Full Tilt Poker - Review

Full Tilt Poker are in a class of their own when it comes to print and TV advertising. The slick, polished black and white has a very classic old school appeal and a high production level.

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I'm a little bit biased when it comes to fulltiltpoker.com.

In case you don't know, fulltiltpoker.com is one of the major brands of online poker sites that still accept American players. If you haven't heard of them before now, I'm going to accuse you of being some kind of media hermit. What are you doing on the internet, you Mennonite?! Get back to tilling!

Fulltiltpoker.com has the most saturated media presence during the WSOP off season. They have been or are currently the principle sponsor for poker programs like Learn from the Pros, Poker Championship at Red Rock, Poker Equalizer, Poker After Dark, and my favorite, The Million Dollar Poker Challenge. They have a (guesstimated) 2-1 majority of TV ad spots over the next most advertised competitor, which uses an ad noire format to emphasize the pure, unmitigated drama of poker as experienced by its players. In all sincerity, the director for those commercials ought to get some kind of award for their use of dead space as juxtaposition - but you came for a review, not a marketing lecture.

It seems like every poker site slurps up well-known poker players to boost their legitimacy, for branding's sake. Several well-known players have sites named for them. But Full Tilt Poker hasn't only put together the definitive face book of modern poker icons in one place, but these players are meant to tell their secrets. This stable of poker mastery is occasionally lead out to trot in front of the audience in the form of podcasts, articles, and Q&A chats pertaining to their take on poker. There is a special relevance and greatness to being able to absorb individually the game theory analysis of Andy Block against the linear, mathematical patterns of Chris Ferguson to the aggressive, behaviorist force of Phil Ivey to the Old-School fundamentalism of Howard Lederer all in one place.

The artistic, minimalist appeal of their image via advertisements and the professional and value-adding aspects of their stable of poker greats combine to create a decidedly classy poker experience, but as a player, you're probably not too worried about that. So, the important things:

Pros:

1. Cosmetic options, including color, background, and avatar changes.
2. Clock in lobby.
3. "Last hand" feature.
4. Lets you take the same seat at every table.
5. Accessible to Macs
6. Tables are resizable.
7. Color coding to take options.
8. Cap tables.
9. Accepts US players.

Con:

1. No ten person tables.

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