Like anything else worthwhile, improving your poker game takes practice. Simply put, the more you play, the better you’re likely to get. That said, playing poker without analyzing why some hands and maneuvers work better than others will only take you so far.

If you really want to take your game to next level, it is important to analyze your play day-by-day, which is why we’ve introduced our new Hand History feature.

This great tool automatically tracks each hand you play and stores the information in a file on your hard drive so that you can review it whenever you want. To get started, just follow these easy instructions:

• Click on Options in the menu bar at the top of the lobby screen
• Click on Hand History at the bottom of the pull-down menu

• Check the Save My Hand Histories box and select the number of days you want to keep your hand histories for – you can also change the file where you store the hand histories on your computer by clicking the Change Folder button
• Click OK

Once you finish a poker session, you can access your hand histories by doing the following:

• Right click on the Start button on the bottom left of your computer screen
• Click on Explore
• Open the Hand History folder – this is the folder you specified in the Hand History Configuration menu and, for most people, it will be C:\Program Files\Full Tilt Poker\HandHistory\
• Locate and open the folder labeled with your username – hand history folders will be created for each individual Full Tilt Poker player who uses your computer
• Locate the table and date you want to view, and double click the file to open it

Make good use of your hand histories and your future at the poker tables will be much brighter.

Race to the Main Event and win one of 50 completely free seats to the world’s biggest poker tournament.

Full Tilt Poker’s exclusive Race to the Main Event begins on Monday, March 9th when we’ll start holding daily Freeroll tournaments that will run through Sunday, June 21st. By the time the race ends, 50 players will have won free seats to the 2009 WSOP Main Event.

To claim your free $10,000 tournament entry, just look for one of Main Event Race – Round 1 SNGs running around the clock. Win one of these SNGs and you’ll qualify to play in one of our Main Event Race – Round 2 Freerolls running four times each day.

Take either first or second place in one of these daily Preliminary Freerolls to advance to Main Event Race – Finals Freerolls held each Sunday at 16:30 ET (21:30 GMT). Finish in the top three in a Finals Freeroll and you’ll be rewarded with a completely free WSOP Main Event entry worth $10,000.

Winning your Main Event entry gets you more than a seat at the WSOP* – it also qualifies you for $10 Million Main Event Mania where you can walk away with $10 million in free money thanks to Full Tilt Poker. Outlast the competition in Vegas and win the Main Event after earning your tournament entry on our site, and we’ll reward you with $10 Million in addition to your first-place prize money.

The Main Event is just around the corner. Start competing for your free tournament entry today and race your way to poker’s biggest tournament.

Full Tilt Points are our way of giving back to any player who participates in a real-money game on Full Tilt Poker – the more you play, the more points you earn. Use your points to get gear from the Full Tilt Poker Store or enter exclusive Full Tilt Points tournaments.

Earning Points

Start earning Full Tilt Points by playing in any qualifying raked real-money hand in a ring game or a real-money Multi-Table Tournament or Sit & Go with a tournament fee:

• Ring Games: For each dollar raked from a pot, every player who was dealt cards for that hand will receive 1 Full Tilt Point. For example, if $2.00 in rake is taken from a pot, each player who was dealt cards will receive 2 points. Fractional points are also awarded; if $2.25 in rake is taken, players will receive 2.25 points. A maximum of 3 points can be earned per hand.

• Tournaments: For every dollar paid in Multi-Table Tournament or Sit & Go fees, you’ll receive 7 Full Tilt Points. There is no limit to the number of points you can earn per tournament. For example, if you play in a tournament with a $10 buy-in and a $1 tournament fee, you’ll receive 7 points; if you play in a tournament with a $200 buy-in and a $16 tournament fee, you’ll receive 112 points.

Spending Points

Once you’ve earned enough Full Tilt Points, you can use them to:

• Get clothes, electronics, books, DVDs and more from the Full Tilt Poker Store; earning points is the only way to get the items available in the store
• Enter exclusive Full Tilt Points tournaments, where you can win entries to satellite tournaments and other great prizes

Keep track of your points balance by clicking the red Cashier button in the game lobby.

Double and Triple Points

Earn double or even triple Full Tilt Points just by playing in your favorite ring games and tournaments during our daily Happy Hour periods. Look for specially designated tables with the “smiley face” next to them in the game lobby to start earning points faster. Your bonus points will automatically appear in your account, so all you have to worry about is how to spend them.

If you haven’t already, download Full Tilt Poker and start earning Full Tilt Points today.

Full Tilt Poker is upping the ante in our Guarantee tournaments.

Now you can play in our $1,000,000 Monthly Guarantee tournament for your share of a guaranteed, million dollar prize pool.

If you’d like play for your share of a huge prize pool, join our $1M Monthly Guarantee tournament. Satellites for this $500 + $35 tournament start at just $1 or 50 Full Tilt Poker Points and are running now. What’s more, if you continue to play in our satellite tournaments after winning a seat in our $1M Guarantee tournament, we’ll credit your account with 535 T$ if you win again.

With at least $1,000,000 up for grabs, there’s never been a better time to play at Full Tilt Poker.

Win as many satellites as you can to participate in this month’s $1M Guarantee Satellite Challenge. First place gets $1,000 and second place gets $500. For more information, see the Satellite Challenge Rules.

With more than $1 million in combined guarantees up for grabs each Sunday, there’s never been a better way to end the weekend than by playing at Full Tilt Poker.

Play for your share of the more than $1 million in guaranteed prize pools on Big Money Sundays by competing in these great events:

• The Sunday Brawl – The fight begins at 14:00 ET (19:00 GMT) where you can play for Knockout Bounties and your share of $350K in guaranteed prize money
• The $750K Guarantee* – Take a seat in our biggest weekly guarantee tournament starting at 18:00 ET (23:00 GMT)
• The Sunday Mulligan – Tee it up one last time in our popular $200K Guarantee at 19:05 ET (00:05 GMT).

Satellites for all of these events – and our other popular Guarantee tourneys are running now starting for just $2 + $.25 or 50 Full Tilt Points.

Start playing today and see why Sundays are big money days at Full Tilt Poker.

*One Sunday every month the $750K Sunday Guarantee will be replaced by the $500+$35 $1M Monthly Guarantee.

Play Online Poker

• 1 WSOP Bracelet
• 2 WPT Championships
• 2004 WPT Player of the Year
• Over $7.3 Million in Career Tournament Earnings

Erick Lindgren plays online exclusively at Full Tilt Poker.

Erick won his first major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and followed that up with his first WPT win just 10 months later. Not even six months after that, Erick won the Poker Million III, where he walked away with the million dollar top prize.

Erick came back strong at the start of 2006, when he took third in the WPT No-Limit Hold ‘em Championship event at the Borgata Winter Open. Then, Erick won the Fourth Annual Five Star Poker Classic. In June 2006, Erick won $600,000 in the $120,000 No-Limit Hold ‘em event at the “FullTiltPoker.Net Pro Showdown at the Red Rock Casino.” After that, he cashed in four events at the 2006 WSOP, finishing second in Short Handed No-Limit Hold ‘em to fellow Full Tilt Poker pro Jeff Madsen.

After a few months rest, Erick returned to form at the 2007 Aussie Millions where he won the Main Event and more than $795,000 in prize money. He cashed in a number of tournaments throughout the rest of the year, including two top-10 finishes on the WPT and an eighth-place finish in the WSOP’s $1,500 No-Limit Hold ‘em Shootout event.

In June of 2008, Erick earned his first WSOP bracelet. He worked his way through a starting field of 331 players to claim victory in the $5K Mixed Hold ‘em event. In addition to his bracelet, Erick earned over $374K. That victory brought Erick’s career tournament winnings to more than $7 million and moved him to 20th on the all-time money list.

Given his drive and competitive nature, we’re sure he won’t stop there.