Full Tilt Poker

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Full Tilt Poker debuted in 2004 with greater than usual attention for a poker site startup because of the site's endorsement by various stars including Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, and others. Full Tilt is also notable as the most consistent online home of razz now that Planet Poker has discontinued it.

Contents 1 Games spread 1.1 No-limit hold 'em 1.2 Omaha High 1.3 Omaha H/L 1.4 Stud 1.5 Stud H/L 1.6 Razz 1.7 Observations 1.7.1 Tuesday Eastern US afternoon 1.7.2 Tuesday Eastern US evening 1.7.3 Tuesday Eastern US night 1.7.4 Wednesday US afternoon 1.7.5 Wednesday Eastern US night 1.7.6 Friday Eastern US evening 1.7.7 Tuesday Eastern US early afternoon 1.7.8 Tuesday-Wednesday Eastern US overnight 1.7.9 Thursday-Friday Eastern US overnight 2 Tournaments spread 2.1 Payout structure 2.2 General payout structure 3 Quality of opposition 4 Customer Service / Cashout Issues 5 Software Issues 6 Reviews 7 See also

[edit] Games spread

=== Limit hold'em === from microlimit HE to PLHE to NLHE.

[edit] No-limit hold 'em

Designation	Small blind	Large blind	Min buy-in (20 BB)	Max buy-in (100 BB)	6-max	Full ring (9 seats)	Remarks
$0.05/$0.10	5c	10c	$2	$10	6-max	full ring
$0.10/$0.25	10c	25c	$4	$20	6-max	full ring
$0.25/$0.50	25c	50c	$10	$50	6-max	full ring
$0.50/$1	50c	$1	$20	$100	6-max	full ring	Also Erik Seidel special table; 10-15 games at peak times;
$1/$2	$1	$2	$40	$200	6-max	full ring	Also Phil Ivey special table
$2/$4	$2	$4	$80	$400	6-max	full ring	Also John D'Agostino special table
$3/$6	$3	$6	$120	$600	6-max	full ring
$5/$10	$5	$10	$200	$1000	6-max	full ring	Starting around here, the 6-max appears to have heavier traffic
$10/$20	$10	$20	$400	$2000	6-max	full ring
$25/$50	$25	$50	$1000	$5000	6-max	full ring
$50/$100	$50	$100	$2000	$10000	6-max	full ring

[edit] Omaha High

same as above

[edit] Omaha H/L

ditto

[edit] Stud

same, but only the 0.25-0.50 and $2-4 are consistent

[edit] Stud H/L

there, but no one is playing

[edit] Razz

a couple of games are usually going

• $0.25/0.50
• $0.50/1
• $1/2
• $2/4

The ones listed above are spread and go sporadically.

• $3/6 (50 cent ante, $1 bring-in) - seems to go pretty regularly

[edit] Observations

Use this area to record observations of games running at a specific point in time before they can be generalized into remarks above.

[edit] Tuesday Eastern US afternoon

2006-04-11 20:42 UTC (16:42 EDT) Hold 'em:

• $100/200 limit heads up and $50/100 6-max each have one player waiting
• $30/60 limit HU table going
• $15/30 speed 6-max limit table going and full, 3 waiting
• another $15/30 limit 6-max table going and full, 1 waiting
• $10/20 Corey Bierria special table is going shorthanded
• $10/20 NL 6-max - 4 games going, ranging from 4 to full
• $8/16 lim one full game, 6 waiting
• $5/10 lim full ring, two full games , 2 waiting
• $5/10 Allen Cunningham is almost full
• $5/10 lim 6-max has 4 full games

[edit] Tuesday Eastern US evening

2006-04-12 00:41 UTC (4/11 20:41 EDT) Razz:

• $20/40: 5 playing
• $15/30: heads-up table full
• $5/10: 4 playing
• $3/6: full table (1 waiting)
• $2/4: Howard Lederer 6 playing
• $1/2: 7 playing
• 25/50c: full table (none waiting)

NLHE: full ring except the celebs (8 seats)

• 50c-$1: 16 tables, lists btw 1 and 4, Clonie Gowen full
• $1-2: 11 full games, deep waiting list, 1 empty table, 1 at Ivey's table
• $2-4: 5 full games, 2 on most waiting lists, empty table and D'Agostino's table empty

[edit] Tuesday Eastern US night

2006-04-12 03:49 UTC (4/11 23:49 EDT) Razz:

• $20/40: 2 playing
• $15/30: heads-up table one ready
• $5/10: full
• $5/10 HU: full
• $3/6: 7 playincg
• $2/4: Howard Lederer full, 2 waiting
• $2/4: 2 playing
• $1/2: 7/8
• 50c/$1: 6/8
• 25/50c: 8/8, 7/8

[edit] Wednesday US afternoon

2006-04-12 22:04 UTC (18:04 EDT)
Razz:

• $8/16: 8/8
• $3/6: 6/8
• $2/4: 5/8
• 25/50c: 2 full tables, 1 waiting

[edit] Wednesday Eastern US night

2006-04-13 02:27 UTC (4/12 22:27 EDT)
Razz:

• $8/16 David Singer: 5/7
• $3/6: 5/8
• $2/4 Lederer: 7/7
• $2/4: 5/8
• $1/2: 7/8
• 25/50c: 7/8 and 6/8

NLHE (selected levels, full ring):

• 50c-$1: 15 full games, 8/9, short waiting lists (0-2)
• $1-$2: 12 full games, 8/9, short waiting lists (0-2)
• $1-2 Ivey: 8/8
• $2-4: 5 full games, wait 0-5
• $2-4 Juanda: 8/8, wait 5
• $3-6: 5 full, 1/9, wait 0-3
• $5-10: 2 full, wait 1
• $25/50 6-max: 4/6

Stud hi/lo:

• 25c/50c: 8/8 (ONLY game going)

Stud high:

• $5/10 Keith Sexton: 7/7
• $2/4 Alan Boston: 7/7
• 50c/$1: 6/8

[edit] Friday Eastern US evening

2006-04-14 23:48 UTC (19:48 EDT)

NLHE (selected full ring)

• 50c-$1: 12 full games, 1-3 wait. Gowen is empty.
• $1-$2: 11 full, 1-3 wait
• $1-2 Ivey: 8/8, 2 wait
• $2-4: 4 full, 2-4 wait, D'Ag empty
• $3-6: 3 full, 2-4 wait
• $5-10: 1 full, 1 wait (33% to the flop)

Razz:

• $1/2: 7/8
• 50c/$1: 7/8
• 25c/50c: 8/8, 0 wait, 2/8

PLOH:

• 5c-10c: 9/9, 9/9, 7/9, 0 wait
• 10c-25c: 3/9
• 25-50: 8/9, 8/9, 7/9
• 50-$1: 9/9, 0 wait

[edit] Tuesday Eastern US early afternoon

2006-04-11 17:38 UTC (13:38 EDT)

HE:

• $25/50 NL: 5/6
• $15/30 L speed: 5/6
• $15/30 L: 6/6
• $10/20 NL: 6/6, 1/6
• $8/16 L: 6/6
• $5/10 L: 9/9, three 6/6, two 5/6
• $5/10 NL: two 6/6, 1 wait

19:37 UTC (15:37 EDT)

• $3/6 L: two 9/9, 1-2 wait, three 6/6, 2-3 wait
• $3/6 N: 9/9, 8/9, 6/6, three 5/6, 1/6, no wait for any
• $2/4 L: two 9/9, 1-3 wait, three 6/6, 0-1 wait, Juanda 8/8, 1 wait
• $2/4 NL: three 9/9, 3-6 wait, 6/9; seven 6/6, 0-2 wait.

[edit] Tuesday-Wednesday Eastern US overnight

2006-05-01 08:06 UTC (04:06 EDT)

HE:

• 50c-$1 N: six 9/9, 0-1 wait, 14 6/6, 4/6, 4/6, Gowen 4/8
• $1-2 N: nine 9/9, 0-4 wait, 2/9, eight 6/6, no wait, one 5/6, four 4/6, three 3/6, Ivey 4/8

[edit] Thursday-Friday Eastern US overnight

2006-05-05 08:34 UTC (3:34 EDT)

HE:

• 50c-$1 N: seven 9/9, 0-1 wait, two 8/9, 4/9, 18 6/6, 0 wait, 4/6

[edit] Tournaments spread

Everything from 8 player Razz SnGs to 18 player NLHE to large MTTs. Some private HORSE tourneys as well. SnGs can take a while to get going since this site seems to need players.

Competition in the lower buy-in tournaments ($10 and lower) is the softest I have ever seen.

[edit] Payout structure

[edit] General payout structure

The number of places paid is varied so that roughly 10% of the tournament finishes in the money, rounded to the nearest table of nine.

Payouts:

Place	9 paid	18 paid	27 paid	36 paid	45 paid	54 paid	63 paid
Total entries						451 -540 ?
1st						25%
2nd						15.5%
3rd						11.25%
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th - 20th
21st - 30th

[edit] Quality of opposition

Cash games are average to weak. Low buy-in SnGs are way soft.

[edit] Customer Service / Cashout Issues

None known. One recent cashout showed up in Neteller within 12 hours or so.

[edit] Software Issues

Pros

Cons

Avatars are cute, and can be user-changed between four displayable "emotions" Has decent "player note" function with color-coding, and tooltip note viewing Allows user to "rotate" table in viewing window, placing themselves at any relative seat. Software shows total pot size including current bets in this round (configurable) Nice hand history viewer with a graphic view of a mini-table showing everyone's hands (who showed). Detachable and expandable chat window for each table that stays "relatively glued" to the table. Easy to find satellites to a tournament, by following the embedded satellite links Has $100 freerolls open to everyone about six times per day.

Fewer Avatars to select from than Poker Stars. Indication that you have left a note on a player is subtle and easy to overlook Bet slider in NLHE doesn't work too well. I have to type too much. When you "sit out", your cash balance is hidden, so you can't tell how much you have in play at a table without hovering over your chair No way to expand text box in hand history viewer

[edit] Reviews

• Full Tilt Poker Review

[edit] See also

• Full Tilt Poker Mods