Full Tilt Poker Player Action
Since the passing of the UIGEA, many online poker rooms have left the US market. But Full Tilt chose not to do so, and remained behind as one of the two biggest online poker rooms available today. The player traffic at FTP is second only to PokerStars, and that is saying something.
Full Tilt has made it clear that they will never ban Americans from playing on their site, so if you are playing there and are a Yankee you can rest assured you are safe.
Full Tilt Poker also has an entire stable of Poker Pros that play exclusively on their site. These can be identified by their red names on display in the lobby and also in the chatboxes. Many players use the opportunity when they are playing against these famous poker pros to ask questions and learn from them… or more likely to try to win one hand!
Currently, at peak times, Full Tilt Poker will easily surpass 6 figures in players online, and has a daily average just a hair below that. Cash games and Tourneys are filled 24/7, and there is even occasionally a few $500/$1000 blinds games playing, and these limits are the highest you can find online. On these tables you will find familiar faces (you may have seen them on TV) like David Benyamine, Tom Dwan, Patrik Antonius, Phil Galfond, John D’Agostino, and Phil Ivey battling it out, with hundreds of thousands of dollars on the tables. Sit&Go’s at most stakes fill up immediately as well.
No matter your stakes or game of choice, Full Tilt Poker will always have a few tables running just for you.
Online Poker as a whole is getting tougher, since everyone and their grandma now knows about implied odds and counting outs. So if you think about Fish all the time, as in Party Poker-era kind of fish, you are out of luck. Full Tilt, for instance, is sometimes considered to be a rock garden at the lower limits when you compare it with sites in which US players have been banned. But it can still be beatable of course, all you would need to do is adjust to the players you find and you will be fine.
While the true mega fish is harder to find at Full Tilt, there are always bad players everywhere, and you as a good player must learn how to exploit their tendencies in order to profit from them. It’s the ultimate poker cliché, but it applies perfectly in this case.
Good game selection is your friend, and trusting your reads should be your mantra. Full Tilt Poker, individual profitability wise, is still good but not the greatest out there.



