Full Tilt Poker

I do not like Full Tilt at all. The software is glitchy as hell for me... with some clicks not seeming to register and an odd timing feature for sitting into a game once you are sitting down. That alone is reason enough for me to avoid it like the plague. The existence of the Bet Pot Button, may seem convenient, but it allows too many fish the opportunity to make smaller mistakes in many situations by betting pot when on other sites, without a betpot button, they might bet substantially less. The player pool is smaller than Stars, but the overall opponent in the micros seems to be worse (from what most have written about). And as it is currently set up the rakeback for FTP micro players is much better than what you can get at Stars and it's straight up money. There are good table loader programs, and other nice hot key features that one can tap into but you are limited to 16 tables I believe if you want to multi-table cash games.

FTP is by far the best online poker rooms.

I installed Full tilt a couple of weeks a go, and the first few days were great, i was hitting everything, even found myself chasing those middle pins because they always seem to come, But then,,, i cashed out a few hundred dollers, well someones luck could not change so quick, id get aces only to be beat by k5 suited even though id made a decent bet to get rid of the rubbish, still sh*t happens, but then next game i get a a first hand ak calls flop kk, ok i deal with it, but then it goes on and on and on, start playing lower stakes, no change, torneys, ring games no matter bad beat after bad beat, only one solution just played my last $6 9 seater flopped straight only for him to call my ALL IN with top pr and to hit runner runner full house, now im out of credit and the program is unistalled never to be used again,,, shame really cause i liked the fact the site had no casino to squander my winnings in, but the RNG in basically non existant now ive played on scores of sites and alot of land based but this site in my opinion is the worst site ive ever played, and thats even with me leaving it a bout a hundred dollers up,,, anyhow ive said my piece. and whether it was just really bad luck (i dont think so) or a porely rigged RNG i dont think ill ever know cause im gone for good,, back to will hill to win some n lose some more.. :o)

There is one bizare aspect of the Full Tilt client: in tournaments the only notification of a player sitting out appears in the chat text (and in the hand history, but after the fact). In ring games "Sitting Out" appears in place of a players stack size, just like in virtually evry other site I've seen. Full Tilt support continue to insist that this is due to lag. Full Tilt tournament players know otherwise.

Interface: Has to be a 5/5 simple to navigate vivid in color. The buttons are large enough to press. Many standard options when betting/raising/folding. Software is great. Not many unique features but the best in it's class. Cool little avatars Poker Action: 4/5 Simply because this site just isn't beginner friendly. Full ring games have 50% tight and 50% loose not always the case but that's what I've encountered. Plenty of action from the button/small/big blinds. Technical Support: Top notch, nothing has gone wrong yet. Ease of Game/fish: If you encounter a pro you will surely lose all your money to him. Lots of bluffing going on that unexperienced beginners can't afford to handle. Bonus: I suppose is good very ingenious way of earning your bonus and I can quickly use for my bankroll. Would like to see: A bad beat jackpot, custom avatars, more table designs Keep in mind I'm a Beginner. Full Tilt has been the best site I've seen since PokerStars.

trplxxx

Updated review September 1, 2007.

Great with low rakes. Better than the old party poker too. Has its problems but is great overall.

here is where you should consider playing next. nice bonus, although it takes quite awhile to clear. ignore the old (1 year +) reviews; this site has REALLY softened up. the volume a year ago was around 8-10k, during peak hours, now is over 25k routinely...that should speak for itself. games are "intelligent" (fish dont chase draws as much here) and have read some books about ABC poker (makes the games a bit predictable), but still quite soft, at the lower stakes. software is AWESOME, and improving consistently. if you are a tourney player, i am not , but i have WON 3 of my last 10 multi-SNGs (40 players +), and "monied" in 2 others...50% in the money ain't bad. tourneys might be VERY beatable. limit players have a gold-mine here, too. SH limit games are among the worst i have seen anywhere. hard to beat Stars, but FullTilt is making one crazy kind of run at them with the new US legislation.

Some of the early reviews here are from late 2004! Full Tilt has really grown - all that marketing muscle has developed a bustling poker room with a lot of players, games at various stakes, and great tourneys. Interface is absolutely fantastic and actually adds to the enjoyment of the game unlike most interfaces. Have not had any problems with cashouts, and I've cashed out a few times for about $1,000. Check it out, it will soon be one of the top 3 online poker rooms. Read full review: FullTilt Poker Review

Could catapult itself to be one of the top 2 online poker rooms. Full Tilt has adominantly announced its support of American players and will probably see substantial growth over the coming months. The interface is a lot of fun, the tourneys are good, the support is solid, and the ring games are good. Well rounded game and I would expect a ton of fish to be flooding the place as we speak. Check it out, I've switched over from Party like many others and it's pretty cool.

Full Tilt has changed a lot since the time of the early reviews on this page(2004). They have grown to become one of the biggest rooms in the world. The interface has always been great and now the other categories are excellent as well.

Some of the early reviews here are from late 2004! Full Tilt has really grown - all that marketing muscle has developed a bustling poker room with a lot of players, games at various stakes, and great tourneys. Interface is absolutely fantastic and actually adds to the enjoyment of the game unlike most interfaces. Have not had any problems with cashouts, and I've cashed out a few times for about $1,000. Check it out, it will soon be one of the top 3 online poker rooms.

Hey all, in case you are just wandering across this review, I wanted to point out that it is very old and does not reflect the fact that there are plenty of players (and fish) at Full Tilt nowadays. I was playing around noon today (a Monday) and there were 9600 players online. Right now (Monday evening 7:30 pm) there are over 14000. I am playing 6max $1/$2 limit HE and killing it for like 15BB/hr thanks to the fish next to me. That's atypical though, since Full Tilt tends to be tighter than most other sites (which is great if you are sick of idiot suckouts at Party). The SNG tournaments are terrific, esp the heads-up ones where you can find fish willing to hand you $20 in one shot. The emotional avatars are addictive and I miss them at other sites. The detachable chat is great. The NL betting controls are extremely well designed and make other sites feel extremely clunky. You can occasionally catch Phil Ivey playing $50/$100 NL ring games. You can often spot John Juanda, Mike Matusow, or John D'Agostino multi-tabling. The only thing that sucks about Full Tilt is the bonuses... rare and damn near impossible to unlock. As for cashout problems, I have never experienced any whatsoever in 1 year at this site.

I play mostly at Pokerstars, but when I came across the 100% bonus I decided to give it a try. The best thing about this place is that when the pros are playing the table appears red from the lobby which makes them easy to find. They also have their own avatar. The competition here seemed pretty tough compared to party poker. I did not like the backgrouns here. They are so bright and glamorous that it gave me a headache after staring at it for too long. A lot of poeple are complaining about cashing out. If you want to receive a check in the mail you must have a minimum of $300 in your account. If you are using Neteller or any other service, there is no limit. I didn't have a problem with cashing out. Overall it's okay but I'll be going back to Pokerstars...

i have played on many many poker sights but this is by far the best the game, due to the fact always a tourney going and never a long wait to get on a table. nice bonus program i played ultimate bet for a while has such comp problems with that programs it is like a magnet for comp virus!! always a long wait and no real good bonus program. i have played with several real names on full tilt unlike ultimate bet where your told you maybe but never are. i reccomend this site for anyone looking for a real good deal and a real good site maintained very well.

I am a player that just started doing full tilt poker. I play purely SnG's around 10 or 20 dollars. I have been extremely successful at these levels(125 to 600 in 2 weeks). Fish and a good many bad players seem to chill at these levels. Besides that, i emjoy the software and have had zero problems with the site. I recommend it to everyone.

I have played a while here and find the graphics of the sites really great. It makes such a change to play on a site and enjoy looking at the screen as opposed to just looking at the cards fixedly. I was tempted in my the whopping 100% bonus, which does take a while to clear unless you play the high stake limit games or get lucky with a good run of cards. The cashout process was a little hassle for me as the only one I could use was neteller (although they do allow withdrawals of only $50 to a neteller account) but thats not too much of an issue overall. The competition is stiff, not the best but the average player is better than that of the average player you may find on some of the bigger sites (such as party or empire for example) so make sure your playing roperly when you sit down. As for bad beats, well all I can say is 'shit happens', the cards seem fine to me and bad beats can last a long time sometimes but without hundreds of hands to statisitically review you can't pass judgement on a few hands and your own bad experience. Overall I have only drawn level on this site but thats due to the better than average players here rather than 'dodgy cards'.

After playing on FullTilt i found this website ... to bad I didnt find it earlier. I wasnt aware of the minimum $300 cashout limit because they sure as hell let you put less than that on there and they dont mind taking your minimum deposit onto their site. Another thing i was sitting there playing and I knew my computer was acting strange so I just done nothing one hand and I seen my chips be placed on an "all in" bet on a hand where I would have no chance of winning ... FullTilt burned me and I would suggest no one else feel this pain. I only lost $50 a very small amount to what some have lost.

I was on Empire poker and switched to Full Tilt. I agree, the competition on Full Tilt is overall much tougher. I enjoy that part, because I have only been playing for approx 6 months and am eager to learn. The one thing I have noticed about Full Tilt that I don't like is the enormous amounts of bad beats. I play a fair amount of live poker, and there's no comparison. Just last night, in a $20 tourney at Full Tilt, I took 4 bad beats in the first hour! These are not races, these are situations where the other guy only has around 4-5 cards maximum to pull on the river...and hits them continually. Even the other competitors were commenting on the situation. I also agree with the review that mentioned the frequency of high pocket pairs all coming on the same hand. It seems to happen very often where someone will have jacks, someone else will have kings, and someone else will have aces. I know it happens, but it sure seems to be common on Ful Tilt. I do like the players tho, for the most part. Empire seemed to have a large amount of people that seemed to be more interested in talking smack than playing cards. Full Tilt has it's share, but far less that Empire. I like Full Tilt overall, but wish they could develope an actual random dealer to make the games more realistic. The mathematical odds state that bad beats should not occur as often as not.

Full Tilt has been a great poker site until yesterday. My account has now been frozen for over 24 hours. After several emails, still nothing except for a representative telling me to leave them alone until it is "looked in to". No idea, feedback, help or information on what's happened. And with only an email address to communicate, it truly makes for some serious frustration. Anyone else had an issue?

Best software around......and many many many fish that complain on how the software is out to get them...perfect for taking their money.

Better than Party Poker and Ultimate Bet.

I have played at Party and Ultimate Bet and Full Tilt Poker is my favorite new site to play at. The deposit bonus is awesome, even though it is dispersed over time (which in my opinion is a good thing). The avatars are cool, but I sometimes turn them off when I am not in the mood. I got to play against Howard Lederer last week which was amazing. All in all it has been a very positive experience.

At first I felt duped when I read the fine print of the bonus. Definitely should have done this prior to moving my money from Party but live and learn. After a week I've earned the first part of my bonus, which is released in $20 increments. If you play the 1/2 limit games it will take about 14 hours to earn each increment of your bonus. Obviously the higher your limit the faster you can earn it. 2/4, 7 hours, 3/6, 4-5 hours. Its not the best bonus but if you buy in for $200 and you play 50 hours a month at the 1/2 you'll earn the whole thing. At the 2/4 it would take about 25 hours a month, not that bad. Obviously if you try to get the whole thing and buy in at $600 you're going to have to play a lot more at the higher limits so take that into consideration. As for the play, I'm doing a lot better than I was at Party. People seem to sit at the table much longer which gives you a better chance to get a read on their styles. Also when you take notes on a player they are there the next time you run into them online. Per the bounty on pro's, they generally sit at the $20-30 sit and goes or tournaments and that's just not where I'm at so I'm never going to see that. Basically the way I see it is if you aren't playing for any bonus you might as well consider moving on over for three months and then moving back to where ever you came from (Party or Ultimate). As soon as I left the next day I got an email about a reload bonus, first one since I had joined 6 months prior. Coincidence? Right. Support wise, I emailed them and they got right back to me.

Full tilt is one of the cooler sites out there software wise. The SNG's are 5+1 and the opposition is tough. It is very cool that there is bounties on the heads of the pro's. The competetion is very stiff though. If your out to learn than IMO (in my opinion) this is the best site. If your out to make easy money (and deal with some bad beats) then stick to party poker or empire poker. There is also not as many people playing at one time so you may have to wait for a table if you are playing an 18 person toureny. Thier tables also seat 9 instead of 10. They have absolutely no phone numbers (or at least that i could find). I had a problem with registering. My name is Matthew, but when i registered i typed in Matt, well Full Tilt would not let me deposit money because my name did not match, and there fore i couldnt play any money games. (I got around this by setting up another account) But the point is thier customer support SUCKS.

Ive been on both party poker ultamate bet and full tilt and full tilt has been my favorite by far. Being the cheap man I am i dont play for real money too often but when I do I find myself succesful but ease of game really is not the best. If you want to make quick easy cash this is not the place to be with all the pros lingering around the low stakes games, but if you want to get better at the game this is where you want to be. A place where you can get a few tips from Lederer than next day ask Jesus a few questions. The bounty on pros heads also makes the game constatly interesting when they are around. And the way their play money game is set up is the most realistic of all the sites I've played at.

Well, 100% bonus is hard to pass up, but their requirements are pretty steep to clear it. $1 of rake = $.06 of your bonus cleared. They release it to you $20 at a time though, which is pretty nice. However, I've heard several people complain that the bonus will take them forever to clear. If all you're going is going for the bonus, just up your number of tables. I cleared a bit over ten percent of the bonus in about 3 and a half hours last night playing 4 .25/.50 NL tables. Fish factor: good heavens. Had EIGHT separate occasions where someone raised me all in when they were on the draw. Avatars: couldn't care less I like the fact that they have an option to rotate the table, makes multitabling much easier (left click on another chair, for those that play here and didn't know) Haven't dealt with customer service or done a cashout yet, so don't know about those.

I don't play on-line for the cute avatars, but at this stage I'm not playing for big profit, either- I'm playing to learn. That's why I switched for the time being from Party to FullTilt, because even at nickle-dime stakes you have to play a solid game. You really do earn those $2 pots. At Party you might have some good sessions with 8 fish but go untested until you discover that a good player can destroy you. Here I can practice and there's nothing like the humility that losing at NICKLE poker provokes... if you can't win at that level, you shouldn't be playing for higher stakes. If you can, move up. But start small. And you do get action, just not ludicrous Party action :)

I liked this poker room. I didn't earn the full bonus like many others here. But I did earn $120 of it before I quit and headed back to Empire. The software is quite nice. The interface is a lot of fun and adds some liveliness to the game. The action is still a bit weak, but you can find some tables at the stakes you're looking for. The fish are not as plentiful, but there are some that like to throw their money around. Bonus is very tempting, at $600, but too difficult to earn over the longhaul. However, I did earn $120 of it which I'm happy about.

I am a recreational player who was suckered in by that 100% bonus that will take me about two years to earn - which sucks because I only have 120 days to make it. The worst is wanting to play a ring game and having only two tables at the limit I want to play in action (of course completely full). I do enjoy the sit and go tournaments and the avitars. I agree with most people here who say that the games are tougher. I made a killing on Party Poker and have mostly treaded water at Full Tilt. I guess I need to tighten up! Is it just me or do bad beats rule? I have been hit by (and administered) a ton of bad beats on the river. As for the true randomness of their dealer, in consecutive tournaments, I was dealt pocket kings, only to come up against aces. The funny thing was, both times there was another poor slob with pocket jacks or poket queens in the hand! I've had the same thing happen where tens, jacks, and queens all came up at the same time - twice in one tournament. Hmmmmmmm. Play those big non-aces pocket pairs judiciously before the flop.

I have been playing at full tilt fo about 3 months now.I think their Bonus is excellant,it does take time but you wont find 100% in many places.I have gotten my original 300 bonus and am now into my 2nd and 50% in. I think that in the beginning there was little action but now it is starting to pick up. I have made more money here then any other sight.Also I think they have the best Omaha games and tournements.

From What I know is that the minimum withdrawl amount is $50. Interface is easy to use. Plus the pro's don't hide behind made up screen names.

I deleted it because it stated that you could not withdraw winnings unless at least 300.00 by check. If I win 50 I might want it. 300.00 is awful and restrictive. what good is it to win if you cant decide on your own money to get it or now. Sounds to me like it still belongs to them if you win. Other than that I really liked the site.

Full tilt poker has a more interesting interface, with the avatars. They do have a bounus that seems to take forever to achieve. The bounus are easier to achieve on party poker and empire. There are few fish at the tables. The greatest part about the site is the ablility to know you are playing with some of the world's best. In all this site is above average for the entertainment value becuse where else can you say you sat with Phil Ivey at the .05/.10 nl table.

I dont have alot to say about fullTilt poker, but I will say I have really enjoyed playing there more than at any other site, The interface is the best around in my opinion, the graphical hand histories are nice, i wish they would get an email option, which i think is in their future, the bonus is good although it does take along time to clear, i cleared my full 600$ worth of bonus over a month long period playign at fulltilt exclusivly, the action is pretty good there I was able to make more money at this site than i did at any other site including party, i have taken a break from fulltilt but plan on going back and playing there and party exclusivly starting in january. I would like to see more sngs and big multis in th future