Full Tilt Poker Review

Full Tilt Poker Review

Full Tilt Poker is the 2^nd largest poker site with over 10,000 cash game players.  They are actually the best site for cash games and their popularity has been excelled online by the exploits of Tom “Durrrr” Dwan, Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius who play each other at nose blade $400/$800 blinds on most nights.

Launched in 2004, Full Tilt Poker is established and managed by some of the world’s top poker players including Howard “the Professor” Lederer, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Andy Bloch, Mike “the Mouth” Matusow and Jennifer Harman.  They have used a ruthless marketing campaign to attract players that has included TV ads in the UK promoting their new rush poker in 2010 and the results have made it the fastest growing poker site in 2009/10.

In terms of software Full Tilt Poker runs its own independent software aka “Tiltware”.  It has high standards and is better than 99% of other poker sites. The lobby has a mature serious feel to it with excellent filtering options and displays.  You can find tournaments, cash games, freerolls and special types of MTTs very quickly. You can customize the lobby too with different widgets and themes too which is something no other small site has achieved.

The table graphics are superb too.  There’s a time bank feature that gives you more time in hands, a “top-up” feature that automatically refills your stack if you bust at predetermined buy-in amounts, and a useful hand re-player that has been included since 2009.

Full Tilt Poker runs almost every game including Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud, Razz and HORSE.  Most of the traffic is focused on the Holdem and Omaha cash tables but what’s great about Full Tilt Poker is the popularity of the high stakes tables too – most other sites fail to fill these.  There are lots of pro’s who play at Full Tilt Poker hence e nickname “Room of the Pros”.

The Tournament schedule makes Full Tilt Poker the 2^nd best site for multi-table tournaments.  You can play a massive variety of tournament structures and stakes at Full Tilt Poker including excusive Matrix tournaments, Rush tournaments, Cashout tournaments and 90 man MTTs.  Like PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker runs its biggest event on Sundays – the $750k Gtd.  There are also lots high roller events with $200+ entry including the Sunday Brawl $250k Gtd Knockout Bounty Event ($40 Bounty on each player).

For everyone else Full Tilt Poker runs lots of $500 freerolls and low stakes guaranteed events.

The VIP loyalty program at Full Tilt Poker is pretty sweet too with FTP points earned during cash games and tournaments. For every $1 raked from a pot in cash games players receive 1 FTP, and for every $1 in Sng or MTT fees players receive 1 FTP.  These can then be used to enter exclusive tournaments, freerolls or used in the Full Tilt Poker store.

Bonus

The Full Tilt Poker Bonus offers a 100% up $600 bonus for signing up.  This is released in increments of 10% of the initial deposit and you have 90 days before the bonus expires.