Fulltilt Poker Details
Full Tilt Poker is the second largest site on the net, a great achievement for a site only 4 years old. It offers game types for any player and is home to some of the most famous poker professionals including Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey and Mike Matusow. It offers a wide range of promotions and bonuses and is sure to appeal to even the pickiest poker player. The smooth software combined with great game selection proves why Full Tilt Poker is home to over 80,000 players at peak times. Full Tilt Poker is still available to US players and is a must try for any online poker player.
Fulltilt Bonuses
Full Tilt offers a reasonable 100% deposit bonus up to $600. You must use the Fulltilt referral code BIG2008 to receive this bonus. The bonus is paid out in increments of 20% of your initial deposit after the amount of FPP points have been earned. For each dollar raked from a pot, a player receives 1 point. This point is worth $0.06. For example, if a player deposits $100 the bonus will be paid out in five $20 increments once the required amount of points have been earned.
They also offer frequent reload bonuses which are emailed to eligible players. This bonus is often 50% up to $500. They may place $50 into your bonus account at certain points throughout the year to entice you to play. These are released in the same structure as the reload and initial deposit bonus.
Other promotions such as the Iron Man Challenge, their own series of tournaments called the FTOP's and huge guaranteed tournaments are on offer at Full Tilt Poker.
Fulltilt Tournaments
Full Tilt give away $8 million in their guaranteed tournaments each week. These tournaments range from high buy-ins for the high stakes players to micro limits to the smaller players, so there is a chance for everyone and every bankroll to grab a piece of the huge pool. There is a variety of tournaments available including rebuy, turbo, shootout and much more. You will often find many pro's and pro online poker players in the tournaments which gives you a chance to play against some of the best players in the world in the comfort of your own home. You can also win your way to land based tournaments such as "Poker After Dark" and the World Series of Poker through their satellite tournaments.
Full Tilt offer a wide range of SNG's and also a very unique style used only by them. They host all the normal SNG's such as multi-table, turbo, Winner takes all etc. but if you fancy something different they also host a SNG called Matrix. In the Matrix games you play 4 tables simultaneously against the same players, with the prizepool split up into 4 separate prizes for each individual table and a overall Matrix Leaderboard prizepool. For example, a $2+0.20 Matrix SNG is essentially four $0.50 SNG's in one. The prizepool is standard for each of these tables so 1st, 2nd and 3rd all get paid, providing it is a full ring SNG. Then players earn points for knocking somebody out, outlasting players and winning the SNG. These points go towards the Matrix leaderboard and the Top 3 players after all 4 SNG's have been played receive the prizes from the Matrix prizepool. They are a great way to decrease variance and great value for your money.
Game Variety
Full Tilt always has a game available on all game types no matter what time of day it is. They offer Hold'em, Omaha, OmahaHi Lo, Razz, 7 Stud , HORSE and Stud Hi Lo all available in both ring games and tournaments. Stakes range from $0.05/$0.10 to $1000/$2000 on most game formats so there is a game available for everybody.
Software
Full Tilt hosts it's games on a smooth, fast, reliable software which is very user friendly. Players can change a the appearance of the table for a better poker experience. You can choose to either play on the beach, overlooking Las Vegas or just on a plain background. You can also choose your own avatar from a selection available or even have an avatar based on your own personal looks if you can achieve enough FPP points. Players can also choose to have no avatars showing, which seat they would like to sit in, the size of the table and much more.
The software is reliable and experiences few problems and almost non existent down time. Frequent updates are made to the system to improve the experience for the players.
Competition
Competition on Full Tilt ranges from soft to fierce. Play on smaller tables is relatively soft as would be expected. On higher limits you will find many pro's playing and competition rises incredibly. Players also put on their "A game" when facing Pro's so play is even tougher as there is a low chance of you sitting among even one fish on a table.
The tournament competition is also fairly fierce. With Full Tilt attracting so many players, the tournaments often have a higher then average field which means making the money is much harder. Even small limit tournaments will attract hundreds of players.
Support
Full Tilt offer an e-mail address for almost any problem a customer could experience which players can contact them via. They even have a dedicated e-mail address if you feel you have experienced some collusion on a table. The only problem with the support is the amount of time it takes to get a reply. Players may only have to wait a few hours to get an answer but they may also be waiting a few days and even then the reply may not be the one they had hoped for.
You can also contact them directly though phone if you have a major problem.
Deposit Options
Full Tilt offer a wide range of deposit options. These are : eCheck, Visa, MasterCard, Neteller, Moneybookers, InstaDebit, ClickandBuy, cash transfer and Click2Pay A problem with the Full Tilt deposit options is there is a minimum of $50 on each method. This could be a little expensive for a new poker player who doesn't want to risk that much money on their first deposit. Of course if you deposit more then this you will not be affected.
Withdrawal Options
Full Tilt do not offer as many withdrawal methods as they do desposit. Also some players have experienced some minor problems whilst making a withdrawal in recent times. This problem seems to have improved and cases of this problem have decreased. Withdrawal options for Full Tilt Poker are:
Visa, Click2Pay, Moneybookers, InstaDebit, ClickandBuy and check.
