joined Full Tilt

I've now joined Full Tilt. I knew Stars had bought Tilt but hadn't paid much attention to it. I was just not into the Full Tilt scene as I perceived it.

I got an email a few days ago from Stars offering me $20 to play on Full Tilt paired to my existing PokerStars account. So I decided to give it a try.

It turned out I already had a Full Tilt account. I guess I'd logged in back in 2006 for a few play money hands after finishing up at Yahoo poker and trying out some different sites. I had totally forgotten. They remembered me, sent me a password reset and I was away.

The $20 is a ring game ticket and I've got a few sessions in. As long as you play once a week the ticket remains active. The "ticket" basically acts like a stake with no profit sharing. So if you can close a session above $20 the excess is converted to regular bankroll. If you lose and end up under $20 then you are in makeup and your profits from there all go toward restoring the $20 balance.

I've been playing $10 PLO mostly Rush and there are good 6max PLO tables at that level. The Full Tilt software is very good and the implementation of Rush is excellent. Tilt does a lot of things well including the lobby, the hand replayer, player notes.

I think I'll also try $10 NL on Tilt on the ring game ticket. I can see myself sticking around after the sign up bonus. With smooth bankroll transfers between Stars and Tilt I can access additional cash games and tournaments so it's good to have more options.