Full Tilt Poker is the brain child of well-known professional poker players Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, and Chris Ferguson. It is a great online poker site appreciated by other famous players frequenting this poker lounge, including David Benyamine, Andy Bloch, Gus Hansen, Patrik Antonius, Mike Matusow, Tom Dwan, Phil Galfond, Daniel Alaei, and John Juanda. The competition is tough and U.S. players are allowed. Each week brings guaranteed prize money up to a value of $8 million.
Full Tilt offers terrific customer service, frequent promotions, an informative library of poker lessons, and an extensive array of cash and tournament games including Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, 5-Card Draw, 7-Card Stud, 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo, H.O.R.S.E., H.O.S.E., and Razz. Using private software, Full Tilt provides great graphics, innovative features, and chat options.
Special Bonus Offers
First Deposit Bonus Offer: This bonus offers a 100% match on initial deposits up to a value of $600. Special conditions apply.
VIP Programs
Full Tilt Poker Points: Players earn points while they play. Points can be exchanged for gifts in the Full Tilt Poker Store, on tournaments, and more. Special double and triple happy hours are offered on occasion. Full Tilt provides frequent promotions including exclusive events, bounty tournaments, Iron Man challenges and more.
Tournaments and Freerolls
Lots of tournaments and satellites to online events are available starting with buy ins of only $1. Big guaranteed multi-table tournaments are featured each week. Bigger buy ins lead to tougher competition.
The Sunday Brawl: Players earn cash for knocking other players out to the Knockout Bounty Tournament.
Friday Night Fights: Heads-up matches between the pros happen every Friday during a $5,000 Sweat Tournament.
Bust-Out Bounties: Players who bust one of the pros out of a tournament are eligible to win prizes and cash.
Daily and Weekly Freerolls: Each week, $1,500 freerolls take place giving players a chance at any number of games and free money. Big ticket freerolls are common including those designed for EPT, WPT, and WSOP.
Software
Only downloadable software is available, but it is clean and crisp. Multi-tabling, customization, and mini-table views are featured. Software updates bring new functionality, while existing software provides automatic re-buys, log in history, and automatically refilled cash stacks.
Competition
The competition proves to be a bit tough at the upper level of play due to all of the regular professional poker players with years of experience who frequent the poker lounge. However, competition is soft at the lower levels where newcomers generally start out.
Deposit and Withdrawal Options
Deposit options include Instant eChecks, Visa credit, Visa debit, MasterCard credit, MasterCard debit, Click2Pay, and Cash Transfer. Full Tilt prefers players to withdraw their funds using check or Click2Pay. However, they may also use any preferred method that has been set up to their account including Visa and MasterCard.
Support Options
Flexible, convenient customer support options are available at Full Tilt Poker including individualized email contact for specific concerns. Customer service is on the job 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. An informative FAQ area provides answers to common questions regarding software, poker, tournaments, accounts, deposits, withdrawals, bonuses, promotions, security, technical issues, and more.