I wanted to try FTP and with the 100% up to $600 it seemed like a good time. I deposited $500 Monday night and started playing.

First, the software was slow and it seemed to be a resource hog. Not to mention how "cheesey" it is.

Second, the tables were so much looser than anywhere else I've played, even more than Party. No lie, I would bet 6xBB and get 5 out of 8 callers. Kept getting beat with two low pair and staight and flush draws who would call to the river even if they had to risk their stack to do it. I would get up a complete buy in before losing my entire stack to someone chasing a gutshot. l lost $200 by wed. night and that included the $40 of bonus I had cleared. I figured since I was on tilt as soon as I started the software I'd better get away now.

Finally, playing three hours a night I could only clear $20 a night(.25/.50). It would take me a month to clear the enitire bonus and at the rate I'm going I'll be bust long before then.

Good luck to all you FTP players I'm running away with what's left of my BR.

This is strange because most people who dont like FTP, dont like it because they say everyone there is a rock. I think you may have just run into a couple crazy tables.

Also, clearing $600 in bonus in one month sounds pretty good to me. Especially playing those low stakes. This is a plus, not a minus.

I also, happen to think FTPs software is the best in the business, but thats just personal preference.

3 nights is definitely not enough to get a good idea of your BB/100 on. I've recently started playing at FTP and it's definitely a very different game from party, but on the contrary to your opinion I actually think it's a much tighter game. I've been datamining 16 tables almost all day for a couple of weeks now and looking through all the players with a filter of a minimum of 500 hands, at least 60% of the poeple are rated as TPA. A LAG is very rare at this site. The bonus clears slowly, but if you're playing the low limits, it's effectively giving you your rake back (a little under to be specific). I actually like the software in comparison to Party too, not quite as good as Stars but it's not horrible.

Having said all that, I did manage to burn through 65% of my bankroll and lose $400 in the space of 4 days lol but I was getting some bad beats and I do admit I tilted fairly badly. Since then i've started playing the NL50 6-max games and can say without a doubt that the game is definitely beatable.