Full Tilt Poker Review

Summary, Download & Bonus

  • Name: Full Tilt Poker
  • Website: www.fulltiltpoker.com
  • Established: 2004
  • Auditor: PWC
  • Country: Costa Rica
  • Size: 7.3Mb
  • Bonus: %25 up to $100

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Special Features

  • Endorsed by Lederer, Ivey and more.
  • VIP Freeroll with $50,000 in cash prizes.
  • Last hand replay function.
  • Special avatars at the poker tables.

Hits

  • Excellent sign up bonus, 100 % up to $600.
  • Very fast e-mails support.
  • Customizable poker room environment.

Misses

  • Very tough competition.
  • Lacks live chat and telephone support.
  • Not many deposit and cash-out options.
  • Average traffic concentrated to Hold'em.

Complete and Detailed Review

Summary

Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Phil Gordon and Erik Siedel. Every single one of them endorse Full Tilt Poker. If you enjoy watching cartoons or if you just dislike the super serious looks of the other poker rooms, this is the right place for you. You can also compete in some of the many tournaments, including a $50,000 VIP Freeroll, which is available to depositors only. Watch out, the competition at Full Tilt Poker is tough and if you are (un)lucky, you might face Phil Ivey without even knowing it.

Software

Disney meets poker. Full Tilt Poker offer one of the strangest poker room graphics to date. It is a 3D style environment mixed with cartoonish avatars, ranging from Yoda figures to black baseball players. If you grow tired of the background, you can also switch to something else, such as a space theme. In addition, you can view the last hand and save it if you wish. It's a great feature for anyone who needs a recap of that bad beat you just experienced. The lobby graphics are great, but the navigation could be better. It easily becomes a little messy to browse hundreds of rooms with a tiny scroll bar.

Traffic

Full Tilt Poker has been around since 2004 and has had a quite rapid growth rate. Unfortunately, over 95 % of the user traffic is concentrated to the Texas Hold'em No Limit tables. Full Tilt Poker is usually worth about 10,000 simultaneous connections. During peak times, this sometimes grows to 34,000. About two thirds of the traffic is focused on tournaments.

Tournaments

Full Tilt Poker host a VIP freeroll with a 1,500 player maximum and a whopping $50,000 prize pool. You can also compete in weekly guarantees worth several thousand dollars. Weekly World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker Circuit qualifiers are offered as well.

Game Variety

The variety of games is above the average at Full Tilt Poker. You can play Texas Hold'em, Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo in No Limit, Fixed Limit and Pot Limit. There's also 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo and Razz. The tables range from $0.05/$0.1 to $200/$400 in Hold'em. 7 Card Stud and Omaha Hi/Lo offers games ranging up to $1000/$2000. Recently, Full Tilt Poker added a "mix game" section with more added variety.

Soft Competition

Full Tilt Poker has had a very fast growth rate during 2006, which has resulted in a lot of fishy play, even at tables ranging as high as $2/$4, sometimes even higher. The amount of players per flop usually rises above 50% at medium stakes and far more than that at lower stakes, which is rather common.

Loyalty Rewards

If you are a Fill Tilt Poker regular, you will score Full Tilt Points (FTP). You receive anything from one to three points depending on the rake. Every tournament you play results in 7 points per entry fee dollar. There are multiple ways to use your points, including entries into special points tournaments, and redemption for merchandise. You can also redeem them for jerseys, shirts, hats and more. Full Tilt Poker usually offer reload bonuses as well, ranging up to 50 % and a maximum of $300.

Promotions

Full Tilt Poker is endorsed by many of the world's biggest poker celebrities, who play there on a regular basis. Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Phil Gordon, Erik Seidel and many others can be found here. There is usually a good amount of tournaments and competitions in which you can win special prizes, such as real life lessons with the professionals and more.

Support

Only e-mail support available at this time, although you will receive a telephone number only in case you run into trouble while attempting to deposit funds. Fortunately, the response time is very fast. Some answers bounced back to us within 10 minutes.

Deposit & Cashout Methods

Deposits: Credit Card, NETeller and FirePay.

Withdrawal Options: NETeller, FirePay and limited credit card functionality.