Full Tilt are doing a Mini Series of Poker (MSOP) which mimics the events of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, but at 1/100th of the buy-in size. Great to feel like being part of the series even if you are not actually going to Las Vegas itself. Getting into the spirit of things etc. Buy-ins range from $10 to $500, with the events running through June and July.

If you fancy giving it a go then sign-up to Full Tilt and collect a sign-up bonus of up to $600

Full Tilt have introduced a new and innovative form of poker called Rush Poker.  Is is fast and furious and you can end up playing 400 or 500 hands an hour to compared to the normal 60 odd hands.

With Rush Poker the instant you make a decision to fold your 8 opponents are swept away and 8 new opponents appear and you have a new hand right there in front of you.  So you can literally click click click through hands until you find one you like.  It works a treat it really does.  A whooshing sound sweeps those players away the second you click “quick fold”.  You dont even have to wait until it’s your turn to act.

If you fancy giving Rush Poker a go you then sign up to Full Tilt here and get a bonus up to $600

To play just look at the left of the main Full Tilt lobby where you have the options of Ring Games, Sit-and-gos, Tournaments, or Rush Poker.  Select Rush Poker then simply select your prefered stakes, and buyin for your prefered amount.  And then you’re away.  It’s very easy.

Lots of Rush Poker stategies can be used.  Raising each time can be effective as many players have already left the table (their avatar is still there but they’ve long since clicked “quick fold” and moved on).  When you raise you often get a lot of instant folds and not much opposition.    Another strategy is to flick through loads of hands until you find something really big like pocket kings or aces, and then playing them really hard.

Each hand you are at a table with different players, therefore no-one really knows if you’ve been stealing the blinds a lot all the time.  Talking of blinds, the big blind just gets allocated to the player who’s gone the longest without paying it.  Therefore it evens out and you pay the big blind on average every 9 hands.

Rush Poker really is something new and refreshing, so why not give it a try now

The 14th Mini FTOPS on Full Tilt Poker gets underway today.  Here is the schedule of events:

Event #01 Wed Dec 09th 21:00 ET $22 NL Holdem 6-max
Event #02 Thu Dec 10th 13:00 ET $22 7-Game
Event #03 Thu Dec 10th 21:00 ET $55 NL Holdem Shootout
Event #04 Fri Dec 11th 13:00 ET $22 NL Holdem 1R1A 
Event #05 Fri Dec 11th 21:00 ET $22 Stud8 
Event #06 Sat Dec 12th 13:00 ET $55 PLO 6max 
Event #07 Sat Dec 12th 15:00 ET $11 NL Holdem w/rebuys 
Event #08 Sun Dec 13th 13:00 ET $26 NL Holdem Knockout 6max
Event #09 Sun Dec 13th 15:00 ET $55 NL Holdem Heads Up 
Event #10 Sun Dec 13th 17:00 ET $33 NL Hold em 
Event #11 Mon Dec 14th 13:00 ET $22 PLO8  
Event #12 Mon Dec 14th 21:00 ET $109 NL Holdem 6max 
Event #13 Tue Dec 15th 13:00 ET $33 NL Holdem 6-max Shootout   
Event #14 Tue Dec 15th 21:00 ET $55 HORSE 
Event #15 Tue Dec 15th 21:00 ET $22 NL Holdem Turbo
Event #16 Wed Dec 16th 13:00 ET $26 PLO Knockout 
Event #17 Wed Dec 16th 21:00 ET $33 NL Holdem 6max Rebuy
Event #18 Thu Dec 17th 13:00 ET $22 NL Holdem Cashout  
Event #19 Thu Dec 17th 21:00 ET $22 Limit Holdem 6max  
Event #20 Fri Dec 18th 13:00 ET $22 NL Holdem  
Event #21 Fri Dec 18th 21:00 ET $33 Razz 6max 
Event #22 Sat Dec 19th 13:00 ET $266 NL Holdem Ante From Start
Event #23 Sat Dec 19th 15:00 ET $11 PLO Rebuy 
Event #24 Sun Dec 20th 13:00 ET $13 NL Holdem Knockout  
Event #25 Sun Dec 20th 17:00 ET $55 NL Holdem

The latest cash action on Full Tilt Poker has been crazy.  Huge games everywhere with durrrr and Isildur1 ploughing through tens of thousands of hands over the space of just a few days. 

On Sunday they played around 7500 hands with hundreds of them reaching 100K or above.  A massive 21 hands topped $400K.

Dwan finished Sunday around $1.2 million down and came back on Monday looking to get some of it back.   Monday saw a mind boggling 12,000 hand session, with Dwan losing a further $600K.

Tuesday it continued with Dwan dropping a further $850K to Isidur1

On Wednesday Dwan was tied up with filming High Stakes Poker, much to his frustration no doubt.    While the cat’s away the dog must play.  Isildur1 went up against Antonius, Cole South and Brian Townsend.   He finished up around $400K from that 4-way encounter.

Then Dwan was back, keen as mustard to start getting un-stuck, and went on to lose yet again, this time around $700K

Overall after this somewhat crazy week Durrrr was about $3 million down.   That sure did screw his overall stats over for 2009.

All this action flying around reached fever pitch today with Isildur1 and Patrik Antonius competing for a pot of just under $900,000.  A world record online pot.  Antonius emerged the victor, liberating Isildur1 of around $450K

What craziness will follow over the coming days, god only knows.  But one thing’s for sure it’s going to be exciting to watch.

We were spot on with that news blogpost on 2nd Oct regarding Tom Dwan.   A month and a bit later it was announced to the world that he had indeed become a member of Team Full Tilt.   I guess we were way ahead of the game on that

Dwan becomes the youngest member of Team Full Tilt, and the last member since Patrick Antonius to join.

Unlike standard red pros who get a base deal of 100% rakeback and $35 an hour, the actual “Team Full Tilt” members are cut in for a small percentage of the profits of the whole site.

So expect to see Dwan promoting the site heavily everywhere.  He’s likely to appear on commercials and various online marketing images.

He’s certainly a great signing for them, and will help increase appeal to a slightly younger audience.    He has a very big following through numerous very high profile live events, and his exceptional results and play at the highest levels both live and online.  The shear level of widespread exposure is surly excellent for the marketing of Full Tilt

Battle of the World Record Fields - PokerStars and Full Tilt go to war

PokerStars broke the world record on 28th Dec 2008, with a field of 35,000 players for a $11 buy-in event.  Stan34powa won that event.

Now things are really heating up with both PokerStars and Full Tilt looking to break that record.

On Sun July 19th at 15:05 ET Full Tilt have a $5 tourney which they have added $250K to.  This is an official world record attempt, and a part of their 5th year birthday celebrations.

Not to be outdone though, PokerStars have loaded up a $1 tourney on the same day (starting at 14:10 ET) to no doubt try to crush the Full tilt record attempt, not even letting Full Tilt hold it for any length of time by starting their tournament earlier.

In preparation for the attempt Pokerstars did a $1000 Freeroll on 16th July 2009, which got 61,259 entrants, and was won by azeitegalo. Things dont seem to bode well for Full Tilt’s successes.

Remember Sunday 19th July is the day, good luck

Full Tilt Poker are doing a series which tracks the events in the World Series of Poker (WSOP).  It is called the Mini Series of Poker (MSOP).  There are 57 events in total.

Every winner, on top of obviously all the cash, also wins a limited edition Champions watch.

1 May 27th 15:20 $5+$0.50 No Limit Holdem
2 May 28th 15:20 $400+$28 No Limit Holdem
3 May 29th 15:20 $15+$1.50 Omaha Hi/Lo
4 May 30th 15:20 $10+$1 No Limit Holdem
5 June 1st 15:20 $15+$1.50 Pot Limit Omaha
6 June 1st 20:20 $100+$9 7-Stud Hi
7 June 2nd 15:20 $15+$1.50 No Limit Holdem
8 June 2nd 20:20 $25+$2.50 Razz
9 June 3rd 15:20 $15+$1.50 No Limit Holdem 6-max
10 June 3rd 20:20 $25+$2.50 PL HA
11 June 4th 15:20 $20+$2 No Limit Holdem
12 June 4th 20:20 $100+$9 Mixed Holdem
13 June 5th 15:20 $25+$2.50 No Limit Hold’em
14 June 5th 20:20 $25+$2.50 Limit Holdem 6-max
15 June 6th 15:30 $50+$5 No Limit Holdem
16 June 6th 20:20 $15+$1.50 7-Stud Hi
17 June 7th 15:20 $10+$1 No Limit Holdem
18 June 7th 20:20 $100+$9 Omaha Hi/Lo
19 June 8th 15:20 $25+$2.50 No Limit Hold’em 6-max
20 June 9th 15:20 $15+$1.50 Pot Limit Holdem
21 June 9th 20:20 $30+$3 HORSE
22 June 10th 15:20 $15+$1.50 No Limit Hold’em Shootout
23 June 10th 20:20 $100+$9 Razz
24 June 11th 15:20 $15+$1.50 No Limit Hold’em
25 June 11th 20:20 $25+$2.50 OE
26 June 12th 15:20 $15+$1.50 Limit Holdem
27 June 12th 20:20 $50+$5 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo
28 June 13th 15:20 $15+$1.50 No Limit Hold’em
29 June 13th 20:20 $100+$9 NL Hold’em Heads Up
30 June 14th 15:20 $25+$2.50 Pot Limit Omaha
31 June 14th 20:20 $15+$1.50 HORSE
32 June 15th 15:20 $20+$2 No Limit Hold’em
33 June 15th 20:20 $100+$9 Limit Hold’em 
34 June 16th 15:20 $15+$1.50 No Limit Hold’em 
35 June 17th 15:20 $50+$5 Pot Limit Omaha
36 June 18th 15:20 $20+$2 No Limit Hold’em
37 June 18th 20:20 $100+$9 7-Stud Hi/Lo 
38 June 19th 15:20 $20+$2 Limit Hold’em 
39 June 20th 15:20 $15+$1.50 No Limit Hold’em
40 June 20th 20:20 $100+$9 Pot Limit Omaha
41 June 21st 15:30 $50+$5 No Limit Hold’em Shootout
42 June 21st 20:20 $25+$2.50 HEROS
43 June 22nd 15:20 $10+$1 No Limit Hold’em
44 June 22nd 20:20 $25+$2.50 Razz
45 June 23rd 15:20 $100+$9 Pot Limit Hold’em
46 June 23rd 20:20 $25+$2.50 Omaha Hi/Lo
47 June 24th 15:20 $25+$2.50 Mixed Hold’em
48 June 25th 15:20 $15+$1.50 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo
50 June 26th 20:20 $15+$1.50 Limit Hold’em Shootout
51 June 27th 15:20 $15+$1.50 No Limit Hold’em
52 June 28th 15:20 $30+$3 No Limit Hold’em (Triple Chance)
53 June 28th 20:20 $15+$1.50 Stud Hi/Lo $
49 June 28th 21:30 $500+$35 HORSE 
54 June 29th 15:20 $15+$1.50 No Limit Hold’em 
55 June 30th 20:20 $25+$2.50 Razz
56 June 30th 15:30 $50+$5 No Limit Hold’em 6-max
57 (Main Event) July 5th 15:00 $100+$9 No Limit Hold’em

Phil Ivey, widely regarded as quite possibly the best poker player on the planet, has won his 6th and 7th WSOP Bracelets.  Yes, a second player to get 2 bracelets this year!  Phil Ivey is a Full Tilt pro, and he cements what is looking to be a great year for the Full Tilt pros, with Vitaly Lunkin, Nick Schulman, and Roland de Wolfe all also picking up bracelets

Event 8 - $2500 NL 2-7 Draw

1 $ 96,361 Phil Ivey  
2 $ 59,587 John Monnette  
3 $ 38,892 Yan Chen  
4 $ 26,757 Eric Kesselman  
5 $ 19,346 Rodeen Talebi  
6 $ 14,663 Raphael Zimmerman  
7 $ 11,627 Elia Ahmadian  
8 $ 8,453 Layne Flack

Event 25 - $2500 Omaha Hi-Lo/Stud Hi-Lo

1 $ 220,538 Phil Ivey  
2 $ 136,292 Ming Lee  
3 $ 89,342 Carlos Mortensen  
4 $ 61,919 Dutch Boyd  
5 $ 45,237 Jon Turner  
6 $ 34,747 Eric Buchman  
7 $ 27,993 Tom Koral  
8 $ 23,600 Peter Gelencser

The twelth FTOPS series is starting on Full Tilt in a couple of weeks time.   There is a very interesting schedule of events.   There are $18 million in guarantees, including $1 million for the first event and $2.5 million for the main event.  Here is the full schedule below: 

FTOPS XII Event #1
Wednesday May 6th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Holdem 6-max

FTOPS XII Event #2
Thursday May 7th 14:00 ET
$240 + $16 PL Omaha Knockout
 
FTOPS XII Event #3
Thursday May 7th 21:00 ET
$500 + $35 NL Holdem 3xShootout
 
FTOPS XII Event #4
Friday May 8th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Holdem 1 rebuy and 1 add-on  

FTOPS XII Event #5
Friday May 8th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 Stud/8  

FTOPS XII Event #6
Saturday May 9th 14:00 ET
$500 + $35 PL Omaha 6-Max

FTOPS XII Event #7
Saturday May 9th 16:00 ET
$100 + $9 NL Holdem Rebuy

FTOPS XII Event #8
Sunday May 10th 14:00 ET
$240 + $16 NL Holdem Knockout 6-max

FTOPS XII Event #9
Sunday May 10th 16:00 ET
$500 + $35 NL Holdem Heads-Up $500,000
 
FTOPS XII Event #10
Sunday May 10th 18:00 ET
$300 + $22 NL Holdem  

FTOPS XII Event #11
Monday May 11th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 PL Omaha Hi-Lo
 
FTOPS XII Event #12
Monday May 11th 21:00 ET
$1,000 + $60 NL Holdem 6-max Ante From Blind Lvl 1

FTOPS XII Event #13
Tuesday May 12th 14:00 ET
$300 + $22 NL Holdem  4xShootout 6-max
 
FTOPS XII Event #14
Tuesday May 12th 21:00 ET
$500 + $35 HEROS 

FTOPS XII Event #15
Tuesday May 12th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Holdem Turbo
 
FTOPS XII Event #16
Wednesday May 13th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 HA (half PL Holdem, half PL Omaha) 

FTOPS XII Event #17
Wednesday May 13th 21:00 ET
$300 + $22 NL Holdem 6-max Rebuy 

FTOPS XII Event #18
Thursday May 14th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 PL Omaha Heads Up  

FTOPS XII Event #19
Thursday May 14th 21:00 ET
$300 + $22 Razz
 
FTOPS XII Event #20
Friday May 15th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Holdem 

FTOPS XII Event #21
Friday May 15th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 Mixed Holdem 6-max

FTOPS XII Event #22
Saturday May 16th 14:00 ET
$2,500 + $120 NL Holdem 2-Day Event

FTOPS XII Event #23
Saturday May 16th 16:00 ET
$100 + $9 PL Omaha Rebuy 

FTOPS XII Event #24
Sunday May 17th 14:00 ET
$120 + $9 NL Holdem Knockout 

FTOPS XII Main Event
Sunday May 17th 18:00 ET
$500 + $35 NL Holdem

5225 players turned up for the main event in the 10th FTOPS on Full Tilt.  The buy-in was $535, and there was no shortage on talent on display.  Online legend Nordberg finished in 17th, and hoodini10 finished 32nd.   After the dust had settled following a very entertaining first hour of the final table, Julian Verse emerged the winner.

Here is the top 27, with the winnings of each
1 Julian Verse $450,708.50
2 sckilla $273,006.25
3 Hummelhintern $175,560.00
4 ilovepoka $137,156.25
5 bazeman $103,193.75
6 Kraag $77,068.75
7 sinrake $60,087.50
8 RollinHand1 $45,718.75
9 sd bum $33,962.50
10 SPIRITSLAYER $24,688.13
11 TRIPPYTUCKER $24,688.13
12 mossified84 $24,688.13
13 KingKenneth $18,156.88
14 supervorot $18,156.88
15 mazelucky13 $18,156.88
16 TankCleaner $12,801.25
17 Nordberg $12,801.25
18 badfish_40 $12,801.25
19 Pokerace 87 $9,405.00
20 David Byrne $9,405.00
21 airblaise $9,405.00
22 jorgeezy $9,405.00
23 Pot Odds 3 $9,405.00
24 Kanzzo $9,405.00
25 papham34 $9,405.00
26 head2782 $9,405.00
27 VLAD-VTX $9,405.00