Full Tilt Poker Review and Information
Overall Rating: 6.9
Summary (6.9)
Full Tilt Poker is an ambitious poker room which launched for real money 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 a 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 - January 2005: 600-900 ring game players at peak hours, 700-1100 tournament players at peak hours.
Software and graphics (6)
Fill Tilt Poker’s 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 (4)
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 600-900 players at peak hours, out of which at least 90-95% is in the Holdem section.
Tournament traffic (4)
Fill Tilt Poker has an initial tournament traffic of 700-1100 real money players at peak hours.
Game variety (5)
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 (4)
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 (4)
The competition was rather loose, when we tried the fixed and no-limit Texas Holdem games. Seems to be a mix of total beginners and rather seasoned players.
Sign up bonus (9)
Full Tilt Poker offers a 50% deposit match bonus up to $300 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 (7)
They also offer a regular system with Full Tilt Points.
Promotions (7)
Promotions with the stars coming up.
Support (4)
Only email support currently.
Financial security (7)
Medium, as a brand new poker room.
Deposit & withdrawal options (4)
Deposit options: VISA, MasterCard, NETeller and FirePay. Cash out options: NETeller, FirePay and credit card (with the usual restrictions)
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