Micro stakes now on Full Tilt Poker!!

Just downloaded the update and lo and behold there are 0.01c/0.02c tables!! Huge step for people trying to build a bankroll on FTP now. Anyone know the rake policy at these limits?

oh yes new uptade and micro came
good news

That's pretty cool, wonder if the rake is 300%? lol Seriously though, I think that was a good idea for them to do.

Rake seems to be 6.5% which is better than the 10% with $3 cap that the .05/.10 where. So not too bad.

Did they lower the rake on .05/.10 also? I've moved all but ~$10 off FullTilt because it didn't seem worth playing there until I was at 25nl. Guess I can build something there now.

Meh. I really hope their servers are able to handle the increased traffic. If it starts lagging too much because of the extra microstakes hands, i'll just move my action to stars.

Great news. Surprise they didn't do it long ago to compete with Poker Stars. Just looked at the Omaha H/L, and it appears no one even wants to play the 1/2 & 2/5 cents, surprising. Give it time I guess.

Ooooooh, I like it!! Last time you wanted the turtle facing the other way, so here's what it looks like. Cropped, and the lowest resolution. But looks fine this way.

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Yeah, this one is alright angled the way it is because its like its looking over the post. The turtle I wanted reversed was just looking away.

As a bonus, I see my free HUD shows my bb/100 on FT tables, instead of -1.#J like it does on Stars. (I tried what you said Sindri, couldn't fix it)

\/\/ Rofl, stay out of the water, Debi. I guess if you're afraid of fish, this must be pretty terrifying.

OMG was just thinking this morning how bad your avatar tilts me - then open this thread and see that monstrosity over-sized.

yeah, finally they reduced the rake on the low limits. was wondering why there were cents and stuff, then saw this post that there's an update.

Yep, this is pretty great news. They've even added new limit tables. They've even got a .05/.1 HORSE which is cheaper than PokerStars's lowest HORSE. Only problem is that ~3/4 or more of my BR is on PS. I've always like FTP better, and they have a better points system for micro cash players so this might persuade me to start rebuilding on FTP.

It's good that they've added these new tables to help compete w/ PS, but it'll probably take some time before we start seeing even half number of players at any given time we see on PS at comperable limits.

We are 99.99999999999% sure that Divebitch is NOT one of Dakota's alter egos

Monstrosity?!!? Now you've done it. You hurt his poor little feelings. So he had to called his buddies to come looking for ya. Kiss him and say 'I'm sorry'? Then no more buddies, I promise.

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OMG Bev - that does it lol. I am done with this thread forever.

I had a look on there and the 2nl has stupid amounts of short stackers, absolutely pointless playing on there at that level atm i think, hopefully it gets better, 5nl didnt look as bad but seein as i only have 65 bucks on there i cant really play at that limit right now need to get crackin on the 2 buck HU SnG's til i'm up to 100 then lol in the mean time pokerstars is where its at for micro cash games i think

you should be able to play 5nl fine with only 13buy-ins imo.

wait till u reach 10nl but u could always just sit at some deep tables where the min buy in would be 1$ so not as many shortstackers

also, is 890bb/100 sustainable on these tables?

Now all they need to do is lower their minimum deposit....they would certainly attract alot more rookie players if they did.

Interesting point. I'm thinking that maybe they are thinking that if you give a freeroll winner of $2 something to play with for more than a couple hands, they will get a little more hooked on the fun, not to mention a more likely taste of winning a few hands.

Don't know about the nlhe tables, but the stud tables allow buy-ins now for 50 cents on the 05/10. Looks more like an effort by FT to get the micro BR's to get their funds in play to increase the site rake instead of unplayable amounts just sitting there.

I see that a lot on the Stars 04/08 stud tables. It's a min 40 cent buy-in and we often have players coming on with less than $1 or $1.50 and they aren't really 'shortstackers' - just those with a miniscule BR. They never reload when they lose, they just leave the table. MY Stars BR hit a new milestone for this weekend with all the players wanting in on the milestone hand awards. A little patience and it was easy fishing ...

New place for CC donkaments?

this is a great addition to the FT site, but the only problem is if you are starting with $0.24 in your account, it wont let you sit at the tables. you need to have a minimum of $0.40 to play =(
guess thats the price you pay for withdrawing money from your account lol and trying to build up your roll from freerolls and maybe small table limits.

good luck to everyone tho!

Prolly a good idea since even the nl cap games have a 60cent max. I'd guess that 24 cents would get you one hand, unless you enter intending to play the lotto.

Those things are so ugly but cool. Now about the mirco games...

I played alot of them today.. Actually without them I would still have an insufficient bankroll but now I am golden.

I played on one of those tables today for about 2 hours.. I made a total profit of 12 cent wooo.. But I was practicing playing blind so it's all good.

What do you guys think about the new micro Tables?

I love them...Since i'm a poor asss i can sit there and play 6 tables at once with a $0.50 buy in and dominate!

Well it will attract me to the Omaha tables, I'll play the micros, but for the Stud games I'll still play at 25/50, although I might drop down to 10/20 for Razz.

Nice...just my price..I enjoy playing the micro games due to kids and sometimes not being able to pay full attention..these cheap games are perfect for me! yankeenut23

Great idea for them. All those who win pocket change in the private freerolls or site freerolls will lose all the $ back to them. Probably have even more players then the had b4. Suprised it took this long. Tilt and Stars are like Mcdonalds and Burger King. If 1 has something, the other isnt 2 far behind with something the same or very similar.

THey are reallly sweet, you're on a tight bankroll and can't afford the nl10 tables go for nl5!! coolest stake ever!

if i wasnt mistaken, the rake at the micro stakes are 10%, and at low stakes, it seems to be dropped from 10% to 6.5-7% ish.

i agree though, ft should drop the minimum deposit from $50 to $10, with the inclusion now of micro stakes. would definitely attract more new players. especially in this economic climate.

yea ive heard about the rake at 10nl dropping but 25nl has actually increased a bit. still no definitive answer on the rake at micro stakes though, i dont think its 10%. someone mentioned on 2+2 that he saw $0.01 taken out of a $0.20 pot which would make it 5%. kinda sucky that ftp didn't update their rake page when the new update came out

Of course, the week after I decide to move to Stars from Bodog because of the larger micro stakes options, FTP decides to catch up to the times. Bleh. Might have to grind a freeroll or 100 to get some cash there.

Already are - they are called 'freerolls'. What insanity would there be in a $.09 SnG 9max prize pool ?? and no rake to the site to run it. ...

Better yet - how about a .01 SnG MATRIX - ??? -

'Dimers' are about the lowest you can ever expect to see.

Ahhhhhhh I was waiting a long time for this to happen.
Though I like playing MTTs and SNGs I often have time issues.
Work, need for sleep or my girlfriend always seem to collide with my playing.
I can't even remember ONE MTT where I didn't have to sit out for at least 10 min because something really important happened and needed to be fixed.