Full Tilt Rush Poker

Prepare yourself for Rush Poker*: the world's fastest poker game.

Available exclusively at Full Tilt Poker, Rush Poker* is a revolutionary new poker format. The ultimate high-speed game, Rush Poker* is designed to minimize your wait time between hands and keep you in the action. Are you ready for the most intense poker action in the world at this US Poker Site?

How Rush Poker* works

Join a Rush Poker* game and be part of a large player pool, facing a different table of opponents every hand you play. As soon as you fold your hand, you'll be rushed to a new table for your next hand. To play even faster, use the Quick Fold button to move to another table, even if the action hasn't reached you yet.

How to find Rush Poker* tables

Look for Rush Poker* tables in the Basic View and Standard View of the Full Tilt Poker game lobby. Learn more about Rush Poker* by watching the Rush Poker* Video Tutorial and reading the Rush Poker* details page.

Join the action to experience the world's fastest poker game.

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Popularity of Online Poker in US – Is it Good or Bad

Following the great 2003 Moneymaker upset to the World Series of Poker, online poker US sites have garnered a lot more attention, and not all of it has been welcomed. Although it has certainly stirred up a lot more interest in online poker sites for US players in the general population, the national media attention also stirred up lawmakers, bringing into question the legality of online poker play for US citizens. Many countries have already made online poker legal and have installed regulations for play, including the United Kingdom. The United States, however, has lagged behind in allowing on-line play, resulting in the proliferation of free play online poker sites for US players.

Quickly seeing the benefits of the online poker boom and hoping the capitalize on it, the state of North Dakota's House of Representatives passed a bill to legalize and regulate online poker and online poker card room operators located in the state in February 2005. The bill would have required online poker operations to locate all branches of operations physically in the state to qualify for legal status. The owner of Paradise Poker and CEO of Sporting bet, Nigel Payne, pledged to relocate operations if the bill passed into state law.

After hearing of the bill, however, the U.S. Department of Justice sent notice to North Dakota's Attorney General warning that online gaming "may" be illegal meaning that the pending legislation "might" be in violation of the federal Wire Act, passed into law in 1961, well before the internet. Shortly afterwards the bill was defeated by the North Dakota Senate. Since then the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Wire Act doesn't apply to types of online gambling other than sports betting, which was the original purpose of the law anyway. Despite the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, the Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the application of the Wire Act to online gambling.

Later legislation has further closed off the online poker US market. Passed into law in October 2006 by President Bush, the Safe Port Act includes a provision known as UIGEA or Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act which states that it is unlawful to use the internet for placing, receiving or knowingly transmitting a bet or a wager if the bet is unlawful in the state it is initiated, received or otherwise made.

This has made sure that online poker sites are unable to do business with Americans by prohibiting any American Financial Institutions from doing business with them. The time is ripe for new legislation to legalize and regulate online poker in the US. Groups such as the Poker Players Alliance have made it their mission to protect and advocate for the right of US poker players. Several attempts have been made already to overturn the UIGEA and perhaps soon with some fresh legislation online poker rooms will be able to welcome US poker players online again.

UB's Multi-Million Dollar Championship

UBOC4 is a multi-million dollar championship online poker series featuring the top pros and the best online poker players (we're looking at you). If you eat, sleep and breathe spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds, you need to be a part of this unbelievable championship series that includes.

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WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic

One epic battle in Vegas isn't enough for UltimateBet. Just a few months after sending hundreds of players to Sin City for the WSOP, we're shipping more UB poker fanatics to play in the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic at Bellagio, December 14 - 19.
To win your seat in the $15,400 poker tournament, enter one of the following online US Poker tourneys at UltimateBet:
WPT Five Diamond Super Satellite – Sundays at 8:30pm ETBuy-in: $500+30Prize: At least one $17,500 WPT Five Diamond prize package that includes the $15,400 buy-in and $2,100 for travel and accommodations is guaranteed
Low Buy-in STEP TourneysBuy-in: From just 10 centsPrize: Conquer all 10 STEPS for a $17,500 WPT Foxwoods prize package
STEP 10 Direct TourneyBuy-in: $2,250+100Prize: Don't want to fight your way through all 10 STEPS? Buy directly into STEP 10 for a quick shot at a $17,500 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic prize package.

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UB's Power Hour

You know that crazy feeling you get during a tournament where you just know you're gonna own the next hour? UB is bringing you six of those hours every day at this US Poker Room.
Rack up double the UltimatePoints with UB Power Hours – every day from 1-4am and 1-4pm (and 1-5pm on Sundays).
Just look for the bolt next to the table name and grab a seat to start earning double the points at any of the following tables (excluding heads-up games):

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CarbonPoker's Turkey Grand Slam

Turkey Grand Slam Heads-Up Champion!
Thanksgiving is here and that means a few things: Turkey, Football and Poker... also family, but I think I covered the most important three first.
As you get ready for turkey day, spend some time honing your heads up poker skills to get ready for the Turkey Grand Slam at CarbonPoker on a US Poker Site.
How To Become The Grand Slam Champion
How do I get in? Good question! Just hit up any of CarbonPoker's specially designed Turkey Jackpot SnGs to earn Thanksgiving Leaderboard points. At the end of November, the Top 128 players on the Leaderboard will duke it out in a heads up tournament.
The Grand Slam Final works exactly the same as Wimbledon, where qualifiers will be pitted against each other in Heads-up battle and play down until we have just one Champion!
Half of each Turkey Jackpot SnG will be added to the Thanksgiving Jackpot - which already starts at $2,500. The more games that go off, the bigger the final prizes will be. And the more that you play, the better unique starting stack you'll have going into the final tourney!



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Full Tilt Poker welcome's high-stakes player Tom "durrrr" Dwan

Full Tilt Poker is proud to welcome high-stakes player Tom "durrrr" Dwan to Team Full Tilt, the world's most elite group of poker professionals.You can still compete for your share of over $16 million in guaranteed prize money by playing FTOPS XIV events until November 15th.Play the $25K Heads-Up PLO World Championship and join the world's best US Poker players to take a shot at one of the most prestigious titles in online poker.Make sure that you’re logged in to Full Tilt Poker this Sunday evening (ET) for a special announcement.In this week's tip, Steve Zolotow offers sound advice on establishing table image through solid play to avoid potential losses at the tournament table.

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