Full Tilt Poker
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Full Tilt Poker is an online poker cardroom launched in June 2004 with the involvement of a team of poker professionals, among them Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Andy Bloch and Chris Ferguson. One popular feature of the site is a "Tips from the Pros" newsletter which includes tips from the professional players associated with the cardroom.
"Team Full Tilt," the pro players who play regularly on the site and are considered full-fledged members, consists of Lederer, Ivey, Bloch, Ferguson, John Juanda, Jennifer Harman, Phil Gordon, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Clonie Gowen, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen and Allen Cunningham.
In addition to Team Full Tilt, several notable pros are "Full Tilt Pros," who are sponsored by the site but are not full-fledged members. This group includes Farzad Bonyadi, David Chiu, John D'Agostino, Layne Flack, Rafe Furst, David Grey, Berry Johnston, Jeff Madsen, Carlos Mortensen, Huck Seed, Gavin Smith and Lee Watkinson.
The Hendon Mob (Joe Beevers, Ram Vaswani, Barny and Ross Boatman) also makes its online home at Full Tilt.
Full Tilt offers both Windows and Mac software. The Mac software has the same features as the PC software.
Games offered include Texas hold 'em, Omaha High and Hi-Lo, Razz, Seven Card Stud, Stud Hi-Lo and H.O.R.S.E.
Tournaments take place throughout the day, and often include participation from one of the Team Full Tilt pros. Freeroll tournaments are common, and sit'n'gos are offered for one, two and five tables. Tables usually seat 9 players each in these tournaments, though some have six players per table.
[edit] Features
In June 2006 Full Tilt Poker launched a new lobby and advanced table actions including:
- New pods featuring countdown timers that more clearly display a player's time left to act
- A total pot display on the table so players can quickly determine how much has already been committed to the pot before deciding how to act
- An improved slider bar in the betting window
Full Tilt has also added "cap limit" games which are played identically to pot-limit or no-limit games, except that the total amount a player can bet in any single hand is capped at 30 times the big blind.
[edit] Full Tilt on television
Full Tilt Poker is or has been the principal sponsor of a number of poker television programs, including:
