Rush Poker at Full Tilt

Well there was a surprise update today at full tilt poker and okay that's nothing new, but this one included a new game called Rush Poker. One thing you can say what full tilt poker and that is they are always thinking about new ways to keep poker players interested and excited about playing.

Playing the Rush Poker tables at Full Tilt.

Rush poker adds an element of speed to single table play of no limit Texas hold'em cash games whereby you are immediately transported to a new table every time you fold your hand. This is done instantly, allowing you to play hundreds of hands per hour. Now this is not turbo speed like you would have seen in tournaments, this is more physically changing the makeup of your table allowing you to engage in as many hands as you're comfortable with. The faster you fold your hand, the faster you get to see your next hand.

Playing against a large group of players.

The way the poker software allows you to do this, is by placing you amongst the pool of players who were also waiting for the next time to start. This means you can be put in any position, and be facing any combination of any players that are active in the pool at that moment. Truly an interesting concept here, and full tilt should be commended for their forward thinking, which has really kept them as the leaders in the online poker market at least as far as features go.

No waiting. Full Table every hand.

The only time I found that I had to wait in this game was when I was in the big blind, and that basically meant that I had to wait for somebody to raise or just check fold to me. Pretty much any other position you can glance at your hand, click full or quick fold, and you're off to another table.

Using profiling software > NOT!

Alright so it's fun, action-packed, and demands your considerable concentration. As you can see I'm using hold'em indicator here which is picking up the hole cards and odds scenarios, but cannot reasonably pick up any profiling information because I'm not displaying nine players at this table and playing hundreds of players. They change every hand.

It will be interesting to see what third-party software is able to pick up points stats instantly as you change the table and if it's fast enough to pick up that information on the very first hand when you are seated. The likely scenario here is that you won't be playing this game using any kind of profiling whatsoever, because you cannot observe these tables. It's more like playing the 300 starting chips super turbos where you're simply playing your hand. In other words can be difficult to be feeling players out when you are playing at its 300 or more tables every hour, one at a time.

Full Tilt wins! more Rake.

So if you eliminate profiling from this game, there will be other rules of engagement in order to stay profitable. Of course full tilt is just going to rake in much more well, rake. But if you can focus for a couple of hours you could be seeing as many as 1000 hands. I could see playing tight solid aggressive could be working under the circumstances, but I also noticed a lot of blind stealing going on here. Players already sort of trying to take advantage of the fact that players and the blinds might not even be there and they can tell because they're on auto fold and they're already sitting at another table looking at another hand.

Check the Full Tilt Lobby for Rush Poker

It's going to be interesting to see what games and buy-in levels Full Tilt expands this to and how popular it's going to be with players. Nonetheless, another industry-leading innovation from full tilt poker.