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While Ultimate Bet was the first room to come online and boast about their Team of Pros, Full Tilt followed the same path and took the crown from them. If you visit FullTilt, there will probably be a team member sitting at the tables, being asked silly questions by the peanut gallery, and playing poker against anyone who wants to take a seat at the game. And, the games are not all high stakes, although it is fun to watch Phil Ivey play live for tens of thousands of dollars.
The room pros also man the message boards at the Full Tilt website, and do regular strategy articles, podcasts, and vodcasts. In short, they are helpful and accessible. They certainly are the trademark of the room, and deserve to be.
With sooooo many poker players wearing the Full Tilt uniform these days, I thought I'd make a list of the members of Team Full Tilt.
Team Full Tilt
Howard Lederer - known as the "Professor" because of his studious look at the table, and perhaps his passion for chess.
Phil Ivey - just an incredible player.
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson - won the World Series of Poker's main event, and can throw playing cards sharply enough to cut a carrot in half.
John Juanda - sharp cookie. Used to sell bibles door-to-door.
Jennifer Harman - cute as a button, I think she used to date Todd Brunson, Doyle's son. She's now married to Marco Traniello, and spends some of her time riasing awareness for organ donation. She's a transplant recipient herself.
Phil Gordon - poker player, computer guru, adventurer. He's almost James Bond, but real.
Erick Lindgren - ex-high school jock, current poker pro.
Erik Seidel - great poker player. He's the fellow that Johnny Chan beat in Rounders. Happened in real life first, the Rounders thing was just a taped replay.
Clonie Gowen - she's beautiful. She was even pretty in high school, winning the Miss Teen Oklahoma at age 15.
Andy Bloch - runs the (Unofficial) World Poker Tour Fan Site, has a law degree, used to be part of the M.I.T. Blackjack team. Watch out for him.
Mike Matusow - talks a lot. Can be a bit abrasive. Wins a lot at the poker tables.
Gus Hansen - The "Great Dane" is an unorthodox, and exciting player who moved into the world of poker from high stake backgammon.
Friends of Full Tilt Poker
David Benyamine - a successful high stakes poker player who has appeared on Poker After Dark, won the Grand Prix de Paris, and regularly plays the high stakes tables at FTP.
Joanne Liu - is taking the game of poker to Chinese speaking parts of the globe.
John Cernuto - air traffic controller turned professional poker player. John is a bit of an Omaha specialist.
Roland de Wolfe - a proven player on the European circuit.
Shannon Elizabeth - from American Pie to the poker tables, this lady has quite the stretch of talents.
Lee Watkinson - a quiet man with great talents. He has a WSOP bracelet to his credit, and the respect of his peers as well.
Aaron Bartley - started out online.
Farzad Bonyadi - from Tehran, Iran. Played in high stakes games in the LA scene.
Alan Boston - digs college hoops, plays a mean game of poker.
David Chiu - a limit holdem specialist, and winner of four WSOP bracelets.
Karina Jett - married to Chip Jett, and quite the poker player in her own right.
Marco Traniello - the man who married the lovely Jennifer Harmon. He was able to learn poker from some of the best players in the game, and has taken "an interest" in the game and moved into the realm of the pros.
Berry Johnston - an old veteran of the poker world, who hasn't quite become a household name despite his impressive record.
Chip Jett - husband of Karina Jett, and respected poker player.
Max Pescatori - he is NOT French, dammit! Max is known as the Italian Pirate, and proudly displays the colors of his home country after having been mistaken for being a Frenchman one too many times for his liking.
Mark Vos - the man behind the moniker "pokerbok".
Eric Froehlich - weaned on internet poker, Eric has made a spalsh in the live poker scene as well.
Layne Flack - a man who started out dealing cards in Montana, and ended up regularly playing final tables in major events.
Carlos Mortensen - The "Matador" is a colorful player who was born in Ecuador. He plays online at Full Tilt.
Jeff Madsen - film student gone wild. His showings in the WSOP are impressive, but he has more loves in his life than just poker.
Lynette Chan - one of the ladies that are part of Team Full Tilt.
Steve Brecher - ex-computer software guy turned poker player.
Richard Brodie - played kitchen-table poker with Bill Gates.
Allen Cunningham - left the engineering program at UCLA to play poker.
John D'Agostino - young fellow from Seymour, Connecticut. Already over $500k in tournament winnings.
Layne Flack - has five World Series of Poker bracelets.
Perry Friedman - won a chip castle building contest, a World Roshambo Championship, and a World Series of Poker bracelet.
Rafe Furst - the 20 minute man, busting out of the WSOP in 2003 before any else in the field.
Kristy Gazes - is addicted to sunglasses.
David Grey - must be a laid back guy, says he plays poker "when he feels like it".
Alfredo "Toto" Leonidas - hails from the Philippines, won a WSOP bracelet in 2003.
Greg Mascio - sports writer turned, errr, are poker players athletes?
David Oppenheim - high-limit cash game player.
Ben Roberts - born in Persia, predominately a cash game player.
Huck Seed - won the WSOP Main Event.
Keith Sexton - played as a youngster, plays now as a pro.
Stuart Paterson - how can you not love a fellow nicknamed "The Donator"?
David Singer - been playing poker for a living since 1996.
Gavin Smith - another poker player with over $1 million in winnings.
Steve Zolotow - nicknamed the Bald Eagle, has a BS in Statistics, an MBA in Finance, and two WSOP bracelets.
Ali Nejad - what can I say about the Poker After Dark and potenital MTV personality?
Brian Koppelman - the man behind Rounders, the film that helped start the poker explosion.
Paul Wolfe - like to play online. This young man is starting his journey on the way to poker greatness, having cashed in well over a dozen events.
Jim McManus - noted poker author.
Robert Mizrachi - you've probably heard of his brother, Michael. Even without the spotlight and the cover of CardPlayer magazine, Robert has acquired over $1.5 million in tournament earnings.
Greg Mueller - traded in hockey sticks for a stack of chips. He feels as though poker allows him to keep competing with the vigor that a hockey player is accustomed to.
The Hendon Mob
Barny Boatman - tv personality, poker player.
Ross Boatman - started palying at 10, doing quite well at it.
Joe Beevers - the only member of The Hendon Mob that actually lives in Hendon.
Ram Vaswani - spent most of his youth hustling around in snooker clubs, now plays poker for a living.
This page was last updated on May 9th, 2006.
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