Review
Summary (9.2)
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. TentwoPoker offers a very good bonus code and occasional reload bonuses as well. You can also compete in some of the many tournaments, including tournaments ranging up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Full Tilt Poker has become one of the largest poker sites in the world and therefore also attracts plenty of fishy players. Not bad, if you're looking at a second source of income.
Software (9)
The poker professionals at Full Tilt Poker have certainly played an important role in shaping the software that we see today at FullTiltPoker.com. This site has been well known for its quite extravagant looks, but in 2006, the company decided to offer the vanilla-looking table as well. So you have the choice of two different tables, but also with many different backgrounds, making this one of the most versatile poker software in the industry. Add to that a handful of options and newly introduced filtering options that help you find the table that you are looking for, and you get one of the industry's most prominent leaders.
Traffic (9)
Full Tilt Poker has been around since 2004 and has had a rapid growth rate. Most of the traffic is in Texas Hold'em No Limit, but in 2006, this number was slightly decreased due to an increase of Omaha players. Full Tilt Poker is usually worth about 30,000 simultaneous connections. During peak times, this sometimes grows to 65,000. Roughly 60% of the traffic is concentrated on tournaments.
Tournaments (8)
The list of tournaments shifts from time to time. But for the sake of consistency, we always see satellites to some of the major poker tournaments, including World Series of Poker and other super tournaments. Since Full Tilt Poker is also one of the world's largest poker sites, it is no surprise to see tournaments coming in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, shaping up in weeklies, monthlies and whatnot.
Game Variety (9)
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 (7)
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.
Full Tilt Sign Up Bonus (8)
When you are siging up for an account, you will asked to enter a referral code for Full Tilt Poker. There are a wide variety of possible referral codes that you can enter in to this box, but we strongly recommend that you use PNB to ensure that you get the biggest bonus available from Full Tilt.
The Full Tilt Referral Code: PNB will get you a generous sign up bonus of 100%, up to a maximum of $600. 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 $0.06, so you can earn up to $18 per one hundred hands.The bonus amount will be automatically credited to your Bonus Account where it will be held and released to your cash account in increments of 10% of your initial deposit, or $20, whichever you earn first. So if you do a one-time deposit of $100, each $10 (10%) earned will be instantly released into your account. Deposit the full $600 and your account will get credited for each $20 of bonus earned. At three points per hand, each $20 increment can be earned in fewer than two hours of play at only one table. Full Tilt Rakeback is also available. PNB is one of the best full tilt referral codes.
Loyalty Rewards (10)
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 (9)
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 (8)
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, although you should expect an average of two hours.
