Full Tilt Poker Bonus
Full Tilt Poker offers new players an impressive 100% up to $600 sign up bonus. To claim this bonus first download the software from the Full Tilt Poker website and during the sign up process enter referral code FPTIPS. Your bonus will be credited to your account as pending bonus cash and will clear in increments $20 at a time as you’ve earned the required Full Tilt Poker Points.
Full Tilt Poker Bonus Clear Rates:
Pending bonus cash clears at a rate of 16.67 Full Tilt Poker Points (FPT Points) for each pending bonus dollar. These points are not to difficult to earn as each dollar paid in tournament rake earns a player 7 FPT Points, for example a $20+$2 tournament credits a player with 14 FTP Points.
Players can also earn FTP Point in ring games. Each $1 the pot is raked awards players a single FTP point. This is based off the entire amount the pot is raked and not contributed rake, also partial points can be earned. For example if a pot is raked 50 cents, 0.5 points will be credited to all players at the table regardless of who contributed what amounts to the pot.
It’s also worth noting that the same FTP points earned towards clearing a bonus are also redeemable for entry into freerolls or for use in the Full Tilt Poker Points store. To learn more about these points visit our section on Full Tilt Poker Points.
Additional Full Tilt Poker Bonus Terms:
All bonus cash has a 120 day expiration date, meaning any portion of the bonus that has yet to clear will be forfeited after 120 days. The good news is that Full Tilt releases the bonus in small increments. These increments are 10% of the total bonus amount or $20 (whichever amount is lower) making the bonus easier to clear with the injections of a portions of it at bit at a time.
Be sure to check the Full Tilt Poker website for additional bonus and FPT point terms.
Tips on Clearing the Full Tilt Bonus
A lot of player’s feel the need to play tight in order to get the most out of the bonus. To be honest this seems like a silly strategy as there are betters ways to go about making money then folding around at the poker table which is probably a –EV strategy even with the bonus considered. We encourage players to consider the bonus as a reduction of rake or just some extra incentive to put in a few extra hands each day. Really no specific strategy other than playing your normal game is required in order to optimize the value of the bonus.
The Bonus that Changed the Poker Industry:
Full Tilt Poker’s bonus is largely responsible for the current generous bonus offers available at the large online poker rooms. Prior to Full Tilt launching in 2004 the largest online poker rooms had either small bonuses or no bonuses at all. For example at the time the world’s largest online poker room was Party Poker and their bonus was a 20% up to $100 bonus and they did a good job hiding it on their website so as to avoid paying it to those who did not know about it. After Full Tilt had so much success marketing their then unheard of 100% up to $600 bonus the other sites had to step up increasing their bonus offer as well.
