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha High, Limit/Pot-Limit/NL Omaha Hi/Lo, Stud, Stud Hi/Lo, and Razz. They also have a lot of mixed games including HORSE, HOSE, OE, and 7-game which includes all seven games mentioned above.

Their tournament schedule is one of the best in the business for anyone and everyone. Each Sunday they hold a large number of guaranteed events including the $750k Guaranteed ($216 buy-in), $400k Sunday Brawl ($256 buy-in), and $200k Sunday Mulligan ($216 buy-in). During the week, Full Tilt Poker’s “Daily Double” series offers players the chance to win thousands of dollars for as little as $6. At these events players can square off in two separate tournaments which start within a minute of one another The top user with the best average finish will win the daily jackpot. Players will also receive a bonus if they make the money in both events. Finally, no review of FullTiltPoker.com tournaments would be worth much if it neglected to mention their major tournament series, known as the Full Tilt Online Poker Series. Thanks to legions of players FTOPS has exploded into a well-known series featuring a veritable month's worth of events and millions in prize money. The entry price can be high but hungry users can satellite into the bigger events for mere pennies.

The most exciting challenge found at Full Tilt Poker is their newest game called “Rush Poker”. Rush Poker is a brand new form of poker which allows players to sit at one table and play up to 300 hands in an hour. This is made possible by the fact that after you fold your hand, you are immediately shifted to another table with 5-8 other players who also recently folded. This software marvel is looped over and over, letting players skip the down time in-between hands. Currently, there are just a few game types and stakes offered to players from $10 NL up to $200 NL and $25 and $50 Pot-Limit Omaha.

Full Tilt Poker Software

There is always a profitable game running at Full Tilt Poker for players of virtually every level and game. High Stakes may offer the only delay in action, but there are always tables running up to $25/$50 NL and PL. For those logging on during the week there will be more than 100,000 players online, a number that can increase exponentially depending on the events offered on that particular day. Their tournaments meet their guarantees, leaving little opportunity for overlay and their Sit & Gos fill quickly. This gives multi-tabling grinders a chance to put in some real volume.

FullTilt manages to stay ahead of the curb, offering frequent software updates. They have had some trouble in the past with disconnecting during big events when 200,000+ players are online, so this can be an issue of concern. This has caused some controversy due to events being called off. Users were, however, either reimbursed or compensated with a chunk of the prize pool.

Full Tilt's lobby area is clean, clear and straightforward. All of the events available to the players can be found in the upper part of the screen. There is even a filter allowing players to select a variety of stakes and other options.

Participants can select different looks as well as a limited number of themes and common avatars. Those players wanting custom avatars will have to win a lot of Full Tilt points before getting satisfaction.

During the action, the bet-pot button is a useful tool for those who play several games at once and do not want to take the time to manually select a exact wager. There is also a slider which allows players to slowly set the size of their wager. Finally, the Hand History Replayer gives gamers a visual representation of all the finished hands played at the table.