Full Tilt Poker

Current Promotions

Freeroll Poker Tournaments – at Full Tilt Poker there is over $20,000 waiting to be won in cash, tournament tickets and cash (ring) game tickets every single week, absolutely free!

New Player Bonus

Deposit Bonus: 100% up to $600
Time Limit: 60 days each deposit
Minimum Deposit: $10
Bonus Code: None needed.
Link: Sign up here

100% up to $600 First Deposit Bonus – When you deposit the initial sign-up bonus is a 100% bonus up to $600. The minimum deposit required is currently $10 but, we recommend depositing more to take advantage of the new account deposit offer.

You can transfer funds from a paired Pokerstars account for your first deposit to qualify for the 100% up to $600 welcome bonus.

Once you have created your new Full Tilt account, and made your first deposit of at least $10, you will have 60 days to opt in to the 100% first deposit bonus. Then, when you have opted in, you will then get a further 60 days to earn the points for the bonus attributed to your deposit.

You opt in through the cashier then go to my promotions and follow the links to my 100% first deposit bonus. You earn your free bonus cash by collecting Full Tilt Points as you play at real money games, the bonus is cleared at a rate of $1 for every 25 Full Tilt Points. The bonus is then released at a rate of 10% of your initial bonus or $20, whichever is smaller.

You earn Full Tilt Points at a rate of 8 FTPs for every $1 paid in tournament fees. Similarly, with ring (cash) games the number of points you earn depends on what you pay to the house, you’ll receive 8 points for every $1 you contribute to the rake.

Even though you use your FTPs to release your first deposit bonus you don’t lose them, you can then spend them on tournament tickets and goods from the Full Tilt Store.

Deposit £10, Play with £30 – New Players who deposit $15 (£10) can alternatively receive a sign up package worth $30 (£20) consisting of:

• 3 x $5 Rush Poker ring game tickets
• 15 x $1 tournament tickets

Please note that transfers from Pokerstars accounts do not qualify for this first deposit offer. These free tickets will only be valid for seven days from issue.

The deposit £10 play with £30 promotion is for new players from the UK, excluding Northern Ireland, only.

Review

Full Tilt Poker has had a rather eventful existence. This online poker room was created in 2004 and experienced rapid growth through its introductory years to become one of the world’s leading online poker rooms. However, in 2011 after “Black Friday” hit the United States, we saw sites like Ultimate Bet, Absolute Poker and even Full Tilt Poker shut down and become unavailable to players. The CEO of Full Tilt Poker, along with founders of other online poker sites, was indicted by federal authorities on charges of bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling activities.

The only way the poker room would be able to re-launch outside of the US market was if all non-US players had their funds reimbursed and a company purchased Full Tilt. Fortunately, PokerStars stepped up to the plate and made a deal with the DOJ to acquire FTP. After successfully re-launching it in late 2012 many players returned to the site to celebrate its re-launch and it quickly regained its market position as the world’s second largest poker site.

The newly launched online poker room is licensed and regulated in the Isle of Man. One of the unique characteristics of FTP is the group of professional poker players that play exclusively on the site, as a result of this it was the first poker room to offer extremely high-stake games. Although some of the old faces have left, the new Full Tilt was quick to sign Gus Hansen, Tom Dwan and Viktor Blom. These players are some of the best players in the poker world and will represent Team Full Tilt Poker, which are dubbed “The Professionals” so you can expect to see plenty more high stakes action.

There is always a lot of traffic at this site – the most recent statistics showed around 15,000 real money players at peak hours with the majority of traffic to be found at the No-Limit Hold’em games but plenty other game types have considerable traffic as well.

There is a plethora of great promotions offered at FTP. Players can earn points for cash play and tournament buy-ins. Also, there are reload bonuses that are offered from time to time, make sure to visit the promotions page to keep up to date on the latest promos.

Cash Games

• Minimum Blinds: 1c / 2c
• Maximum Blinds: $2000 / $4000
• Standard seats: 2, 5, 6 and 9.
• Options: Rush Poker, Capped Tables, Run it Twice, Deep Stack, Shallow Stack, Heads Up.
• Games: Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi / lo, Stud, Draw, Irish and Mixed Games.

There are more games offered here then you would know what to do with. Everyone by now probably knows how to play Hold’em. There are many other games that are fun, why not give them a try? You can even play for free until you are comfortable with any type of poker variant. These ring games are currently offered: Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo, Razz, and Mixed Games.

The stakes can vary quite a bit to meet the needs of each player. No Limit games begin with blinds as low as $.01/$.02 and can go up to $500/$1000. Fixed limit games start at $.05/$.10 and can up to $2000/$4000. Finally, you can find Pot Limit games going around the clock. Full Tilt was the first to offer fast fold poker but, beware, Rush Poker is high speed and mega intense.

Tournaments

• Lowest entry: 1c
• Highest entry: $2500
• Usual starting stack: 1500
• Usual level increments: 10 minutes
• Buy-in fee: 10% included
• Options: Steps, Turbo, Super Turbo and New to Game.

I would highly recommend Full Tilt for tournament players as there’s an immense amount of choice, with buy-ins to suit all budgets. Buy-ins can be as small as $1 and can go into the thousands. As can be expected, the larger the buy-in, the more difficult the competition. Full Tilt offers over millions of dollars in guaranteed events each week.

They offer Turbo Sit & Go’s and multi-table tournaments. These are designed to increase the blinds in half the time. In Turbo Sit & Go’s, they increase the blinds every three minutes instead of six. In Turbo Multi-Table tournaments, the blinds go up every five minutes instead of ten. There are also Deep Stack and Super Stack tournaments where you start off with 3,000 chips and 5,000 chips respectively.

In addition, you can find Shootout tournaments. Unlike regular tourneys where players are moved to keep the tables balanced, the winners of each table face off at the final table. If the tournament that interests you is full, you can always join the tournament waiting list.

Sit and Go’s

• Lowest entry: 5c
• Highest entry: $250
• Buy-in fee: 10% included
• Usual starting stack: 1500
• Usual level increments: 8 mins
• Standard No. seats: 2, 6, and 9.
• Options: Video (Poker Cam), Short Handed, Double Stack, Double or Nothing, Knockout, Turbo and Super Turbo.
• Games: Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi / Lo.

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.

Loyalty

The Edge Rewards loyalty program awards repeat players every week with a cash payment into their account. As you play in any real money games you’ll accumulate Full Tilt Points and achieve a higher Edge Status, which means higher weekly cash payments.

Once you have gained an Edge of Bronze status or above you can take part in exclusive freerolls with cash prizes.

Software

Full Tilt Poker went to great lengths to develop a quality software product. It is top-notch with numerous customizations, fast game play, and great security. You can expect a very sleek and fun looking poker client. Users can choose from numerous cartoon-like avatars to represent themselves at the table with the ability to express your mood (i.e. happy). Users can also pick between 7 table themes to break away from the same look and feel by right clicking on the table background.

A great feature of the Full Tilt Poker software is the player notes functionality. This feature allows players to jot down notes of their opponents while they are playing. You can further analyse your performance by saving hand history to your computer. This is invaluable to serious players.

There are other features included such as the ability to play 16 tables at one time. The software is not the quickest out there, but it is reliable. This software is both PC and MAC Compatible.

Moving on to the Full Tilt lobby, you will find plenty of table information in an easy to navigate layout. Tables can be sorted by poker game type, hands per hour, limit (i.e. No Limit, Pot Limit), stakes and other categories. The tournament section allows numerous filter options to allow players to specify the type of tournament they are looking for. Such lobbies include information such as blinds, payout structure, stack size and number of players.

A cool feature offered is Happy Hour where you can earn double or even triple Full Tilt Points by finding a smiley face in game and tournament lobbies. This is a quick way to earn player points that can be used to purchase tournament tickets or ring (cash) game tickets.

Advanced functionality includes what is known as the “Time Bank”. This allows players extra time for those tough decisions. Also, Full Tilt Poker allows players to refill their stack at cash games, provides automatic re-buys and also allows players to see an instant replay of hands.

Leaderboards & Leagues

There are Leaderboards running at Full Tilt to suit every player with monthly payouts to aim for, here they are:

• Multi – Table Tournament Leaderboard, the top player of the month gets $1000 with the top 200 eligible for prizes.
• SNG Leaderboard (High Limit), buy ins of $26+, the winner receives 20 buy ins to the level of tournament they most often played during the month. The top 100 get prizes.
• SNG Leaderboard (Low Limit), buy ins of $26 or less, the top player receives 20 buy ins to the level of tournament they usually played during the month. The top 100 get prizes.
• Heads Up SNG Leaderboard (Highest Limit) for players at games with buy ins of $50+, the winner gets 15 buy ins to the SNG most played throughout the qualifying month. The top 50 on the Leaderboard get prizes.
• Heads Up SNG Leaderboard (High Limit) for players at games with buy ins between $20 and $49. The winner of this leaderboard gets 15 buy ins to the favourite SNG played in the month. The top 50 on the Leaderboard are rewarded.
• Heads Up SNG Leaderboard (Medium Limit) is especially for players who play at tables with buy ins from $5 to $19. This leaderboard also pays out 15 buy ins to the favourite SNG played in the month to the winner. The top 100 on this leaderboard get prizes.
• Heads Up SNG Leaderboard (Low Limit), for players who play at tables with a buy in lower than $5. The top player gets 15 buy ins to the SNG most played in the month. The top 150 get prizes.

You can even customise your own leaderboard and see you would rank on that – just for fun, no prizes here!

Each Leaderboard can be checked, to see where you rank, at any time.

Financial

Deposits

Minimum: $10
Maximum: $1000 per 24 hours
Options: Bank Wire, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, entropay, Mastercard, Moneybookers (skrill), Neteller, Paysafecard, Ukash, Visa,

Withdrawals

Minimum: $10
Maximum: $50000
Options: Bank Wire, Cheque by mail, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, entropay, Mastercard, Moneybookers (skrill), Neteller, Paysafecard, Ukash, Visa,

In addition to the usual methods of deposit and withdrawal, shown above, you can transfer funds from and to your PokerStars account, Full Tilt’s sister site. Player to player transfers are possible, minimum transfer $1.

Customer Support

• Customer Service Email: support@fulltiltpoker.com or cashier@fulltiltpoker.com
• Customer Service Telephone: None
• Registered Address: Douglas Bay Complex, King Edward Road, Onchan, Isle of Man, IM3 1DZ

Before contacting Customer Support take a look at the comprehensive FAQ (frequently asked questions) as you may well find the answer to your query there.

Languages Supported

English, Bulgarian (Български), >Croatian (Hrvatski), Czech (Čeština, Česky), Danish (Dansk), Dutch (Nederlands), Suomi (Finnish), French (Français), German (Deutsch), Greek (Ελληνικά), Hungarian (Magyar), Italian (Italiano), Polish (Polski), Portuguese (Português), Romanian (Română), Russian (Русский), Slovak (Slovenčina, Slovakia), Spanish (Español), Swedish (Svenska),

Countries

Countries accepted:

UK, Canada, Australia, Europe, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Argentina, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Uruguay, Venezuela, South Africa, New Zealand,