Full Tilt Poker Review and Bonus Code

Overall 93 Ease of Competition 71 Tournaments 99 Customer Service 76 Software 97

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Please note: Full Tilt Poker does not accept real-money players from the United States.

Overview
Full Tilt is the second largest online poker room. They're popular for giving players a chance to "Play with the Pros"; among their litany in-house pros regularly seen at tables include Phil Ivey, Mike Matusow and Gus Hansen.

There is a huge selection of cash games and tournaments at this site in a wide range of stakes. The competition however is generally tougher than industry average.

Full Tilt Poker also plays host to the largest online poker cash games where pots routinely exceed $100,000.

Bonus
Players who create a new account at Full Tilt Poker can get a bonus of 100% up to $600 by using bonus code TIPS100.

In my opinion, this is one of the best online poker bonuses not only because of its size but also because it clears quickly (except at smaller stakes). The bonus is released in 10% increments of your deposit or in $20 increments, whichever is smaller. See our Full Tilt bonus review for more information.

Promotions
Like most large online poker rooms, Full Tilt Poker does a great job with offering frequent, cool promotions. They regularly send players to high-profile live tournaments such as the WSOP, Aussie Millions and WPT events.

Their "Iron Man Challenge" rewards players who put in a lot of volume with freeroll opportunities and medals that can be redeemed for cash bonuses and tournament entries.

Tournaments
This is a great site for tournament players. Almost all of their scheduled multi-table tournaments come with a guaranteed prize pool. Since the site is so large, their sit-'n'-go's fill quickly at all buy-in levels.

Each Sunday, Full Tilt Poker hosts a $750,000 guaranteed event with a buy-in of $200+$16. This is generally considered one of the most important weekly online poker tournaments. Four times a year, they host the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) that features several events all with huge guaranteed prize pools.

Value-oriented players can enjoy a $1 buy-in tournament called the 'Daily Dollar' that usually draws upwards of 10,000 players.

Software
Full Tilt's software is generally very good. Unfortunately site-wide crashes are concerningly frequent for such a large poker room, but otherwise the software is fast, customizable and pleasant.

Table Statistics
They offer the standard table statistics which are average pot, players per flop and hands per hour.

Competition Level
One knock against Full Tilt Poker is that it tends to attract the type of players who take poker very seriously. In general, the games at this site will be tougher than games of equivalent stakes at many other sites. However, the smaller stakes games are still certainly very beatable.

Customer Service
I find Full Tilt's customer service to be pretty disappointing given how large their player base is. They only offer email support (no phone or live chat) and it sometimes takes them a disturbingly long amount of time to respond to emails. This is one part of their site they need to improve significantly if they ever want to be considered the best online poker room.

Ring Games Offered
Hold'em, Omaha H/L, Omaha Hi, Stud H/L, Stud Hi, Razz, Mixed Games

Fixed Limits: $0.05-$0.10 to $2000-$4000
NL & PL Blinds: $0.01-$0.02 to $2000-$4000

Tournaments Offered
Texas hold'em, mixed games, Omaha, and 7-card stud

Heads-Up: $1.10 to $5600
Single-Table: $0.85 to $5700
Multi-Table: $1 to $2600

Minimum Deposit
30