Full Tilt Poker Academy

Having not been around long, only since 2004, Full Tilt Poker has come a long way in their development of their online poker site and everything that they offer to players. They are simply one of the best rooms online and since the room was built by pros, they really have an understanding of what an up and coming player needs to succeed in poker. The result of this was Full Tilt’s Poker Academy, a series of lessons, sessions, and quizzes that help you learn the strategies that you need to advance in poker whether you play cash games, sit n go’s, tourneys, or a combo of the three.

This is really a breakthrough in online poker and offers an extreme amount of value to their players. While many rooms have their “poker school,” which is no bigger than a couple paragraphs, Full Tilt offers videos in lengths of 10-20 minutes on average and provide several examples of games or hands to try to get the point across. All of these videos provide information to the beginner, intermediate, and advanced player and go in depth on topics such as bankroll management, sit n go play, and how to bet.

To obtain access is simple, as you only need to become a member of Full Tilt Poker. This will allow you access to limited lessons and sessions, while offering unlimited access to podcasts, bios, and challenges. By playing at Full Tilt Poker for real money, you will earn Frequent Player Points, Fpp’s for short, and these will enhance your level from Bronze to Silver and from Silver to Gold. Going from Bronze to Silver is very easy and should only take an hour or two of play depending on your choice of games.

The Silver option will allow you to have all of the Bronze’s options including extra Sit n Learn Leaderboards. If you achieve Gold status by earning 500 Fpp’s, you will have unlimited access to everything they have to offer, including unlimited video lessons and sessions. To obtain 500 Fpp’s should take a person a couple weeks give or take, depending on how often you play and what games you chose.

Another way to move through the ranks is to watch the videos and take the quizzes called Sit n Learns. These are all ranked in difficulty and your score will depend on how accurately and how quickly you answer the questions. By completing and doing well at the Sit n Learns, you will obtain Academy Points, which are similar to Fpp’s, and those will boost your ranking as well.

They will also buy you neat things from the Full Tilt Store. While earning Academy Points, you will then have the opportunity to be placed on their leaderboard where top players get to play in special Full Tilt Academy freerolls. You are also capable of making specific lesson oriented challenges which if completed will also earn Academy points. This is also a great way to apply what you have learned from watching the videos.

From a personal perspective, you cannot get any more value out of an online poker room than what Full Tilt offers. The videos that were watched in order to this review totaled over an hour’s worth of strategy advice for both cash games and sit n go’s, and was explained in a very clear and easy to understand demeanor. You will more than likely find that you can spend a day watching these videos and really feel like you tackle the game in a way you have not done before. To enjoy all of this, you simply need to become a member of Full Tilt Poker. After all, that is where the pros play.