Full Tilt Poker Review

Summary
Full Tilt Poker is a an exceptional online poker room, currently ranked number two in the world in terms of active player volume. Full Tilt Poker has a lot of key qualities, including a massive game variety and tournament schedule, a seamless reputation for security and integrity, a powerful team of Full Tilt Pros, and unwavering US player acceptance.

The team of Full Tilt Pros includes Phil Ivey, Jennifer Harman, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Patrik Antonius, Erick Lindgren and many others. Each of these professional poker players has left quite the trail of success in their long career paths, and they all play online poker exclusively at Full Tilt Poker. Not only can you watch them unleash their skills on the virtual felt, you can test your own skills by challenging them at the tables.

Full Tilt Poker is fully licensed and regulated by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. US players are welcome.

Full Tilt Poker Bonus
When you sign up a first-time user account with Full Tilt Poker, your first deposit is rewarded with a generous welcome bonus of 100% matching up to $600. The bonus is cleared by earning FPP (frequent player points). You’ll need 1 point for every $0.06 of the bonus, released in $10 increments. That means every 167 points will deposit $10 of the bonus into your poker cash balance. Points are earned by playing real money cash games and tournaments.

One of the most exceptional benefits of clearing the Full Tilt welcome bonus is that players get to keep all of the points they earn towards the bonus. Points can be used in two ways; to enter special tournaments and freerolls, or to purchase gear from the Full Tilt Store – the same apparel worn by the pros, professional grade poker items, name brand electronics and more.

Full Tilt Poker Software
Full Tilt Poker has developed and maintained their own powerful software platform, noted for its speed, clarity and user-friendliness. The poker client has a lot of extra features, like a time bank, an automatic “top-off” option and complete log-in history, on top of the standard provisions, like lobby filtering, game stats, personal stats, hand histories and note taking.

Players can multi-table at up to 18 cash games and unlimited tournaments. A great mini-view function, combined with crisp graphics, allows players to tile up to 9 tables on a 22” monitor and still view all of the essentials with ease. The software is constantly being updated with new and improved features and functions.

Full Tilt Poker Game Variety
Full Tilt Poker has an expansive game variety that goes beyond the average online poker variants. Best of all, the player traffic is so high that all games, and most stakes, are active at all hours. Choose from Texas Hold’em, Omaha and Omaha Hi-Lo, 7 Card Stud Hi and Hi-Lo, Razz and several mixed games, including H.O.R.S.E., H.O.S.E. and H.A. Stakes range from micro-limits to the highest online stakes of $2k/$4k. Basic poker games are presented in all limits, while others vary between Fixed Limit, No Limit and Pot Limit.

Full Tilt Poker Tournaments
Full Tilt Poker has a multitude of SNGs running constantly, plus an enormous MTT schedule. The online poker room offers tournaments in all game variants, not just the usual Texas Hold’em and Omaha. Full Tilt offers a good range of buy-ins, starting at $1 and scaling up into the hundreds; even the thousands for some high roller events.

Packed with guarantees, Freerolls, shootouts, freezeouts, re-buys/add-ons and bounties, there’s no shortage of excitement for any poker player’s preferred gaming style. The largest regular events are held on the weekends, the largest being a $750k guarantee each Sunday and a monthly $1 million guarantee. Tournaments are very well populated and often reveal increased prize pools, jumping well over the expected amount.

Full Tilt hosts a lot of special tournaments and events, especially live satellites. Players can win a seat in the biggest live tournaments around the world, including WSOP, WPT, EPT and others. Full tilt also hosts the seasonal Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS), worth millions in a large series of guaranteed events.

Full Tilt Poker Promotions
Full Tilt Poker presents regular and seasonal promotions, changing up the menu on a monthly basis. Consistent promos include Big Money Sundays, where over $1 million in guarantees are held each week ($750k GTD + $350k Bounty), a $100 refer-a-friend bonus, daily Freerolls with real cash prizes up for grabs, valuable leaderboard competitions and Happy Hour tables, where 3x points are awarded (marked by smiley faces in the lobby).

For the entire month of September, 2009, Full Tilt Poker will award double points to any player who participates in two ring games at the same time (2x points on both tables). This is a great way to expedite the clearing of those bonus dollars. Be sure to register for the “Take 2” promotion in the cashier to take advantage of this offer. The players who participate in the most double ring games during the month can earn up to $50 in cash as well.

Full Tilt Poker has its own television series, known as Face The Ace. Many members of the online poker room can win their way into a seat, not just televised, but set to compete against the pros for as much as $1,000,000.

Full Tilt Poker Deposit Methods
Full Tilt Poker accepts players from all over the world, including US players. There are only a limited few deposit methods available, but those provided are adequate to serve members from all over the globe. US customers are advised to deposit via Instant E-Check or Cash Transfer, and withdrawal via check.

Deposit Methods: Visa, MasterCard, Instant E-Checks, Click2Pay and Cash Transfers.

Full Tilt Poker Customer Support
Full Tilt Poker has a fully staffed, professional customer support team on hand 24/7 via email only. Though the lack of live chat or telephone support seems off-putting, there are over a dozen categorical email addresses to ensure your question is received by the appropriate department, and answered as quickly as possible. Responses are often received within minutes, but may take longer during peak hours.

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