Full Tilt Tournaments
Now that I've learnt how to swear in 100 different languages in PartyPoker since December and found the poker loser in me at PokerStars last month, I now want to "play poker against the pros" at Full Tilt and lose my remaining bankroll. 
What are the best-value tournaments at Full Tilt?
My favourite (and profitable) tournaments in the other two sites were the ones that were rake-free or had an overlay, e.g., $3+0 rebuys. Are there any such tournaments at Full Tilt?
By the way, if you really want to play at the WSOP despite the 30% withholding tax, Full Tilt is probably the least -EV way to try to win a Main Event seat, next to a rake-free league. With $10.5 million in bonuses for those who make the Main Event final table, there is ~15% added equity to offset part of the 30% tax.
I signed up through ThisIsTheNuts.com for the 27% rakeback, $600 deposit bonus and free Stoxpoker subscription (for any month you reach $500 MGR). I also plan to sign up for free at TrulyFreePokertraining.com and academy.fulltiltpoker.com. It wasn't easy to register for the Main Event Race freerolls, but I won a seat to Round 2 on my third try. How long does it take for FTP to put the Round 2 ticket in one's account, as I'm still waiting to use it tonight before I deposit money.
While I didn't reach my high-variance goals at PokerStars, my more modest goals at Full Tilt is to find enough +EV and Happy Hour games to reach at least Bronze Iron Man status every single month, and when I'm not losing money, to take a shot at a WSOP satellite.
What are the best-value tournaments at Full Tilt?My favourite (and profitable) tournaments in the other two sites were the ones that were rake-free or had an overlay, e.g., $3+0 rebuys. Are there any such tournaments at Full Tilt?
By the way, if you really want to play at the WSOP despite the 30% withholding tax, Full Tilt is probably the least -EV way to try to win a Main Event seat, next to a rake-free league. With $10.5 million in bonuses for those who make the Main Event final table, there is ~15% added equity to offset part of the 30% tax.
I signed up through ThisIsTheNuts.com for the 27% rakeback, $600 deposit bonus and free Stoxpoker subscription (for any month you reach $500 MGR). I also plan to sign up for free at TrulyFreePokertraining.com and academy.fulltiltpoker.com. It wasn't easy to register for the Main Event Race freerolls, but I won a seat to Round 2 on my third try. How long does it take for FTP to put the Round 2 ticket in one's account, as I'm still waiting to use it tonight before I deposit money.
While I didn't reach my high-variance goals at PokerStars, my more modest goals at Full Tilt is to find enough +EV and Happy Hour games to reach at least Bronze Iron Man status every single month, and when I'm not losing money, to take a shot at a WSOP satellite.
Comments
Stars will not drop the ball on wsop sats, trust me. They're going to end up fielding approx 15% of the field again.
+1. And you can't beat how soft their $650 even though only 1 for every 20 gets a seat.
If you enjoy playing late morning / early aft. I have seen the 19.5 (20R) and 16K (26) hit the overlay. The 11pm 30K (109) also hits overlay often.
FTP is awesome for online satellites (super soft) but are generally pretty shitty at live sats. Some days I just grind sats (8R, 3R and 14's are horrid) and bank the T$. 3/4 of the field are gone by the add-on. When they do run the ME sats they are full of regs.
Cashing in any points comes out of your mgr so qualifying for any status at FT has limited value.
Are there any FTP rewards that won't be deducted from rakeback, e.g., Main Event Race and other freerolls, Stoxpoker/Cardrunners free training (if you have 2500-7000 FTP), FTP Academy Store redemptions? :biggrin: No, but for a satellite grinder, winning a lot of W$, T$ and Steps tickets will still result in negative ROI if you don't win in the final events, e.g., a couple of EPT final satellites and Sunday Majors.
P.S. Can you stake me for the next $5.50 forum game with an overlay? But next time, call it a "satelllite" so I have a chance at cashing!