Full Tilt Poker www.fulltiltpoker.com
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Established 2004
Country Cost Rica
Special Features
9 world-class poker pro endorsers
Huge $600 sign-up bonus at 100% deposit match!
Cartoon style avatars
Choose your own background environment
Sign-up bonus in $ $600
Deposit bonus in % 100%
Referral bonus per friend $0
Deposit free bonus $0
Paid to play ($/hour) $0
Hits
Different look and feel
High-action play money tables (with the stars)
Good traffic to be a brand new room
Misses
Withdrawal options are limited
Action very concentraded to no-limit Holdem
No high stakes games yet
Summary
Full Tilt Poker is an ambitious poker room that was launched in July 2004. Full
Tilt Poker has a number of world-class poker pro endorsers, such as Howard
Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, John Juanda and Erik Seidel. The pros are
not playing so much at the tables. The most action is at the low stakes no-limit
Holdem tables and no-limit Holdem fixed schedule tournaments. The graphics are
innovative with cartoon style avatars. The software is good and different,
however not quite in line with the very best in terms of functionality. Real
money player statistics - July 2005: 700-1100 ring game players at peak hours,
1600-2100 tournament players at peak hours.
Software and graphics
Fill Tilt Pokers graphics have a different and fun look and feel. Each player
chooses an avatar, which can display different emotions to add some spice. The
player can choose among different background environments. The software runs
quickly and reliably when we have tested the play money tables. Notes on players
are supported. The statistics function is OK with decent information details.
Overall, Fill Tilt Poker has good software.
Ring game traffic
Fill Tilt Poker just started in mid July 2004, but has decent traffic right
away. The volume is very concentrated to low stakes no-limit Holdem. There are
typically 700-1100 players at peak hours, out of which at least 90-95% is in the
Holdem section.
Tournament traffic
Fill Tilt Poker has an initial tournament traffic of 1600-2100 real money
players at peak hours.
Game variety
Full Tilt Poker has a decent game selection, with Holdem, Omaha Hi and Hi-Lo,
7-Card-Stud Hi and Hi-Lo. There are no-limit and pot-limit in Holdem and
pot-limit in both Omaha variants.
Rake
The rake is slightly higher than the average of the industry. The rake is 5% and
taken in tight intervalls. Full Tilt Poker has a "No Flop - No Drop" rake
policy, like most sites. A maximum of $1 is taken out of the pots up to $1/$2
games. At higher limits, $2/$4 and above, Full Tilt Poker has a max rake of $3
and the rake structure is analogous to most other sites.
Soft competition
The competition has become very tough (it started out with average tough games
in the summer of 2004). The fixed limit games are the toughest, where most
average players will loose at almost any longer session. The no-limit games are
a bit less tough, but still clearly more difficult to win at than at average
online poker rooms.
Sign up bonus
Full Tilt Poker offers a 100% deposit match bonus up to $600 for all first time
depositors. Playing at for example one $0.5/$1 NL table you will typically earn
about $3-$6 in bonus per hour. The fine print. For each dollar raked from a pot,
every player who was dealt cards for that hand will earn one point. You can earn
partial points if less than one dollar is raked, and you can earn up to three
points per hand. Each point is worth $.06, so you can earn up to $18 per hundred
hands. The bonus is released to your cash account into increments of 20% of your
initial deposit. So if you do a one-time deposit of $100, with each $20 you
earn, it will be released into your account.
Loyalty bonus
They also offer a regular system with Full Tilt Points.
Promotions
Promotions with the stars coming up.
Support
Only email support currently.
Financial security
Good, as a relative newcomer but with financial muscles and famous backers.
