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Full Tilt Poker are giving players at least $50 in bonus money because of the launch of Rush Poker.  The new high speed form of Texas Holdem that can only be played online at Full Tilt.  Accept your $50 bonus by March 14th  23:59 ET and start earning your bonus at the tables. 

*Who is Eligible to Receive a Fast $50 Bonus?

If you’ve made your initial deposit at Full Tilt Poker and finished any active bonus by 18:30 ET on February 21st, you’ll receive a Fast $50 bonus offer immediately.

• If you have not made your initial deposit, you have until 23:59 ET on March 10th to make your first deposit and finish your 100% First Deposit Bonus. If you do so, you’ll receive a Fast $50 bonus offer by March 12th and have until 23:59 ET on March 14th to accept.
• If you have an active bonus, you have until 23:59 ET on March 10th to finish your active bonus. If you do so, you’ll receive a Fast $50 bonus offer by March 12th and have until 23:59 ET on March 14th to accept. To see if you have an active bonus, go to the Cashier in the Full Tilt Poker game lobby, then click the Bonus Account button.

In order for any active bonus to be considered finished, you either need to clear the entire bonus amount or have the bonus clearance period expire by 23:59 ET on March 10th.

How to Accept Your Fast $50 Bonus Offer

Follow these steps to accept your Fast $50 bonus offer:

1. Open the Full Tilt Poker game software and log in.
2. Click on the Requests menu at the top of the lobby.
3. Select Check my Bonus Offer...
4. A window with your bonus offer will then pop up. Click Accept Offer to activate your bonus.

How to Earn Your Fast $50 Bonus

Get your Fast $50 bonus money by earning Full Tilt Points in any real-money game on Full Tilt Poker, including our revolutionary new poker format: Rush Poker*. Designed to keep you in the action at all times, Rush Poker* is the best and fastest way to earn Full Tilt Points and release your bonus money. You’ll play up to four times as many hands per hour compared to a standard ring game, quickly earning the necessary points to clear your bonus money.

Once you’ve accepted your Fast $50 bonus offer, you’ll have 30 days to release your bonus money by earning the required number of Full Tilt Points. You’ll clear $0.06 of your bonus for every Full Tilt Point you earn, and your bonus money will be paid out in 10% increments.

For example: if you receive a $50 bonus offer, your bonus money will be paid out in $5 increments. You’ll need to earn 83.4 Full Tilt Points per $5 increment, and a total of 834 Full Tilt Points to release your entire $50 bonus.

You can keep track of your Fast $50 bonus status by going to the Cashier in the Full Tilt Poker game lobby, then clicking the Bonus Account button.

*Information taken from Full Tilt Poker

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With this type of bonus its all about pace.  The beauty of Rush Poker is that you will play a large number of hands very quickly.  Remember this fast pace game doesn't allow you to sit back and watch the players you have to play the odds.  If you want to learn about what Poker Outs are and how to quickly make calculations at the table I suggest you go to the Full Tilt Poker Academy which is a free poker school that is hosted by the Pro Players at Full Tilt so the like of Chris Ferguson will be explaining the finer points of bankroll management to you.  We are looking for a player to sponsor through the Poker Academy, 

All you need to do is email nigel@poker-shark.co.uk and tell us why you should go back to school.  You will be expected to write on your experiences at the school and how you applied it at the tables.  And if that wasn't enough we are inviting all new players who follow our links to Full Tilt then sign up and deposit this month are getting to play the Poker Shark team in a Freeroll Tournament next month.  We still need a couple of players to make this happen.  I am hoping we get Americans to sign up as I like to bully them in the chat room, just kidding :) Please sign up and join the fun.  If a Poker Shark team player win the money will go to  a childrens charity.