As of June 29 Full Tilt Poker has stopped accepting real money players. The site has been non-functional ever since because of its e-gaming license being suspended by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission.
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Full Tilt Poket Background
Before the events of April 15th, 2011 also known as the Black Friday crashed the online poker world, Full Tilt was one of the leading poker sites in the industry. It was the second most popular poker room in the world just behind PokerStars, which has been strongly effected by the Black Friday as well. Full Tilt Poker's main marketing efforts have centered on recruiting the best poker players in the world who formed Team Full Tilt. These players provided massive branding for the company as they gave tremendous exposure to Full Tilt Poker when playing offline tournaments all over the world.
Player Traffic
Full Tilt Poker was fast becoming the online poker room of choice for seasoned poker professionals. Most of them were seeking the opportunity to go up against the likes of Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen, Erik Seidel and Patrick Antonius. Player numbers averaged 10,000 users per day with peak times drawing up over 40,000 players spread across some 20,000 tables. The site was bustling with players, playing a variety of styles and limits.
Team Full Tilt
No poker room had more sponsored professionals than Full Tilt Poker which allowed Full Tilt players challenge the 'Red Pros' at the tables – whether they wanted to rail them, chat to them or play with them. Team Full Tilt was one of the site's major advantages – the pros have strongly promoted the site in live tournaments and provided Full Tilt with lots of exposure which was needed in order to attract new player signups.
Playability
Full Tilt Poker's software package was arguably the best online poker client in the market and was rich with customization options. Players were able to select their choice of background, avatar and color options. A clock in the lobby helped you stay on track and the resizing option allowed players to adjust the screen size. Full Tilt Poker also had a Mac option, which let all Mac fans play online poker on Full Tilt. The 'Pro Chat' room gave players the chance to either talk strategy or recall bad beats with seasoned players.
Software and Extra Features
Full Tilt Poker was a highly popular online poker site. As such, the software backing needed to be resilient, able to cope with numbers that topped 40,000. The software handled this with no major difficulties; load times were short, animations crisp and clean and little lag time. The room's software has been developed by the TiltWare LLC/Kolyma Corp and employed 256-bit cryptograph.
Full Tilt Poker also employed a number of special features including Full Tilt Points which allowed players to gain tournament entries or acquire merchandise in the Full Tilt store. The hand history tool let players check back on up to the last 50 hands they played. Players were also able to take notes on their opponents, keep track on their own statistics, find specific players and customize the table view.
