Summary (7.5)

Full Tilt Poker is an impressive new poker room which was launched in 2004. Full Tilt experiences great real money traffic for a young poker room featuring upwards of 2500 ring game players and 3000 tournament players during peak hours. If having a famous poker pro backing your online poker choice is important, then Full Tilt Poker has you covered. They are currently endorsed by 10 world-class poker professionals including Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, John Juanda, Erik Seidel and Jennifer Harman, just to name a few. The pros aren’t too active at the lower limits but sometimes you might catch a few having a laugh at a play money table. The forum feature is great providing tips and strategies straight from the pros themselves. Take advantage of the Full Tilt Player point program offering great rewards including tournament entries just for playing. The software is good and features a great look providing cartoon style avatars and your choice of backgrounds. Overall Full Tilt Poker is a great online poker destination which will continue to push the boundaries of the industry for years to come.

Software & Graphics (7)

Full Tilt Pokers software is fast and reliable providing great table statistics and functionality. It features a unique fun look and feel. Each player can choose their own cartoon avatar and poker room environment. The software has slick graphics that don’t feature any annoying sounds during game play. Full Tilt's software is great and provides a fun and hopefully profitable experience, which will only improve over time.

Game Variety (7.5)

Good. Full Tilt offers a number of different poker games including: Holdem, Omaha and 7 Card Stud in both Hi and Hi-Lo. Full Tilt even offers RAZZ games although the majority of traffic is usually concentrated to Hold’em. Full Tilt does not offer some other popular poker games including draw poker, heads-ups matches and crazy pineapple.

Ring & Tournament Traffic (5.5)

Although Full Tilt is a still young poker room having started in July 2004, it has attracted a good number of players featuring upwards of 2500 – 3500 ring and tournament real money players during peak hours. In ring games the traffic seems to be concentrated to low stakes Hold’em.

Rake (5)

The rake at Full Tilt poker is slightly higher than the industry average. They feature a 5% rake which is taken at frequent intervals. A maximum of $1 is taken out of pots up to the $1/$2 levels and a max of $3 at the $2/$4 and above levels.

Soft Competetion (4)

There’s always plenty of action on Full Tilt Poker but the loose tables are a little tricky to find. A lot of the fixed limit games seem to boast tougher competition than the no-limit tables but overall the play is a little more advanced then some of the other online poker rooms.

Promotions & Bounses (8)

Full Tilt Poker currently offers a 100% bonus of up to $600. No Bonus Code is required to receive the bonus, the bonus is automatically given by using our links. Full Tilt also offers satellites into the Borgota Open, a World Poker Tour event with over $1 million going to the winner. A VIP free-roll is offered to all players who earn 1500 frequent player points which accumulate fairly quick. Full Tilt Poker also gives a 50% reload bonus to all player deposits. The required hands needed to play to receive the bonuses is a little high but worth the wait for such a juicy bonus.

Support (7)

The support at Full Tilt Poker is a little sub-par compared to some of the other online card rooms. Currently they do not offer 24/7 telephone support. All inquiries are handled by email but feature great response times.

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