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.

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Get Paid To Play Poker with John Juanda

• 4 WSOP Bracelets
• 2008 WSOP Europe Main Event Champion
• 3 Best All Around Player awards
• Over $8.5 Million in Career Tournament Earnings

John “JJ” Juanda plays online exclusively at Full Tilt Poker.

John started playing tournaments in 1996 and won the World Poker Open Championship in 2001. The following year, he won his first World Series of Poker bracelet (in the Ace to Five Triple Draw Lowball event), and then won two more WSOP events in 2003.

In 2002, John was named Tournament Champion of the Year, and was the 2001 and 2002 Runner-Up in the Card Player “Player of the Year” standings. He also has three Best All-Around Player awards.

John made 15 final tables in 2004, and placed fifth in both the 2005 Five-Star World Poker Classic and the 2005 National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Most recently, he earned nearly $500,000 in Monte Carlo, Monaco after winning the Monte Carlo Millions Consolation tournament, finishing sixth in the Monte Carlo Millions Main Event, and finishing second at “The FullTiltPoker.Net Invitational Live from Monte Carlo.”

In 2006, John beat out some of the best poker players in the world including Phil Ivey, Barry Greenstein, Jason Gray, and Jeff Lisandro to win the Aussie Millions Speed Poker Million Dollar Challenge. He received $1,000,000 in Australian Dollars, which works out to around $732,000 in U.S. Dollars. John continued to cash regularly on the tournament circuit in the following years, posting two top-10 finishes at the 2008 WSOP, taking seventh in the $5K No-Limit Hold ‘em Shootout tournament and sixth in the $5K Pot-Limit Omaha event.

John had one of the best weeks of his career at the start of October 2008. He won the 2008 WSOP European Series Main Event Championship in London, claiming his 4th bracelet and more than $1.5 million in prize money. This included a historic final table, as it set WSOP records for length at 19 hours and 10 minutes, along with the number of hands played at 484. Within the week, he added over $570,000 to his earnings by placing second in the EPT London £1 Million Showdown.

Look for John playing online at Full Tilt Poker.

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 giving you another reason to get in on the biggest tournament day of the week with the $100K Double Deuce tournament.

Turn $22 into your share of a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool by playing in the $100K Double Deuce every Sunday at 16:35 ET (21:35 GMT). Buy in for $20 + $2 for your chance to play for the winner’s share of the prize pool, guaranteed to be nearly $20K each week.

Our biggest little tournament, the $100K Double Deuce gives you the opportunity to turn a small buy-in into a huge score. You can satellite into this tournament for as little as $0.60 or 200 Full Tilt Points – imagine turning just $0.60 into almost $20K for a victory!

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Our biggest Guarantee tournament of the week just got even bigger.

Join us at 18:00 ET on Sunday to play for the winner’s share of a prize pool guaranteed to be worth at least $750,000. Registration for this giant tournament costs just $216 with satellites starting for as little as $2 + $.25. You can also win your way in using just 300 Full Tilt Poker points.

What’s more, if you continue to play in our satellite tournaments after winning a seat at our $750K Guarantee tournament, we’ll credit your account with 216 T$ if you win again.

Register today and have fun playing your way to some serious cash.

Win as many satellites as you can to participate in this week’s $750K Guarantee Satellite Challenge. First place gets $400 and second place gets $200. For more information, see the Satellite Challenge Rules.