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why is fulltilt poker shut down? 2011 full-tilt poker news
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February, 2012 - Full Tilt Poker closed down in mid-2011 but they were back online within a few days. The reason behind this original closure was the fact that they accepted American players. The United States government seized their domain but FTP decided to ban their U.S. players and were back online. This was just the beginning. This set off a chain of events that led to the biggest scandal in online poker history.
It reminds me of the movie Oceans 11. The big question everyone is asking these days is: "What happened to all that money?". Fulltilt has not refunded the vast majority of their US customers. We are talking about hundreds of millions of dollars. Let me put this in to perspective for you. In the movie Oceans 11 they robbed three major Las Vegas casinos and the total take (~$150,000,000) is less than Full Tilt Poker owes players from around the world. After they failed to pay American players they lost their license and have been shutdown ever since. Communication with players has been nearly nonexistent.
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Updated, 2011 - Full Tilt Poker is home to more than 40 of the world’s top professional players such as Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen, and Chris Ferguson and is by far one of the largest poker rooms online to date, with around 150,000 players at the tables during peak hours. The poker room is licensed in Costa Rica and provides a full software package for both Windows and Mac users. You will find the largest tournament schedule available at Full Tilt and even get the opportunity to play with the pros. The poker room features a tournament leaderboard, monthly $1,000,000 guarantee and the highest staked cash games anywhere. Full Tilt Poker was a very good U.S. poker site. In January of 2011 Full Tilt unleashed the newest thing in poker; Rush Poker. Rush Poker enables players to play up to 500% faster. If you don't like the hand that you are dealt you simply click the "Quickfold" button. After doing this you will be immediately transferred to a new table and receive a new hand.
If you are looking for the latest Full Tilt Poker news or would like to chat with other players you should visit Cardschat. Their website includes many informational articles about Fulltilt Poker but the main attraction is the forum. Thousands of Full Tilt Poker members visit the Cardschat forums on a daily basis. Updates on Full Tilt's promotions, software, tournaments and more are usually posted first on the forum and then spread to the various poker news sites.
2011 Full Tilt Poker Bonus
Full Tilt Poker bonuses are very competitive offering new players a 100% match up to $600 in addition to frequent reload bonuses which are usually a 75% match up to $300. You just need to enter our Fulltilt referral code BONUSSTUD when you are registering for a new account. You will have to earn this Full Tilt Bonus by playing at their real money tables. Full Tilt awards points based on the amount of rake taken from the tables with up to 3 points in ring games. The bonus is released at a rate of $1 for every 17 points accumulated, and deposited into your player account in increments of $20 or 20% (whichever comes first). A player who makes a $100 deposit and received the $100 bonus will need a total of 1700 Full Tilt Points to clear the full amount. You can download Full Tilt Poker for free just to test out their room without risking a penny.
Full Tilt Poker Cash Games
Full Tilt Poker provides the widest range of poker games available online, both in variation and stakes. The poker room supports Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi Lo, Omaha, Omaha Hi Lo, 7 Card Stud, Stud Hi Lo, the poker game Razz, H.A (Holdem and Omaha), the mixed poker game of HORSE, 7 Game Mix, 5 card stud and H.O.S.E with stakes starting at $0.02/$0.04 and spread as high as $1,000/$2,000 NL. The player base is phenomenal with more than 70,000 players during peak hours, which means you will find pretty much every stake and every variation in full swing at all hours of the day. This also means that you will find the competition to be significantly more competitive than most other poker rooms online. From the $3/$6 blinds you can expect to see a viewed flop percentage in the mid 40’s. There are still plenty of loose cash games available at Full Tilt; however you will need to look a little closer for them. Rake is taken at a rate of 5% capped at $3 per hand. FTP was the best Stud poker site until they were shutdown.
Tournaments At Full Tilt Poker
Tournaments are scheduled 24/7 and always run within minutes of each other allowing you to login at any time of the day and finding a game that is ready to start. You will also notice the majority of Full Tilt tournaments allow late registration. You can also except to be able to find a game of choice since each of the above mentioned game formats is also available in tournaments with buyins starting at just $1. They do provide daily freerolls either point based or awarding cash with freerolls scheduled to run every few hours. All of the tournaments are massive, with re-buys and freezeouts available not to mention the huge guarantees with quite a few games offering at least a $50,000 prize pool. Sit and Go tournaments are just as popular and diverse. These games are supported in full table, shorthanded, single and multi-table, turbo, shootouts and qualifiers. An interesting feature with the Sit and Go tournaments is the heads-up games where you can request a rematch against your opponent and play the same player again.
Full Tilt Poker's Software
Full Tilt Poker provides a dedicated platform for both Windows and Mac users and is featured in more than half a dozen various languages. The software was created exclusively for Full Tilt and provides a highly functional and advanced poker room while maintaining speed and stability. Players will have access to multiple tools and options to better customize your game to your preference. The lobby provides every available feature you could think of including a custom menu filter, hand histories, your account information, menu stats, preferred seating and a quick friend finder. Full Tilt uses cartoon like characters in place of avatars with special ones custom designed for the pros. You will be able to multi-table as many as eight games at once with advanced multi-table tools to better fit your games on your screen.
Support At Full Tilt Poker
The support department is the only area that really lacks at Full Tilt. They do provide an around the clock team who are efficient in handling customer queries, although you will have to wait longer for a reply here than you would most other rooms. To contact Full Tilt you will need to send them an email as this is the only option currently available to players.
Deposit Options At Full Tilt Poker
The cashier provides a handful of payment options and because the company accepts USA players you will find a few methods that will work. Withdrawals are processed within 24-48 hours from the date of the initial request and will be credited back to the same method you used to deposit. Deposit options include; Visa, MasterCard, NETeller, EPassporte, Click2Pay, and cash transfer.
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