Full Tilt Poker Review    

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Since its 2004 launch, Full Tilt Poker has made a name for itself as one of the best online poker sites in the business. Full Tilt is one of the few poker sites that still welcomes US players. Over 40 pro poker players frequent the site as players and make themselves available to everyday poker enthusiasts through the Pro Chat feature. Many of the players of Team Full Tilt have been featured in major tournaments, such as the World Series of Poker. Their unique software filled with fun graphics and easy to use features brings an added level of enjoyment to every hand played. Full Tilt obviously strives to maintain their name as one of the top sites for online poker.

Full Tilt Poker Competition and Tournaments

Since the passing of the US Gambling Act, the number of players at Full Tilt has skyrocketed. Even at off peak times you can find well over 10,000 players seated at tables on the site. This makes for great and exciting competition at any level of play. Play is generally considered pretty tight at Full Tilt, but the occasional loose table can be found. If you want to have real competition, you might get lucky and end up at a table, playing against one of the site’s many pros.

If you are looking for plenty of tournaments, Full Tilt has them. No matter what our favorite game or stakes levels, there are tournaments starting constantly. Choose from sit and go’s and multitable play, as well as many specials. There are feeders for seats in huge land based tournaments, such as the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour. Also available are freerolls, rebuys, and turbo games.

What's most attractive about Full Tilt Poker is that it is designed by a team of twelve dedicated and reputed poker professionals. Not only that but the team is giving support and assistance to Full Tilt Poker on an ongoing basis. The team has considerable knowledge of online poker and I find that this shows in the way that they have designed the site.

The Fulltilt Poker software has been developed under the eye of its professional team. Hence I find that attention has been paid to the minutest detail. Overall the software interfaces easily with the players. However the poker room provides the most comprehensive manual of the features of the software that I have seen. I very strongly recommend that players go through the sections dealing with the software so that they can utilize all the features to the maximum. On the technical side the features include Hand Histories and Pro Charts. On the social side they include Emotional Avatars and Background Themes.

Full Tilt Poker has games and tournaments to suit all inclinations. Detailed information on the games on offer is available at the bottom of this page. For expert players who thrive in pressure situations I suggest the Turbo games, whether Sit & Go or Multi Table. In turbo games the blinds go up twice as fast so players have a lot to lose or win. For the moderately extravagant I think Cap Games are a good idea. Cap Games are No-Limit and Pot-Limit games with a cap on the betting. When the betting cap is reached, the players who have not folded will be considered all-in. Full Tilt Poker offers all poker games from Texas Hold’em to Omaha to Razz to Stud.

I always check out the promotions before playing. Full Tilt Poker has a host of promotions that can enhance the players’ bankroll. The poker room prides itself on its sign up bonus and I find that is justified. The bonus matches 100% of the players’ deposit up to a limit of $600. As players wager at the games they accumulate Full Tilt Points and get cash in their accounts. The points are not lost but can be used as buy-ins for tournaments or to purchase the cool Full Tilt Gear.

Full Tilt Poker offers many secure banking options. Each option is explained in detail and I suggest that players read these details before exercising a choice. Credit and debit cards from Visa and MasterCard can be used to deposit funds. NETeller is an e-wallet that can be used by most European countries but not by U.S. players. The minimum deposit using this method is $50. Some other deposit methods are Click2Pay, ClickandBuy and Cash Transfer. It is recommended that withdrawals be made using the same method used for depositing funds. Detailed information on banking is available at the right side. I am completely satisfied that the security at Full Tilt Poker is first rate. The 128-bit SSL encryption protects information during transmission. The poker room has an adequate privacy policy that is well implemented.

I find that Full Tilt Poker takes customer support very seriously. They have 16 different e-mail IDs for queries on different functions. This ensures that the query gets to the right staff member as soon as possible.