Full Tilt Poker opened its virtual doors in 2004, quickly earning a reputation as one of the most reputable and popular online poker rooms on the Internet today. Full Tilt Poker offers a safe and secure environment for players to enjoy their favorite poker games, whether for real money or just for fun.

Full Tilt Poker always has, and continues to accept US players. They offer 17 languages and several forms of currency to choose from. The online poker room provides rules and strategies, plus a “Learn From The Pros” feature to help novice players, as well as seasoned veterans, improve their game. Full Tilt Poker also offers World Series of Poker Satellite Tournaments and prize packages awarding entry into the WSOP and WSOP Main Event.

The Full Tilt Poker gaming software is highly functional, sleek and easy to use, providing realistic graphics and a great overall gaming experience. The lobby allows members to search for games by category, as well as Pro-Player Chats that may be in progress. Find the right ring game or tournament is made easy as players can search through lists by game type (Texas Hold'Em, Omaha, 5 Card Stud, etc.), tournament, Sit-n-Go, real money/play money, Special (ongoing promotional events), and Mixed Games. Each list of games offers vital information including pre-flop percentage, average pot size and hands played per hour. Use their notes features to take notes during the game to keep up with who's doing what. You can also view as many as the last 50 hands played.

At Full Tilt Poker, you'll find all of the most popular online poker games, including Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha 8/Better, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud 8/Better and Razz. Games are available in Limit, No Limit, Pot Limit and Fixed Limit varieties.

No Limit ring stakes range from $.05/$.10 up to $50$100. Limit ring stakes range from $.25-$.50, $15-$30 and $200-$400. Sit-n-Go Tournament buy-ins range from $5 + $.50 to $200 + $16. The rake varies by the table limit. For games of $.25/$.50, the rake is capped at $.50. $1/$2 games rake a maximum of $1. Higher games take a rake of $3 maximum.

Tournaments include Guaranteed Tournaments, Sit-N-Gos, Heads-Up, Single Table Tournaments, Multi-Table Tournaments, Special One-Time Promotional Tournaments, Private Tournaments and Satellite Tournaments. WPT and WSOP Tournaments can be found under Special Tournaments and/or Satellite Tournaments. The lobby provides many features to help find the tournament you're looking for, plus a Custom Tournament feature which can be customized to show only the types of tournaments a player wishes to see.

Because of the high player retention at Full Tilt Poker, the competition is not as soft as it used to be. Experienced players looking for a challenging game won't have to search long at this online poker room. Poker pros like Andy Bloch and Phil Ivey, among others, frequent the online poker room and the chance of playing against these guys is a big draw for enthusiasts. For players who wish to take on softer competition, it can be found but will take a little more time and table-scoping.

New players at Full Tilt Poker receive a Welcome Sign-Up Bonus of 100% up to $600. The bonus is credited to your account in increments of 10% of the initial deposit, or $20, whichever occurs first. The bonus is released by obtaining Full Tilt Points. 1 full Tilt Point = $.06. Points are acquired by playing Ring Games, Tournaments and Sit-n-Gos. For every $1 paid in tournament / sit-n-go fees, the player receives 7 Full Tilt Points. For every $1 raked in a hand, each player who was dealt cards in the hand will receive 1 point. When enough points are received, $20 or 10% of first deposit will be transferred from the player's Bonus Account to their Real Money Account. Full Tilt Points can also be used to enter certain tournaments at the online poker room.

Full Tilt Poker provides plenty of exciting promotions for their players. The Iron Man Challenge presents a chance to win cool Iron Man Challenge gear plus a chance at playing against three of Full Tilt's red pros in a $100,000 heads-up tournament. A Daily Double Tournament is held daily for a chance to snag your share of the progressive jackpot. Weekly Guarantees are played worth more than $3 million each week, plus a weekly $400,000 guaranteed tournament. Win cash prizes and/or tournament buy-ins for making your way onto the MTT or SNG leaderboards. $12k WPT prize packages are offered, a chance to play on TV in Russia's largest tournament ever held. Last but not least, the Refer-A-Friend bonus can award up to $100 per friend.

Full Tilt Poker has an average selection of Payment methods to choose from. Deposit options include Visa, MasterCard, Visa Electron, ePassporte, Click2Pay, Cash Transfer and MyWebATM. Withdraw methods are NETeller, ePassporte, Click2Pay or Check. Checks are sent through regular mail at no charge, but may only be requested in amounts of $150 - $5,000, delivery times vary by location. If the account balance is $50 or more, you must cash out at least $50 upon withdraw request. If the account balance is under $50, you must cash out the entire amount upon withdraw request.

The customer support team at Full Tilt Poker is only available for contact by e-mail, but they are very professional, always fast to respond, and highly knowledgeable. There are 17 separate support e-mail addresses available to provide the fastest, most relevant responses to all inquiries. You'll find answers to most questions on the web site.

Directly on the web site, Full Tilt Poker ensures their players that they have adequate financial security to support all ongoing operations, plus provide timely pay-outs of all sizes to their customers. The online poker room utilizes 256-bit encryption technologies and the most stringent security measures to assure the highest level of player protection, on- and off-line. Full Tilt Poker is an independently owned gaming operation, fully licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission and in full compliance with all legalities therein. The online poker room is VeriSign secured, with Random Number Generators in place to ensure fairness of all games.