Full Tilt Poker has recently implemented a new system called "Tournament dollars" or T$ for short. When I first saw the tournament dollar balance show up on my Full Tilt account, I was curious as to how it worked. I went to the Full Tilt's website and couldn't find a single detail on its home page. I went to their forum next and that’s when I found some information on it. I am here basically to share some of my findings on this matter.

The first thing you should know is that Tournament dollars (T$) are accumulated by winning satellites to real money tournaments. For example, say you play in a midnight madness sit n go satellite and you win entry. You can either (A) Choose to play in the midnight madness tournament or (B) Unregister from the poker tournament at the tournament lobby and have the buy-in of that tournament (which is $10+1) automatically transferred into your T$ account. Say you chose for option (B). Now you have $11 in your T$ balance. Again, there are two options as to what you can do with that 11 T$.

(A) You can choose to use that 11 T$ to play in another real money tournament that does not exceed $11 or (B) you can add your 11 T$ into your real money bankroll. Say you want to add to your bankroll and opt for option B. You would go about this by clicking "Cashier" in your account and then clicking "Convert T$". Enter the amount you want to convert and press "Convert" Note: Full Tilt charges 5% commission to convert T$ into real cash. So if you choose to convert 11 T$, you will receive +$10.45 to bankroll after commission. I hope this clears things up.