Chris Ferguson of Full Tilt Poker.(credit:
Full Tilt Poker)
This poker blog examines a poker tournament that is run with Full Tilt Poker, one that is low stakes and that offers a prize pool guarantee.
The Ferguson, a tournament named after poker great Chris Ferguson, is a low stakes tournament with
Full Tilt Poker. Many poker players that are members of Full Tilt Poker that have a preference for low stakes will be playing in the Ferguson early on February 24th/25th.
The tournament costs $1 to enter and it guarantees a prize pool of $250. The starting time is 1:30am ET on Friday (Thursday night Pacific) and one feature that members of the site like is that there is no tournament fee - the $1 goes into the prize pool with no 'house' tournament 'rake'.
The format in HORSE with FIXED limit raising but for those looking for No Limit Texas Hold'em, consider the $18,000 Rush guarantee at 2:35am ET on February 24th.
That tournament features rebuys and has an entry fee of $5 + $0.50.