New this update:

A. Two new lobbies -

Basic View: Intended for newer players or players who just want to jump into a game quickly. This view is a step by step guide to help players figure out what they want to play with simple "Play Now" type buttons for the last step that gets you playing right away.

More info about Basic View can be found at http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/lobby-views/basic

Standard View: This is the lobby for more experienced players who know what they want to play and want powerful filters and tools for really narrowing in on those games. This lobby is also why I had to keep saying there was a good reason ring game filters weren't going to be as quick and easy as everyone wanted them to be. I do apologize for the long delay, but hopefully most of you will agree that it was worth it.

One thing I've seen mentioned about this view from some players who got to look at the sneak peak was that they couldn't figure out how to see pot limit and no limit games without seeing fixed limit games. This was an area of some debate, and it was ultimately decided to leave this as an "advanced" feature to keep the browse area as simple as possible (while still being powerful). So in order to see PL and NL Hold'em in the same list without seeing FL, you're going to have to create two Favorites (one NL and one PL) and select them both.

If that sounded too confusing, play around with Favorites a bit and you'll quickly see they're pretty intuitive and powerful. You can even see multiple different games in the same table list!

On the right side of this lobby you'll see a number of default widgets with a "Customize" button at the bottom. Click that and play around. There are some pretty useful things in there, like a mini-cashier (which you can further customize with the "Configure" button) and an Iron Man widget that keeps track of the number of points you've earned since midnight eastern in real time so you know exactly when you've hit 200 FTPs.

Note: There are still enough known bugs in Standard View that we've decided to label it as "Beta" for now. We expect to work through the remaining bugs over the next few weeks and remove the Beta tag. For now, though, if you experience any issues with Standard View, please report them (via the "Submit a Bug" option under Help) and remember you have the option to use Classic View (found via the Lobby menu).

Whole 'nother Note: If you used the sneak peak client, you're going to want to delete your current Favorites settings (otherwise Favorites will probably act funny). You can find them somewhere like:

Win XP - C:\Documents and Settings\<name>\Local Settings\Application Data\FullTiltPoker
Vista - Start -> Run and type in appdata
Mac - home directory -> library -> application support

More info about Standard View can be found at http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/lobby-views/standard

B. New security feature - Unfortunately, login with hardware token didn't quite make this release. If everything works out as it should, it's coming soon. For now, you can find a new security feature under the Security menu->Additional Authentication. It's called Login with PIN, and it gives a second authentication step after your login and password. It's not as secure as a hardware token, but it's a step in the right direction.

C. Automatic Tournament Deals - Just in time for FTOPS! Get to the final table of a tournament and make a deal when everyone remaining clicks the "Make a Deal" checkbox in the Fold to Any Bet / Sit Out Next Hand area. This option will be available for all cash tournaments (satellites and qualifiers won't have dealmaking available) including single table SNGs.

More info can be found at http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/tournaments/deals

Fixes this update:

a. Once an hour lag - This should now be gone.

b. Mac users that crashed at login screen - This should now be resolved. This was actually a weird Quicktime issue with the shuffling cards in the connect dialog.

c. Sound related lag - Some players were reporting that they were still getting some minor lag when the sounds were playing. We believe that's now fixed.

Not fixed this update:

a. Half cards at showdown - We're pretty sure we have a fix for this, but it's a fairly large change to the animation code, so it needs some more testing time before we release the fix.

b. Severe login screen lag - If it's taking you a minute or more instead of a few seconds to get the login screen to come up, and everything is extremely laggy after that (especially if you open web windows like the Store or Deposit screen), it's possible there are some weird proxy settings screwing with things. Some players have reported that doing the following cleared it up for them:

"If you have Windows XP go to: Start >> Control Panel >> click on Switch To Classic View (left hand side, top left corner) >> Internet Options >> click on the Connections tab >> click on LAN Settings (bottom of window) >> UNCHECK everything >> click OK >> click OK.

So when you click on LAN Settings you should have 'auto detect settings', 'use automatic config script', and the 'proxy server' options all BLANK and NOT Checked."

We're looking into exactly why proxy settings might be having this effect and hope to have a real solution in an upcoming release.

the tourney deals button is an awesome idea

explanation of Biggest Bonus Ever??? since that link is broken as of now as well

Doug i also get halfway and some setup error occurs

 

Originally Posted by phyzer23

explanation of Biggest Bonus Ever??? since that link is broken as of now as well

Grab your share of the Biggest Bonus Ever and get paid for playing Full Tilt Poker’s new software – no deposit is required.

This offer is only available until 23:59 ET on August 16th. Follow these steps to accept the offer and activate your Biggest Bonus Ever:
<UL sizset="7" sizcache="3"> <LI nodeIndex="1">Return to the Full Tilt Poker game lobby.</LI> <LI nodeIndex="2">Click on the Requests menu at the top of the lobby.</LI> <LI nodeIndex="3">Select Check my Bonus Offer…</LI> <LI nodeIndex="4">A window with your bonus offer will then pop up. Click Accept Offer to activate your bonus.</LI>[/list]

Once you’ve accepted your Biggest Bonus Ever offer, you’ll have exactly 720 hours (30 days) to clear your bonus by earning Full Tilt Points in any of our real-money games. Read the Biggest Bonus Ever details page for more information.

When you accept your offer, you can keep track of your bonus progress by going to the Cashier in the game lobby and clicking on the Bonus Account button.

Yeah, it's not working for me either. It say I have no bonus offers available.

 

Originally Posted by Mult1pleM1ndz

Yeah, it's not working for me either. It say I have no bonus offers available.

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Its not available until 10:30 it says somewhere...

Thanks for keeping us updated Doug. The new lobby and filters look awesome and I'm sure the tourney chop function will also be greatly appreciated. Good to see some progress on the security front too.

I'm digging the favorites tab. It was annoying to only have one custom search saved, and now I can have multiple, thanks!

Doug,

Well played. FTP has become the NUTZ. Thanks for listening to your users on this site and communicating them to FTP.

Syncronized Breaks = The best "out of the box" thinking of any site....PERIOD.

Your lobby customization is super.

The chop method is similar to a site I use to play frequently but they Partied themselves out of the US.

While customer response and no direct phone service is slow. FTP does respond....eventually. (Just wish you could get them to turn my Doom Switch to a lower setting.) :)

Thanks again for your relationship with this community. FTW.

Still need better cash game lobby filters

right at 20% or so mine keeps quitting with an error message saying

" Problem decompressing archive, please try again later "

plz help neone?? I have windows XP 64bit

 

Originally Posted by Diggs

What's wrong with them? Look good to me.

filters by specific stakes / table types would be nice

 

Originally Posted by Diggs

They're there.....click the wrench next to custom for specific stakes and advanced filters for the rest.

thanks!