“Team Full Tilt” is a team of 14 of the best players in the world and a major reason to use Full Tilt. They all play on the Full Tilt poker download, and most play in exciting matches at high stakes tables. This page features information on every pro on Team Full Tilt, including what games they play, how to find them, and a short bio. You can also find when these pros are playing on the Full Tilt Poker Net by going to the “See Who’s Online” page on Full Tilt’s web site.


Phil Ivey
Handle: “Phil Ivey”. Plays exclusively on FullTiltPoker.com.

Games: Limit and No Limit Hold’em, Omaha

How to play/rail: You can find Phil Ivey at the high stakes tables on Full Tilt. It should come as no surprise that he plays at the tables in “Ivey’s Room”. He plays up to $500-$1000 no-limit and $2000-$4000 limit in cap, 6-max, full ring and Heads up. He also regularly plays in the Bellagio’s Big Game.

Style: Poker Replayer analysis has shown that Ivey employs an extremely aggressive style of play, he is capable of bluffing with complete air or calling a large bet with ace high. He is one of the most watchful players, using physical tells, betting patterns and past actions to get accurate reads on his opponents.

Bio: Phil Ivey began his career by playing poker with at the casinos in Atlantic City. Today, other Full Tilt poker bonus professional players regard him as the best player in the world. As one of the most popular and famous players, and as an avid golf player, he is known as the “Tiger Woods of Poker.” Ivey is seen as a philanthropist because he supports many charities, including his own Budding Ivey Foundation. Ivey has an amazing record, with seven WSOP bracelets, one WPT championship, $12.8 million career tournament earnings and $15.7 million earned on FullTiltPoker.com from 2007-2009.


Patrick Antonius

Handle: “Patrick Antonius” on FullTiltPoker.com.

Games: No Limit Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha, Mixed Games

How to play/rail: Patrick Antonius often plays in Ivey’s Room on FullTiltPoker.com. Look for him at his reserved Omaha H/L tables called “Patrik’s Corner” and “Patrik’s Place.” He is also a regular at the Bellagio’s Big Game. As far as huge cash games are concerned, Full Tilt is easily one of the top casinos for US players.

Style: Patrick Antonius is a disciplined player who does not show emotion.  At one point, he lost what was then the largest pot ever on High Stakes Poker, at $743,000, to a bad beat without showing any sign of an emotional response.

Bio: A former model and tennis coach from Finland, Patrick Antonius entered the pro scene through two high finishes in the European Poker Tour. He has since made 12 in-the-money WSOP finishes, one final table at WPT, and one title in the European Poker Tour.  These wins are impressive, but he specializes in online heads-up play and has won millions at the high stakes tables at Full Tilt. He is also the only player yet to take on Tom Dwan’s Million Dollar Challenge. You gain direct insight into his playing style by watching the poker videos available at the Full Tilt Poker Academy.


Tom “durrrr” Dwan

Handle: “durrrr” on the Full Tilt download, “Holdem_NL” On PokerStars

Games: No Limit Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha hi, Mixed Games

How to play/rail: You can find Tom Dwan playing the nosebleed stakes at Full Tilt Poker or PokerStars.com. On Full Tilt, he usually sits at his reserved “durrrr” or “durrrr Challenge” tables. You might even find him blasting through hands at Full Tilt’s new rush poker omaha tables.

Bio: Thomas Dwan is a legendary high stakes cash game player. He began his career playing with $50 at Paradise Poker in 2004, and won $5.4 million on FullTiltPoker.com in 2008. Not the kind of money you could ever hope to make, even with a lucrative Full Tilt referral code. Since then, he has won or lost millions of dollars at a time and is still recognized as one of the best cash game players in the world. In 2009, he issued his Million Dollar Challenge. The challenge was that any player could agree to play 50,000 hands with him at four tables. At the end of those hands, if the challenger had lost money, he would have to pay $500,000, but if he was up, Dwan would give him $1.5 million. Dwan also holds the record for the largest pot won in a recorded live game, at over $1.1 million.