Full Tilt Now A Recreational Centric Poker Platform

While PokerStars has always held the biggest tournaments and been the undisputed king of the tournament scene, Full Tilt, on the other hand, used to be the site where nosebleed cash players went to battle it out at the highest stakes, including the likes of Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Gus Hansen, and Viktor “Isildur1” Blom to name but a few. That’s in the past, however, and the biggest cash game stakes a player can now expect to play on the site is $10/$20 for No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha games, and $15/$30 for Fixed Limit Hold’em.
Nevertheless, this major landscape change forms just one part of an overall strategy to become a recreational centric platform which values attracting and retaining “fun players” above all other concerns. Amongst the other sweeping changes announced is the introduction of automatic table seating for players depending on their game, buy-in and table size preference, rather than allowing them to choose where to sit themselves, as the site attempts to stamp out the problem of ‘bum-hunting’.
Another dubious poker practice targeted is that of ‘hit-and-run’ players who disappear from a table quickly after a win, only to buy back in at minimum stakes at another table in order to protect their win. This ‘ratholing’ technique will no longer be possible on the site, however, as players will automatically be bought-in with their full winnings.
In addition, poker games not usually of interest to recreational players, such as Stud, Draw and Mixed Games are no longer being offered, while heads-up tables, too, have been eliminated from the site. Commenting on the dramatic changes to the Full Tilt, Managing Director Dominic Mansour explained:
“The new structure will present a clean offering for all players and we consider these ring game changes to be key to Full Tilt’s ongoing commitment to provide a level playing field and attracting and retaining more casual poker players.”