Best use of Full Tilt Points

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I tried to search for this topic but the threads I found are really old and I know things have changed.

What is the best bang for your FTPs ? I want to convert them to tourney entries.
 
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Just did a little looksee, and wow, you need alot of points for these tickets. MiniFTOPS start @ 2.3K points, FTOPS start @ 22K points and the Double Deuce is 4750 points. From what I can gather the best bang for your buck is the Double Deuce or the $26 Ticket (5800).

Unless you are lookin lower in which case you might as well satty into the DD or BLT for chump change instead of wasting points. IMO, of course.
 
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Stress star... no wait..
 
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If you want to use Full Tilt Points to play tournaments, your best bet may be to use your points as a separate bankroll for tourney buy-ins. This has a couple of advantages. First, there is no rake in the point satellites, unlike their cash satty counterparts. Second, the point satellites are softer than cash ones because people don't treat their points as if they were as valuable.

I never pay for my tournament entries anymore, I grind away points until I have enough to get in.

Read this post below to see how it is done....
 
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Just read your link serendpity. Awesome. I am going to do some of that! Great system and very nicely laid out as well in your post. Thank you for this. I don't know how I missed this back in Nov.
 
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yes, I agree with seredipity.

keep accumulating those points

check out what you can get at the full tilt store:

1 log in
2 hit your cashier button
3 click on the FULL TILT STORE (lower left side)
4 see what tickets you can buy for the points you have so far


good luck!
 
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Custom avatar for the win.

But seriously go for the cash bonus if you suck at sng/mtts. Take the tokens if you don't simple as that.
 
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The crazy thing is Vanq just had them redraw the man eating plant exactly the same as it usually looks cuz he's all ninja humble like that.
 
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It really depends on your goals as a poker player. My goals are
1. Purchase items from the full tit store so I can say, "I got this from playing poker without having to put a single cent of my own money at risk."(I;m on the Chris Ferguson challenge.
2. Make a little money to contribute to either bills or enterainment outings
3. Improve my game to the point where I will be able to be competitive at 5k and 10k buy in levels, even if such events are only once in a blue moon for me.
 
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If you are pure money player(No interest in any full tilt merchandise) Save up points then buy step 3 or higher tickets. Also, if you play enough to earn iron man, you can use iron man medals to purchase more ftp points.
 
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$5k cash bonus in black card store >> custom avatar, and it only costs 100k points more.

Otherwise, reselling ipods on ebay is often the best value for points if i recall correctly.
 
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Save up for the Lexus. Only 13,600,000 points.
 
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You don't say how many points you have. That kind of matters. It would be a different evaluation for 1000 points vs. 1 million.

I don't really let points accumulate. Usually, I buy Step 1 tickets and build up on the Steps. The Step tourneys are usually not that hard -- it's rare I don't get at least my buy (step ticket) back. The goal (for me) is to get a lot of Step 3 tickets, which lets me play some tourneys that are more expensive than I would normally play.
 
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$5k cash bonus in black card store >> custom avatar, and it only costs 100k points more.

Otherwise, reselling ipods on ebay is often the best value for points if i recall correctly.

custom avatar is worth much more than $5k
 
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Thanks for the link serendipity, farmed some points and got a nice jacket out of it.
 
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If you want to use Full Tilt Points to play tournaments, your best bet may be to use your points as a separate bankroll for tourney buy-ins. This has a couple of advantages. First, there is no rake in the point satellites, unlike their cash satty counterparts. Second, the point satellites are softer than cash ones because people don't treat their points as if they were as valuable.

I never pay for my tournament entries anymore, I grind away points until I have enough to get in.

Read this post below to see how it is done....

Do you have rakeback? Does using points for these satellites count against your rakeback?
 
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No, this is my own homemade rakeback. I think this method would not be as productive for someone with rakeback, as they would lose some for every point (and every extra point won) they spent.

But for a micro grinder with no rakeback like me, it is a great way to play medium and high stakes tourneys without depositing.
 
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If you want to use Full Tilt Points to play tournaments, your best bet may be to use your points as a separate bankroll for tourney buy-ins. This has a couple of advantages. First, there is no rake in the point satellites, unlike their cash satty counterparts. Second, the point satellites are softer than cash ones because people don't treat their points as if they were as valuable.

I never pay for my tournament entries anymore, I grind away points until I have enough to get in.

Read this post below to see how it is done....

Great read serendipity! I used to do the same but even more extreme. I would play in the .com freerolls where the top 2 out of 180 (tourney ran every 3 min) would win 50 FTPs. I would then play the 50 FTP to the 2.5k FTP (1st won 2500 FTPs, 2nd won 200 FTPs). Then I would usually buy something nice from the full tilt store since I was very new to poker at the time and felt I would get more use out of a hat than a 2,500 FTP (~$3.75) buy-in.
Anyway, FTPs are worth about 1/2 cent per FTP. So do some math and decide what items (if any) are worth buying in the full tilt store, or which tourneys you would rather play.
 
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Personally, I like to buy in to tournaments that aren't really in my buy-in range. It's fun to play a few bigger money tournaments every once in a while. Not sure if it's the most profitable way, but I like it.
 
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In my opinion, the best usage of the points u earned is to buy a ticket for a tourney! this way you get a chance to boost your bankroll and you get the opportunity to expirience what high buy in torneys feel like!
 
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I never really thought of it like that. thanks for the tip
 
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