Full Tilt Poker Review

NEW! - Full tile and resize table & mini views.
Download the new Full Tilt Poker software and try their new tile and resize tables feature. You can stretch each window to your own preferred size to simultaneously view as many tables as you need. This is a brilliant update from Full Tilt, which has been extremely well received by the online poker community.

Established in 2004, Full Tilt poker has an unrivalled band of poker pros playing exclusively on their site. The Full Tilt team includes, Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, John Juanda, Jennifer Harman, Phil Gordon, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Clonie Gowen, Andy Bloch, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen and Allen Cunningham. That's not including a long list of other professionals who also play there. Any time one of the pro's is playing at a table, it shows up in red in the lobby - you try not going to have a look, it can become addictive! One question - does Mark Vos ever sleep?

There are regular scheduled live chats with the pros where you can quiz them on the intricacies of the game. You can read all the transcripts of previous chats on their website, which also contains a fascinating series of Tips and Lessons from the pros.

Full Tilt's independent software is packed full of features. You can choose your own preferred background, as well as a new racetrack view instead of the classic round table view. Their cartoon avatars have emotion options, letting the table know how you feel. If you earn enough FTP's (Full Tilt points) to become a VIP you even have the option of having a custom avatar made! There's also a lovely little feature building on the traditional notes system where you can colour code your opponents - very useful. There's also a full range of European languages supported (see the list on the left hand side for details).

Our exclusive Full Tilt referral code (yes, the same as the old bonus code) will not only give you access to a massive Full Tilt sign-up bonus of 100% up to $600, but you will also be entitled to enter ALL of the Pokernews freerolls, including any future Pokernews freerolls and promotions.

Huge private freeroll schedule is running now for all new and established players who signed up to Full Tilt Poker through our bonus code FTPGOLD. Check out our Pokernews Freerolls page for more details.

Please visit our dedicated Full Tilt Referral Code page for full details of the latest Full Tilt Bonus.

Play poker on TV – Poker Million and Late Night Poker – see our ‘Play Poker on TV with Full Tilt’ blog.

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Brand new series The Poker Lounge has started and is shown on Wednesdays at ten minutes past midnight UK time on UK TV Channel 4. This week Gus Hansen and Andy Bloch are amongst the pros playing.  Learn more in our The Poker Lounge with Full Tilt Poker blog.

The ever popular FTOPS(XVII) is back for the 17th time since it’s inception 4 years ago with $19Million Guaranteed to be won over 34 Events this coming August 4th to 15th. Sats for FTOPSXVII are running now from just $3.30.

MiniFTOPSXV11 is close on the heels of his big brother (Sept 8th to 19th) where there will be 24 events with a combined guaranteed prize pool of $6Million at a 1/10th of the buy in. Satellites for MiniFTOPS XV11 start on August 16th from just $0.50.

I've read in most other reviews that the Full Tilt cash games have a lack of players. Not so at all! The site gets a huge amount of cash game traffic, plenty of choice for multitablers even out of peak hours. There's even a decent amount of traffic at the Omaha, 7 Stud and Razz tables. Recently introduced are the 'mixed game' tables where you can battle it out in the game range of your choice. For high stakes players, whatever your game, Full Tilt is a must.

There's a guaranteed weekly prizepool of over $12.5 million at Full Tilt, so even though the weekly Sunday $750,000 guaranteed starts 11pm GMT (4pm ET), there's still plenty to interest the European players. I found the MTT tournament lobby a little frustrating as the guarantees and satellite details aren't displayed until you click each tournament listing, I hope this is sorted out in the next upgrade. There is an attempt at colour coding the tournaments, but I found them to be a bit vague and inconsistent. Despite that, I would still highly recommend Full Tilt for tournament players as there's an immense amount of choice, with buy-ins to suit all budgets.

Full Tilt have introduced Bust out Bounties where you play Poker with your favourite pros from Team Full Tilt and if you knock them out of the Tournament you win back your buy in and a bounty of up to $200 for knocking out more than one. The action is happening at any of the Full Tilt scheduled multi table cash tournament (easily identified by being marked with a K in the lobby) with 30 or more players. If you knock out a member of Team Full Tilt then Full Tilt will send you a T shirt to prove it and to wear with pride to your next home game.

Turn $1 (or 200 Full Tilt Points) into your cut of $10,000 with the $10K Daily Dollar. Details of times etc can be found in our $10K Daily Dollar from Full Tilt Poker blog.

Fancy some late night action? Well head for Full Tilt's ever popular Midnight Madness at (yes, you've guessed it) 12 Midnight ET (5am GMT). With a guaranteed prize pool of $15,000, and the first 216 in the money, there's no shortage of players willing to hand over $10 + $1 to test their skills in the midnight hour.

Tournaments Buy-in fee 10% Disconnect protection no Registration time limit 1hr / anytime Final table deals allowed no Time bank 25secs 1x1 (Heads-up) yes   Tournament Info available Payout displayed before tourney yes No. of entrants displayed yes Level time remaining yes - lobby View own position yes - lobby All players position yes Exiting players displayed yes

Multi Table Tournaments (MTT) Lowest entry $1.25 Highest entry $2620 Usual starting stack 1500 Usual level increments 10mins Buy-in fee 10% Standard No. seats 6 or 9   Satellites Usual starting stack 1500 Usual level increments 10mins Buy-in fee 9% Standard No. seats 6 or 9

The Sit n Go's at Full Tilt receive a lot of traffic 24/7, there's a choice of multi-table or single table Sit and Go's at all levels. With even the high stakes tables starting regularly around the clock.

If Sit n Go’s are your favourite poker games, you’ll love playing the Matrix, exclusive to Full Tilt Poker and loads of fun. Briefly, the Matrix is 9 players, 4 tables and 1 tournament. You will sit down to 4 tables against the exact same players, score points by outlasting or knocking out your opponents whilst playing for victory at the tables. Win all 4 tables and win the title of Domimatrix! Matrix tournaments are played to suit all bankrolls and are catching on fast.

Sit and Go's - Single Table Tournaments (STT) Lowest entry $1.25 Highest entry $5600 Buy-in fee 10% average Usual starting stack 1500 Usual level increments 6 mins Standard No. seats 6, 8 or 9     Matrix Sit and Go's Play 4 sit and go's at the same time against the same players. Earn points / prizes based on who you survive as well as your finishing position.

Full Tilt Poker Series – Espana is back again for 2010 and the next stop is Casino Gran, Madrid this coming August 27th to 29th, grab yourself a €3,200 prize package and be in with a chance of a share of €150,000 guaranteed prize pool. Our Full Tilt Poker Series – Espana blog has full details.

Not known for their huge freeroll choice Full Tilt do run $100 NL holdem freerolls every 3hrs.There are also Omaha, Horse & Razz freerolls, plus country specific freerolls running throughout the month. Probably the best freerolls on offer at Full Tilt are loyalty freerolls where you can use your FTP's to enter freerolls running around the clock, the winner usually receives entry into a big money tourney or wins more FTP's.

All new and established players who signed up to Full Tilt Poker through our bonus code FTPGOLD are eligible to play in exclusive Pokernews Freerolls. Check out our Pokernews Freerolls page for more details.

As you imagine with all the pros playing at Full Tilt, the competition is quite tough. However, if you hang out at the lower levels the competition is around average but I've been lucky enough to find some very soft games at the 25c/50c to $1/$2 range.

Full Tilt Poker have an active promotions program rewarding their most active players with some great options. Their Iron Man challenge is well under way again for 2010 and is a great way to reward the Full Tilt regular players. Your Iron Man status relates to how many FTP's you have collected in any one month. Play regularly enough and you'll move up through the ranks eventually achieving Iron Man status. Each level achieved permits you to join a monthly freeroll ($10k - Bronze, $15k - Silver, $20k - Gold and a massive $30k for Iron Man status). The winner of each freeroll will go on to play in an exclusive 4 person Sit n Go for a prize of $5k. The champion of the Sit n Go will then go on to play 3 pro's in a heads-up match with the possibility of walking away with an additional 100k. If you'd rather not take part in the freerolls you can collect Iron Man Medals which you can exchange for cash, tournaments entries or even your own private table.

Full Tilt Poker have a huge selection of play money tables where you can enjoy learning at no cost. There are 'play money' cash games in Texas Holdem, Omaha, Stud and Razz. There are also free Sit and Go's and Multitable Tournaments running regularly. To find the free tables select the 'play money' option in the Lobby.

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