Full Tilt Poker - Details

Game Variety (9)

Full Tilt Poker offers an excellent game variety, spreading Texas Hold'em, Omaha Hi, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven-Card Stud Hi, Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo and Razz. It is also one of very few rooms to offer a complete selection of mixed games, which makes it a very good choice for players interested in the more unusual poker variations.

The mixed games include H.A. (Hold'em and Omaha Hi), H.O.R.S.E. (Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo, Razz, Seven-Card Stud and Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo) and H.O.S.E. (Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven-Card Stud and Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo). These variations are rarely spread elsewhere, so players wanting to compete at mixed games have a great opportunity to do so at Full Tilt.

Hold'em is spread in No-Limit and Pot-Limit and both Omaha variants are spread in Pot-Limit. Stud and Razz games are played in Limit only. The mixed games are played in Limit versions except for H.A., which is played as a Pot-Limit game.

All games are available heads-up, shorthanded or at full tables in cash games, and tournaments are available in both multi-table and sit-and-go formats.

Ring Game Traffic (9)

Traffic at Full Tilt Poker is among the best in the world and is constantly growing. There are always several games running at any level of Texas Hold'em and Omaha. Full Tilt Poker has peak cash-game traffic of 10,500 real-money players at peak hours (December 2008).

Soft Competition (8)

The competition at Full Tilt Poker ranges from relatively loose at the micro and low limits to outright fierce at the high and ultra-high stakes. In general, the competition is a little tougher than standard, and the Fixed-Limit games are the toughest.

The No-Limit games are slightly softer, but still clearly more difficult to win than at your average online poker room. We recommend players looking for softer games consider the Omaha and mixed games, where many players are new to that form of poker, or stick to the lower limits that are still flush with new players.

Rake (5)

The rake at Full Tilt Poker is slightly higher than the industry average, with a 5% rake collected in tight intervals. In No-Limit and Pot-Limit games, a maximum of $1 is taken out of the 5¢/10¢ games.

At higher limits, Full Tilt Poker has a max. rake of $3, and the rake structure is similar to most other sites. For Limit games, the maximum rake is 50¢ up to 50¢/$1 stakes. The max. rake is $1 at $1/$2 stakes, and $3 at $2/$4 and higher stakes. Full Tilt also follows a "no flop, no drop" rake policy.

Support (9)

Support response time and quality are both very good at Full Tilt Poker, and e-mails are often answered almost immediately. Some support lag has been known to occur at times, however, due to the high influx of players or during a large software update.

Financial Security (9)

Excellent. Full Tilt Poker is backed and owned by some of the biggest names in the business and has no reported issues. Top score.

Deposit & Withdrawal Options (8)

Deposit Options: eCheck, Visa, MasterCard, Neteller, Moneybookers, InstaDebit, ClickandBuy, cash transfer and Click2Pay.

Withdrawal Options: Visa, Click2Pay, Moneybookers, InstaDebit, ClickandBuy and check.

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