| Full Tilt Poker | | TOTAL SITE RATING: |   7.375 | | Ease Of Competition: | 7.25 | | Bonus/Promotions: | 7.25 | | Software Package: | 7.75 | | Rake/Cashouts/Cust.Service: | 7.25 |
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Full Tilt Poker Review
Overview
Full Tilt Poker has become wildly popular around the world and is the fastest growing online poker room. Full Tilt's top features include the smooth game play and huge game selection available. Full Tilt Poker recruits a lot of pros to play at the site, so players can have the experience of pitting their skill against a professional. Endorsers include Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, John Juanda, Eric Seidel, Jennifer Harmon, Erick Lindgren, Andy Block, Mike Matusow, Gus Hanson, Allen Cunningham, Patrick Antonius, Tom "durrr" Dwan. With the professionals came big game action and lots of the better players. Because of the growth, a looser game can be found at the lower stakes as the site has attracted many of the new players. The bonus and promotional program is also quite good.
Accepts US Players Public Statement
As many people are well aware, the United States Congress passed legislation that aims to make it illegal for U.S. banks to process transactions related to online gaming...While this last-minute congressional move has undoubtedly caused concern among our players, we want to assure you that Full Tilt Poker is legally regulated and licensed to offer its services to anyone around the world and your day-to-day experience at the site will remain unchanged in all aspects.
Ease of Competition
Poker professionals love big poker rooms. Why? Because big rooms like Full Tilt and Poker Stars offer them competition at higher stakes which the smaller rooms cannot offer. Better players also have no problem playing stakes a level (or two) below what they would normally play. Many of them also jump into big money tournaments even if it is at lower stakes. So while you may be a guy with a $100 bankroll playing a $10=$1 $50,000 guaranteed tournament on Full Tilt, trust me, there are a bunch of guys that just left their $5-$10 no limit table playing the same tournament. Bottom line, its a tougher site in big money tournaments (even at the lower stakes) and higher stakes than many of the smaller sites that simply would love to draw the better competition, but are not there yet. But if you play smaller stakes, well, this is where more of the newbies come than anywhere else. This is the "first site" favorite. So at lower stakes, competition is quite easy. Stick with tournaments with under $30+3 buy in, and no limit ring games at .50 big blind and under for maximum profitability. The ring games are much tougher at .50/$1 and up than at .25/.50 and under. If your a big player, best we can say is it is a better site to play on than PokerStars, but if your a lower stakes player, just click and join.
Bonuses and Promotions
Full Tilt Poker offers a 100% first-deposit bonus of up to $600. The way it works is that you receive $.06 of your bonus for every dollar that is raked from the pot. Most sites award you around $.10 per raked hand, so this deal is slow to mature for lower stakes players but it is great for higher stakes players.
AllOnlinePokerSites.com players will also be awarded reload bonuses and freerolls exclusive to AllOnlinePokerSites.com players. You can click this link to Full Tilt Poker or use any of the banners on this page to get you the best bonus deal anywhere at Full Tilt Poker.
They also have a number of other promotions which includes satellite tournaments to the World Series of Poker. In keeping with the sites star studded cast of endorsers, current promotions surround WSOP/WPT qualifiers and satellites. Full Tilt Poker has recently unveiled Rush Poker which speeds up the game tremendously.
Tip: When playing Rush poker, you can steal a lot of pots, but if someone reraises you- you are behind.
Software Package
The software is unique in that it allows people to choose among an array of cartoon characters as their player. You are also able to display various emotions with the character. This adds a level of enjoyment to the game, but the graphics do slow the game down a bit. The software makes the site more suitable for no-limit than fixed-limit games. Each player views his avatars in the lower center of a table and thats a nice upgrade. The software is trendy and unique, but not as fast as it should be. The bad beats are less likely on this site and that tells us that whatever "random generator" system they are using is working quite well.
Rake/Cashouts/Customer Service
The rake is standard in the industry as 5% is taken. Full Tilt Poker has a "No flop-No drop" rake policy like most sites.
Deposit Options: Visa, Master Card, NETeller, Firepay, Money Transfer/eMoney Transfer.
Currently, they only have customer service via email. However, response to emails is quite timely. They can be reached via email at support@fulltiltpoker.com.
Games Offered
Texas Holdem, Omaha Hi, Omaha Hi-Lo, 7 Card Stud Hi, 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo, Razz
Note: While Razz and Stud games are few, It is one of the most popular for Omaha Hi and Hi/Low.
Traffic and Stakes Offered
Average Online Traffic: 16,000-18,000
Fixed Limit Stakes: $.25-.50 up to $200-$400
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: $.05-$.10 up to $50-100
Types Offered: Heads Up, Single Table and Multi-Table
Tournament Buy-ins: Heads-up, $5 to $100; Single-Table, $4 to $200; Multi-Table, $1 to $200
Minimum Deposit: $50
Our Recommendation: Although the software is a bit slow, you will see cards and action that is very true to brick and mortar- a huge plus. The excellent signup bonus, and the healthy reload bonuses provided exclusively to AllOnlinePokerSites.com make this site highly recommended.
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