Full Tilt Poker Academy

[jroyfus]

I received this email from fulltilt yesterday.

Is anyone going to try this or check it out ?

Not sure if I will attempt this yet TBD

Now there's a new way to Learn, Chat and Play with the pros, with the launch of [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Full Tilt Poker Academy. Take your game to the next level at Full Tilt Poker Academy, where you can learn from the best players in the game for free.[/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Full Tilt Poker Academy [/FONT]offers a unique interactive experience that allows you to learn from members of Team Full Tilt including Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer and Phil Gordon. You'll use a library of multimedia content - including video, podcasts, hand replayers, quizzes and tests - which is updated daily and suitable for players of every skill level.[/FONT]
You can begin with Lessons on key strategies and techniques, view live Sessions to see the theory in action, take a Pro Challenge online at Full Tilt Poker or put your knowledge to the test with an interactive Sit-N-Learn.
To start learning at the most comprehensive training ground in poker, go to Full Tilt Poker Academy and enroll for free.
See you there,
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Full Tilt Poker Academy
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[kmixer]

I will have to check thius out. Thanks

Edit

Cool you can use existing FT login to get to the acedemy. I have God Status so I assume mostly everyone here will as well.

Have fun.

 

[TheUndertaker]

I got the same e-mail today I have not yet check it out but I think I will when I get some time.It looks like a good way to improve my poker game.

 

[dropdead1]

Also got the mail. Just glanced at it but could be helpful to learn how to bluff properly cos if you watch the pros play on full tilt it seems that all they do is bluff!

 

[WolfShadow]

FT has a NEW Poker Academy

It seems pretty cool so far has tips from there pros and videos too , and there are challenges too .

 

[Steelehustlen]

Yeah its dope i signed up for it!!!!! they have alot of good stuff I recomend it!!!!!

 

[profitsforlife]

full tilt is startng to bring out new things to there site like those videos and things to improve your poker skills, full tilt poker is definately by far the best site on line without a doubt..if i had the choice of playing on full tilt or everyother site combined there d be no doubt about it it choose to play on only full tilt..every kinda tourney,cash game,sit n go around the clock,, not to mention there satelite system is the best as well...

 

[profitsforlife]

also the thing with full tilt is that they sponser and get there name out there much more then all the other sites, for instance look at the shorts of the ufc fighters its got full tilt ponser ship all over it most the time..there smart and not to mention they have the most pro s representing them so pretty easy to see full tilt is definatley the best site

 

[masiado]

I also received the same e-mail yesterday and read some of the materials that was posted there. I think it is a great opportunity for beginners to learn poker. Try it and start to learn poker the master"s way.

 

[WolfShadow]

I've been checkin it out , seems pretty cool. u can watch vid by the pro and get insite to their thinkin. then there r quizes and challenges , which add points to a special leaderboard and top 2000 people will play in a special freeroll

 

[WolfShadow]

mmm.............. think i forgot to mention the special freeroll is a 5k one.

 

[smd173]

I got the e-mail yesterday and checked it out. I watched the 14 minute video by Phil Gordon about the top 5 leaks for poker players. The problem I had with the video is that he is talking to beginner level players and then shows examples playing $1/$2 NLHE. Most beginners are not going to be playing $1/$2 online, as they usually don't deposit enough to play there or have the proper BR to play that game. So the tips that he provides during the segment are almost useless to lower stakes players, because you won't get away with most of those moves down there. And if you are rolled to be playing $1/$2 NLHE, I'd hope you'd know not to limp with Aces from EP. It's really ridiculous how that video was put together. Thank goodness it was free.

I also noticed a few of the other videos are for like $15/$30 LO8 and $5/$10 PLO but the content seems to again be based for people who don't normally play those levels.

 

[NoWuckingFurries]

That's so that they receive the subliminal message that it is normal for new players to play at bigger stakes like that. Full Tilt aren't doing it for philanthropic reasons.

 

[el8ed]

Im just using the academy for the challenges, you get points for completing challenges, I have already racked up a nice amount of points from the challenges but im betting the items in the store will cost a crazy amount of points, oh well. getting points for stuff I already do is not bad maybe ill get something from it so all in all, I like it.

 

[blankoblanco]

yeah, the challenges thing is pretty cool. it'd be nice if the store items were reasonably priced but even if not, i love the challenges idea. it's like a video game where you have to accomplish certain objectives

 

[WVHillbilly]

Don't you think that a website that asks for your FT username/password should at least be SSL encrypted???

 

[1pwn00b5]

I just stumbled across this the other day. I think it's cool that you can watch the pro and get their thinking on certain situations.. but like what others said I'm not sure if I'm going to actually go through with the challenges and what not.

 

[kmixer]

I got the e-mail yesterday and checked it out. I watched the 14 minute video by Phil Gordon about the top 5 leaks for poker players. The problem I had with the video is that he is talking to beginner level players and then shows examples playing $1/$2 NLHE. Most beginners are not going to be playing $1/$2 online, as they usually don't deposit enough to play there or have the proper BR to play that game. So the tips that he provides during the segment are almost useless to lower stakes players, because you won't get away with most of those moves down there. And if you are rolled to be playing $1/$2 NLHE, I'd hope you'd know not to limp with Aces from EP. It's really ridiculous how that video was put together. Thank goodness it was free.

I also noticed a few of the other videos are for like $15/$30 LO8 and $5/$10 PLO but the content seems to again be based for people who don't normally play those levels.

I think this can also be said for books. When i read a book from Brunson or a book on PLO I am sure they are not talking about the 02/04 limit LO8 that I play but you can assume that if you cant beat 02/04 don;t even bother trying 1/2.

I certainly would say that this alone is not reason enough to not watch these videos.

I do understand your point though caue I have had these same thoughts a lot.

 

[Egon Towst]

pretty easy to see full tilt is definatley the best site

But not if they provide free education to the fish, surely ? That`s going to make it hard work to anything.

 

[Woodyspoker]

I don't like that its helping to inform my fellow players that they play like crap. The challenges are really jokes b/c 90% of the things in the challenges good players are already doing. Its cool that they are giving away free stuff. I can't wait to see what the items in the store cost.

 

[GENUCOM]

interesting, I haven't received this email yet
Is this email real? Did it really come from Full Tilt??

 

[el8ed]

Just curious as to how many points you guys have racked up so far. I have 800 so far. I bet they aren't releasing the item costs yet because they wanna see how fast people are getting points.

 

[Dagon7]

This is great! Thanks for the post, just took my first sitnlearn, did o.k. and while I didn't learn anything new, it did remind me of things that I often forget to implement, so already worth the time! and it's great that your grandfathered into gold status with only 100 lifetime points.

 

[DenisXS]

Just opened today. Tell me what you think about that guys.

Question: is it possible to complete all the challenges in a play money mode?

 

[blankoblanco]

it didn't just open today... about 10 threads down, exact same title.. Full Tilt Poker Academy

but to answer your question, you have to play real money to complete the challenges