Full Tilt Poker Review

Summary:
This is our Full Tilt Poker review. Full Tilt Poker bills itself as the home of the pros. The Full Tilt software offers a colorful interface and an excellent game selection. Full Tilt Poker also offers generous bonus incentives. They get plenty of traffic too.

Full Tilt Poker Players

Full Tilt Poker has a large player base. They're firmly in the top three poker sites, and they have a running contest with Party Poker for who's going to be in second place behind PokerStars. At peak times more than 60,000 players are online at Full Tilt Poker.

The player base at Full Tilt Poker isn't just large. It's also diverse. You'll find high stakes pros and big name players along with low limit amateur players. Players from all over the world play at Full Tilt Poker, so table availability is never a problem. You can find almost any game at any limit at any time of day.

Full Tilt Poker Software

The cartoon like graphics of the Full Tilt Poker software client distinguish it from its competitors. Some players love it, and others hate it. We fall into the former category, and we think that the software provides great playability and easy access to important information.

The lobby is divided by game type with separate tabs for tournaments and sit and goes. The list of tables available can be further divided into high / medium / low stakes. This gives you a long list of tables to choose from and no easy way of further reducing the list. (They have so many tables that even when you narrow it down the list is huge.)

Players can choose from several cartoonish avatars and change their avatars' moods with the click of a button. Players can also choose what their poker table looks like, and the tables can be resized for multitabling purposes.

Full Tilt Poker Cash Games

Full Tilt Poker's selection of cash games is very good. Texas Holdem is the most popular, but other games including Omaha, Stud, Razz, and mixed games are also available.

Full Tilt also features "Cap Limit" games. These are no limit holdem games with a cap on the betting amount for each hand. This cap is the same as the buy in for the table.

Full Tilt Poker offers some of the highest stakes cash games online. No limit Texas hollem is available at $500/$1000.

Low limit games are also available, starting at 5c/10c blinds with a $2 buyin.

Shorthand (six player) tables are more popular than full ring tables at Full Tilt Poker. Heads up cash games are also popular.

Full Tilt Poker Tournaments

Full Tilt Poker tournaments start throughout the day feature buy ins at every level imaginable.

Full Tilt Poker's showcase tournament is the Sunday $750k guaranteed. Many top players participate in this event. The buy in is $200+$15, but players with smaller bankrolls can qualify via satellites.

Several times a year Full Tilt Poker runs the "Full Tilt Online Poker Series" (FTOPS). The FTOPS features 12 days of big buy-in tournaments, including a main event with a multi-million dollar guaranteed prize pool. Satellite tournaments and sit and go's give all players a chance to participate for a small outlay.

Sit and go tournaments at Full Tilt Poker fill up very fast, and the sit and go's are available in buy-in levels ranging from $1 up to $5000. Multi-table, turbo, 6-max and heads-up sit and go tournaments are available, and sit and go's are available in the following games: Omaha (including hi-lo), Stud, Razz and HORSE.

The Full Tilt Poker sit and go leaderboard rewards high volume players with up to 20 buy-ins for winning the most SNG tournaments.

Full Tilt Poker Bonuses And Promotions

The initial sign-up bonus for new players at Full Tilt is a 100% match on your first deposit up to a generous $600. This bonus is cleared by collecting Full Tilt Points (FTPs), which are awarded for raked hands and tournament entry fees. The Full Tilt poker bonus is released into your account in $20 or 10% of your deposit increments, whichever is larger. You can clear the bonus fast if you play high enough stakes, but if you stick with microlimits, the bonus takes a long time to clear.

Freerolls, satellites and goods from the Full Tilt store are available in exchange for the FTPs you will collect by playing. In addition the monthly Iron Man freeroll gives all players a chance to win $50k and to play heads-up against named professionals.

Full Tilt Poker Customer Service

Full Tilt Poker offers 24/7 customer service via email only.

Full Tilt Poker Banking

Full Tilt Poker players can fund their accounts using prepaid Visa cards and money transfers. Online wallet options like ePassporte, Moneybookers, Click2Pay, Paysafecard, and Neteller are also available. Visa, Mastercard, and cash transfers are also accepted.

Finally

If it's good enough for Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer, Full Tilt Poker is probably good enough for anyone. Full Tilt Poker launched in 2004, but they've grown at an astounding pace. The wide game selection and colorful graphics make Full Tilt Poker a great choice for any online poker player.