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The New Full Tilt Poker!

One Angry Monkey — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:24:44 +0000

Good day Tilt-Land, it’s been a long while since I’ve written a post. With so much going on these days at Full Tilt Poker, the powers that be decided to let me out of my cage for a few minutes to tell everybody what’s happening.

First off, our website has been redesigned! We’ve given the site a major face lift so it has a sleek new look and feel. Go to www.fulltiltpoker.com and check it out for yourselves.

We’ve also just completed a major software upgrade. New features include ante ring-game tables for players craving bigger pots and more action, ring-game lobby icons so it’s easier to find your favorite games and synchronized tournament breaks so people who play in more than one MTT at a time can take a five minute break at least once an hour (or, as we like to call it, “the bladder saver”).

Along with these new features, this release will include network communication improvements. Basically, we’ve changed the way the game talks to your computer so the Full Tilt Poker software runs much more smoothly. If you’ve ever had problems switching back and forth between the Hold ‘em and Omaha lobbies or opening a big tournament lobby like the $200K Double Deuce, you won’t see any lag from now on.

For even faster performance, check out the Full Tilt Poker beta software. The beta software requires less CPU Usage, so it runs silky smooth on your computer. Keep in mind that it’s a beta version; the usual beta cautions apply and there’s a small chance you’ll run into a few bugs when you use this software.

And finally, here’s a quick rundown of some promotions running on the site right now:
•    FTOPS XII is coming up in May, and this time around we’ve added a MiniFTOPS for low-stakes players so they can join the action at 1/10th of the buy-in; satellites for both FTOPS and MiniFTOPS are running right now
•    You can win your way to Las Vegas for the Big Dance by playing in any of our Series 2009 qualifiers; there’s a variety of ways to win your seats, including daily cash qualifiers, shootout tournaments, the mega-huge 150 Seat Guarantee and the 100 Seat Giveaway, where you can win your seat for free
•    This week’s Friday Night Fights Main Event pits part-time Harvard prof Brandon Adams versus freshly minted Team CardRunners pro Haseeb Qureshi (aka INTERNETPOKERS) in a battle of wits; rail the heads-up match while you play in a sweat tourney and/or the Friday Night Fight $500 Knockout

That’s all for now folks. I’m hoping to be let out of my cage a little more often from now on, so for the three people who actually enjoy reading One Angry Monkey posts, you’ll have a little more joy in your life…

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The New Full Tilt Poker!

Full Tilt Poker Academy – Learn How to Play Poker with the Pros!

One Angry Monkey — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:44:27 +0000

Full Tilt Poker has just launched a completely unique comprehensive poker training experience, the Full Tilt Poker Academy. Watch the Pros and members of Team Full Tilt as they present poker lesson videos, strategy tutorials, quizzes and tests, and challenges which incorporate what you’ve learned. If you wish to go even deeper, there are complete courses designed to take your game to the next level. You have seen Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, Phil Gordon, and all the other Full Tilt Pros for years, but now you can interact with them through a personalized curriculum taught by the best in the game. Learn how to play poker with the Pros.

If you already play on FullTiltPoker.com, use your exisiting login details, and simply sign up here, it’s free to join.

Update: You can follow along as we go through different lesson and challengs from the Full Tilt Poker Academy in some other posts below.

Full Tilt Poker Academy – A First Look
Full Tilt Poker Academy – First Challenge
Full Tilt Poker Academy – Bankroll Management Challenge
Full Tilt Poker Academy – Pre-flop Play Challenge

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Full Tilt Poker Academy – Learn How to Play Poker with the Pros!

FTOPS X Final Table Video

One Angry Monkey — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:37:03 +0000

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FTOPS X Final Table Video

The Phan-tastic Voyage

One Angry Monkey — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:32:17 +0000

Greetings and salutations to everyone out there in Tilt-land, it’s been a long while since I’ve made a post. The powers that be finally decided to let me out of my cage – let’s just call it some time off for good behavior (plus, the electroshock therapy machine has broken down from overuse).

I write to you today on the heels of the announcement that Full Tilt Poker pro© John “The Razor” Phan has won the Card Player 2008 Player of the Year award. To say that John has been on fire this past year is something of an understatement. He’s had perhaps one of the best years in the history of tournament poker, winning two WSOP bracelets, one WPT title and over $2 million in combined prize money. For those of you counting at home, $2 million is still a lot of money – even with the dollar being at about the same level as the Thai baht – especially if you get paid out in one dollar bills (strip club, here I come!). Coolio ain’t got nothing on John, let’s recap the Phan-tastic voyage that was 2008:
•    Mr. Phan-tastic started his great run by making the final table of the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars event in March, finishing in 6th place. He also came in 5th at the WPT Bellagio Cup IV in July, adding another final table to his resume.
•    But it wasn’t until the WSOP started up that John really caught en fuego. He won two events, thus fulfilling his contractual obligation as a poker player to have at least one article of bling on each wrist (or is that for gangsta rappers only?). John’s first bracelet came in the $3K No-Limit Hold ‘em event, and then one week later took down the $2,500 Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball event. Not bad Johnny boy, not bad at all.
•    And yet he wasn’t finished with his slicing and dicing (you know, because he’s “The Razor” and all, never mind) of the tournament circuit. The Phan-tastic one decided to finally win one of those damned WPT events, taking down the Legends of Poker tournament in August for more than $1 million (which is approximately equivalent to about 300 Euros).

At this point, I believe it’s accurate to say that John Phan is certainly the hottest player who makes a living playing the pokers these days. And he just might be one of the best as well. So let’s all raise our metaphorical glasses and toast the sharpest poker player out there – this one’s for you John.

If you’d like to learn more about John Phan, please visit his pro site (and no, I’m not just saying that because I have to). And now, it’s time for me to head back to my cage. Merry Christmas, chappy Chanukah, krazy Kwanza and frivolous Festivus to you all…

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The Phan-tastic Voyage

Biggest Online Pot, Ever – Ivey vs. Juanda

One Angry Monkey — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:32:16 +0000

And for a sneak peak for all our readers, slowly coming out from under the wraps, the beta version of the Full Tilt Poker Hand Re-player. You will be seeing this starting to pop up around the site a bit more.

Phil Ivey and John Juanda get wrapped up in the largest online poker hand to date.

October 26, 2008, $500/$1000 No Limit Hold’em.

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Biggest Online Pot, Ever – Ivey vs. Juanda

Million Dollar Cash Game Mania!

One Angry Monkey — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:52:49 +0000

The Million Dollar Cash Game is taking place right now in London, and our brother in Full Tilt Poker blogging Michael Craig is there now live blogging the action on his Full Tilt Poker Blog. I’d suggest that all you high-stakes poker fans out there go check out Michael’s posts and get a taste of the action for yourselves. I personally enjoyed this post on Phil Ivey basically pwning Mike Matusow’s soul. Poor Mikey, you were running so good during the Series and then this had to happen. We feel for you buddy, but you can’t let Ivey into your head like that.

For those of you who live in Europe, you’ll be able to watch the Million Dollar Cash Game on Sky Sports starting next January, so keep an eye out for that. As for the rest of you, well, this is why YouTube was invented…

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Million Dollar Cash Game Mania!

Welcome to Poker From The Rail

One Angry Monkey — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:25:21 +0000

Welcome to Poker From The Rail, a poker blog brought to you by Full Tilt Poker. We aim to give our readers the best in poker news, entertainment, pro interviews and somewhat intelligible blogger-iffic rants. We’re also extremely pleased to host Bond18 on his poker quest as he travels Around the World in 90 Days, as well as AlCantHang and his band of Bloggers on the Rail as they dissect the inner-workings of this little game we like to call poker. Al has some great posts from guest bloggers lined up; don’t miss out on this taste of poker blogging at its finest.

This new and improved version of The Rail has a few features that did not exist in our previous incarnation:

We now have a five-star rating system, so be sure to rate each post that you read.
You’re also now free to leave a comment about any individual post or the blog as a whole. You don’t have to be nice, but we tend to respond better to constructive criticism. If your comment is too crude or insulting, we will not publish it.
Our new related posts feature automatically generates a list of related posts at the end of each post. So if you like a post, be sure to check out one of the related posts, you might enjoy that one as well.
If you do enjoy a post, you can now share it with a friend using Digg, Sphinn, del.icio.us, Facebook, Mixx or Google.
You can now view the most popular or highest rated posts by looking in the sidebar, as well as find the post you’re looking for by author or category.

This is the new Poker From The Rail, now loading in under five minutes. Enjoy…

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The Week at FTP: A Friendly WSOP Reminder

One Angry Monkey — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:34:48 +0000

Hi folks, there’s one quick thing I forgot to mention in yesterday’s post. Don’t forget to check out ESPN’s coverage of the World Series of Poker, airing tonight. They kicked off the festivities last week with Event #1, the $10K Pot-Limit Hold ‘em Championship, won by none other than Full Tilt Poker pro Nenad Medic. It’s ESPN, so I’m sure re-runs of that show have been airing non-stop if you want to check it out.

Tonight’s show will focus on Event #2, a $1,500 No-Limit Hold ‘em donkament. Team Full Tilt’s Chris Ferguson is there to represent, as he guns for his sixth WSOP bracelet. So make sure to catch all the action and cheer Chris on from the comfort of your own home. Check your local listings to find out when the WSOP airs, or go to ESPN.com for more details.

As an added bonus, I heard that Full Tilt Poker pro Perry Friedman (who narrowly missed making the final table of Event #2, coming in 11^th) actually had an FTP logo shaved in to the side of his head. If that doesn’t deserve a few seconds of air time, I don’t know what does. That’s it for now; we’ll have an all new The Pros Speak up for your enjoyment in a bit. Stay classy Pokerland…

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The Week at FTP: A Friendly WSOP Reminder

The Week at FTP: Schoenberg Me the Money!

One Angry Monkey — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:00:42 +0000

Well folks, today is a very sad day for all of here at The Rail, as Big Donkey is officially no longer with us. And today is especially sad for me, because now I have to (at least temporarily) take over The Week at FTP. Fear not faithful readers (there have to be at least two or three of you at this point, right?), for I will do my best to fill Big Donkey’s rather large and donktastic shoes. So without further ado, let’s get this weekly wrap-up under way:

Erica Schoenberg – Need I say more?

Yesterday’s $750,000 Guarantee attracted a nice field of 4,057 players and had a prize pool of more than $800K. A hearty round of congrats are in order for all of the players who took part in this enormous donkament (go ahead, pat yourselves on the back), but especially our winner syzygy-1-1-1-1, who can now afford to go on a nice little shopping spree with his newfound $143,285.13.

But the big story of the day had to be David Benyamine’s better half (much, much better), Erica “The Poker Babe” Schoenberg, making a deep run in the $750K Guarantee all the way to the final table. Unfortunately, Erica didn’t quite complete her mission and wound up being the first player eliminated from the final table. Don’t feel too bad for Ms. Schoenberg though, she took home more than $10K for her efforts – not a horrible return for a $200 investment. Brains, beauty, and poker skills to boot – she really is the complete package boys.

$20K flips, anyone?

Meanwhile, there was some seriously sick action going down at the PLO ring-game tables yesterday. Team Full Tilt’s Patrik Antonius, Gus Hansen and John Juanda were joined at a $200/$400 PLO table by high-stakes regulars SteveSung, Pr1nnyraid and LoLiNa for some $20K flips. This was degeneracy at its finest folks – please do not try this at home.

JJ was the big winner for the session, taking home around $280K – a nice payday for one of the nicest guys in poker. LoLiNa also had a very nice session, ending the day up about $90K. I look forward to the day I can afford to take $20K flips, seems like it would be fun. Then again, I look forward to the day when I actually make at least $20K a year (target date: 2052).

The Madness strikes back as we wait for the return of the FTOPS…

Just a heads up for all the Tilters out there in Pokerland – as promised, we’re running another round of Sit & Go Madness this weekend. The fun kicks off on Friday, August 1^st at 14:00 ET and goes all the way through to Sunday, August 3^rd at 14:00. There’s more than $75K in cash and prizes up for grabs, so if you’re a SNG player or just like winning cash and prizes, this one’s for you.

We’re also rapidly approaching zero hour for FTOPS IX (or 9, for those of you not fluent in Roman numerals). The action gets going on Wednesday, August 6^th with Event #1, a $1 million guarantee NLHE donkament, and runs through Sunday, August 17^th when the $2.5 million guaranteed Main Event takes place. There’s more than $15 million guaranteed over the 25 events of this mammoth series, so please don’t miss out on a second of the best donkament action around.

That’s all for now folks. If you’re hankering for more of The Rail we’ll have some new Bond18 action up for you in a bit, and AlCantHang will return soon with another round of Bloggers On The Rail – make sure to check them both out. Have a good one…

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The Week at FTP: Schoenberg Me the Money!

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One Angry Monkey — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:57:39 +0000

What’s up Pokerland? Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I will not be able to post a Heads Up piece today. I know, I know, this is very horrible news – please dry your eyes. So in lieu of having a massive heads-up battle to look forward to, I just wanted all of our faithful readers to know that we’ve added a new section to the blog called Bloggers On The Rail.

Spearheaded by world famous (infamous?) blogger AlCantHang, Bloggers On The Rail will be keeping everyone up to date on what’s happening in the world of poker blogging and will include posts from a variety of different guest bloggers. So please, please, please go check it out. We just got it up and running earlier this week, but there’s already a few great posts to read from Al. Let’s put it this way: if you’re a fan of poker blogs, this is can’t miss stuff.

That’s all for now people. We’ll be back with another “real” post tomorrow. Have a great day…

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