In the world of online poker, referral codes are constantly available from third party web sites. Referral codes aren’t just something to scoff at. The fact is, online poker rooms, like Full Tilt Poker, use referral codes to drive in more traffic, in turn rewarding members with higher and more beneficial bonuses.

Advantages of a Full Tilt Poker Referral Code
You can easily find a Full Tilt Poker referral code by simply searching the Internet for relative terms. The normal bonus offered by Full Tilt Poker, to new player sign-ups, is already a generous 100% up to $600, cleared by collecting 167 Base FPP (poker points) for each $1 of the bonus. Using the right Full Tilt Poker referral code, however, could raise the max bonus amount, reduce the number of points required, or lengthen the expiration date.

Another advantage to using a Full Tilt Poker referral code is the frequent inclusion to exclusive freeroll tournaments. A lot of third party sites will offer exclusive freerolls that can only be entered by players who use the corresponding referral code when signing up an account. Evidence of these freeolls can be seen in the Full Tilt Poker tournament lobby under special events. There are hundreds of them each month, and a simple Full Tilt Poker referral code can get you in the door to some free cash, with zero risk.

Who Benefits From a Full Tilt Poker Referral Code
There are some online poker players, mostly novices, who assume that using a Full Tilt Poker referral code is simply going to benefit the third party site. It is true that the third party site is going to benefit from players signing up with their Full Tilt Poker referral code, but the advantages for the player are well worth it.

The third party site will get an affiliate bonus, which may be based on your activity and/or deposits at the online poker room. But this takes nothing away from the player. Online poker fans will continue to play poker, win, lose or a little of both, getting whatever special benefits afforded from the use of the Full Tilt Poker referral code.

How To Use a Full Tilt Poker Referral Code
When signing up your new account, you’ll be asked to enter an optional Full Tilt Poker Referral Code. This step-by-step guide will walk you through the process.

1. First, you’ll need to download the Full Tilt Poker software and install it on your computer.

2. Once installed, the Full Tilt Poker software will automatically start on your computer. From this window, you’ll be asked if you want to Login to an existing account, Create a New Account, or simply Observe the poker lobby. Choose to Create a New Account.

3. During the registration phase, you’ll be asked for some basic information including your name, address, country, date of birth, email, preferred language, username and password. Within the section of the registration for that asks for your “Email” and “Preferred Language”, there will be one more box labeled “Referral Code (optional)”. This is where you want to enter you Full Tilt Poker referral code.

Be sure to enter the Full Tilt Poker referral code exactly as it was given to you, with no spaces and usually all capital letters.

4. Complete the rest of the registration and click “Sign Me Up”. You are now a member of the online poker room, with all of the benefits of the Full Tilt Poker referral code.

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Full Tilt Poker Pros include:
Howard Lederer: 2 WSOP Bracelets, 2 WPT Championships

Phil Ivey: 7 WSOP Bracelets, 1 WPT Championship, $10.8+ million career tournament winnings

Chris “Jesus” Ferguson: 5 WSOP Bracelets, 2 WSOP Rings, 2000 WSOP Main Event Champion, 2008 National Heads-Up NLH Champion

John Juanda: 4 WSOP Bracelets, 3 Best All round Player Awards, 2003 WSOP Main Event Champion, $8+ million career tournament winnings

Jennifer Harman: 2 WSOP Bracelets, Co-author of Doyle Brunson’s “Super System 2”, $2.2+ million in career tournament winnings, most recognizes woman in professional poker

Phil Gordon: 1 WPT Championship, Numerous WSOP Final Table appearances (but no bracelet), Author of 3 top selling poker books

Erick Lindgren: 1 WSOP Bracelet, 2 WPT Championships, 2004 WPT Player of the Year, $7.3+ million in career tournament winnings

Erik Seidel: 8 WSOP Bracelets, 1 WPT Championship, Made the Top-10 All Time Money List for WSOP cashes, $9,2+ million in career tournament winnings

Andy Bloch: 2nd place in WSOP $50k HORSE and $10k PL Omaha Tournaments, Former MIT Blackjack team member, $4.1+ million career tournament winnings

Mike “The Mouth” Matusow: 3 WSOP Bracelets, 2005 Tournament of Champions winner, $6.5+ million career tournament winnings, first player to ever win two $1+ million tournament cashes in the same year

Gus Hansen: 4 WPT Championships (standing record), 2007 Aussie Millions Main Event Champion, $7.1+ million career tournament winnings

Allen Cunningham: 5 WSOP Bracelets, 2005 WSOP Player of the Year, $10.2+ million career tournament winnings

Patrik Antonius: 1 EPT Championship, 11 WSOP Cashes, 7 WPT Cashes, $2.8+ million career tournament winnings

If the accomplishments of these incredibly talented professional poker players don’t impress you, try playing against of one these Full Tilt Poker Pros and find out just how they became so wealthy playing poker for a living. They certainly won’t be easy to take down. But, like any poker player, everyone has their off days. Imagine how awed your friends would be if you told them you won a few thousand chips off of Howard “The Professor” Lederer at Full tilt Poker? Or were the on the receiving end of a personal ranting episode from Mike “The Mouth” Matusow?

Maybe you’re not quite up to the challenge of risking your hard earned cash against these impeccably skilled Full Tilt Poker Pros? That’s okay – you can still chat them up for hints and tips in the Pro Chat section, or join the Full Tilt Poker Academy.

The Full Tilt Poker Academy is an intensive poker school hosted by the Full Tilt Poker Pros themselves. Take on a real Full Tilt Poker Pro without the risk during tutorial poker sessions, or watch them live in action as they reveal their personal poker strategies and exactly how effective they can be.