I'm still shocked and steaming about this. I'm on the button and a chronic PF raiser raises again and it's folded to me. I've got suited connectors which I rarely play for a raise, but raiser and both blinds have full buyins in front. So you know the drill, let's get lucky and take a stack. I FLOP the nuts: ten high st8. SB checks, and the PF raiser bets into me. Now I've got the SB behind me, a raiser in front, and the flop has 2 cards to a flush on it. I add the pot up, calculate a raise that gives bad odds (which I think takes a bit when you're in a raised pot sitting between a raiser and a potential caller), finally decide, enter it, and am about to press the bet button and my hand is folded. AAAHHHHHHH!!!! NOOOOO!!!!!!

I can't believe this. What's Full Tilt Poker thinking? Until now, I've exclusively played at UB (45 seconds till your hand times out). I've decided to start bonus whoring and just started playing FTP (this was literally my 130th hand ever played at the site). From what I figure FTP gives you 20 or 25 sec max to complete your action. On top of that they give you only 1 soft beep which I heard, but then no other warning.

Is this short a time to carry out your action customary at other sites? Am I just a slow poke (I'm very analytical so I do take my time at many things) or is this a ridiculously short amount of time to make potentially stack size decisions in a NL game? How do other players handle making decisions in such short time (any calculating tricks I'm missing)?On rare occassions I wish I had more time at UB, but that's rare and at least they audibly warn you twice (1 very sternly) and provide a text message .

JackLucifer

BTW...that hand went to showdown for $35 on a $50 buyin table. The SB had a flush draw that never hit, the PF raiser flopped top pair and turned trips and bet all the way. My folded st8 would've taken the pot.

Ive played at FTP quite a bit and I think they do give you less time that other places, but I wouldnt say its a ridiculously short amount of time. Ive never had a problem getting a bet in, but like you said, the little warning beep is very noticable and they dont have a time bank like Stars has for really tough decisions. I think you should email support and let them know what you think. Ive done it a couple times. They have changed a few things that were annoying since they first opened the site.

I accidently got on a "turbo" table at Prima. I didnt know it was a turbo table or that they even had such a thing. I had a set and went to bet and I checked because I didnt act in time. I swear it was less than 2 secs. It got checked around. I was ready at the turn to get my bet in immediatley and I still didnt get it in in time. What a joke.