 Party Poker Summary
It's no secret that Party Poker is one of the biggest online poker rooms available to players and offers all games from No Limit Texas Holdem through to pot limit and fixed limit. Party Poker also offers Omaha and Stud (high and hi-lo) in both ring games and tournaments. These games are available in a range of limits; from $0.10/$0.25 NL ($0.05/$0.10 for Limit) right up to $100/$200 fixed limit. The traffic at Party Poker is steady and constant, even during off-peak times, so you can always be guaranteed to find your game of choice at the limit that suits you.
Party Poker Games Available
Party Poker offers a wide selection of Limit, No Limit and Pot limit Texas Holdem, Pot Limit Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, seven card Stud, and Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo. The highest limit for Holdem is $30/$60 and they recently doubled the number of highest limit tables from three to six tables. The lowest limit they have is $0.50/$1. They also offer $1000 No Limit tables along with $600, $400, $200, $100, $50, and $25 NL tables. Unfortunately, there is not a large selection of high limit Seven Card Stud tables: only two $20/40 tables available. Party Poker also has Bad Beat Jackpot Tables from $2/$4 Limit Holdem all the way up to $15/$30.
Party Poker Player Traffic
Once the largest online poker room with a reported 5 million users, Party Poker has been overtaken by Poker Stars and Full Tilt Poker. However there are still 10,000 cash players and 60,000 tournament players during the busiest times. Due to the number of players from all over the globe a game can generally be found quickly no matter the time of day.
Party Poker Quality of Players
The players on Party Poker are notorious for being some of the worst players on the internet. The lowest limits are some of the toughest to crack on Party Poker. The middle levels are soft and that’s where a lot of people can make a profitable living if they play smart. Party Poker allows you to play more than one table at a time, and a lot of smart players take advantage of this feature.
Party Poker Tournament Info
Party hosts a variety of multi-table (MTTs) and single table tournaments (SNGs). They are both broken down into two sub-categories: regular and special. The regular MTTs are mostly NL Holdem with a couple of Limit events and Seven-Card Stud tournaments. The buy-ins are as little as $5 running up to $100 and run 24 hours a day. Party also offers Speed Tournaments with an accelerated blind structure. The special tournaments are usually satellites to the bigger Party Poker tournaments like the Million Dollar Guaranteed, WPT events, and other tournaments held in England, Australia, and Ireland.
Party Poker hosts SNGs for all of their table games. They offer $5, $10, $20, $30, $50, $100, and $200 tournaments. The SNGs are comprised of 10 players with the top three places winning the prize money in a 50%-30%-20% split. You can also play special SNGs to win seats into various multi-table satellites.
Party Poker Software
The software is above average. The main lobby is easy to navigate. You can choose to play on regular tables or tournament tables. The best feature is the “Average Pot” function which helps you select a loose or tight table as you prefer. The poker tables include male and female avatars with your screen name and chip amount clearly visible. You are able to check your own session stats and take notes on players. You can choose a four-color deck if you have a tough time reading different suits. Another feature is an “Auto-Post Blind” button so you will never miss posting a blind. You have the option to show or muck your losing or uncalled hands. This function is perfect if you want to display your bluffs. You can also speed up the action by clicking on the “Fold to Any Bet” button. You can elect to get hand histories mailed to your email account, or downloaded into a special folder on your hard drive.
Party Poker Bonus & Promotions
Party Poker is an excellent site for ongoing bonuses. Usually every month or two you will be entitled to receive a 20% bonus for any extra money deposited. They also have a players club where players can earn points that they can trade in for merchandise. Party pokers has a large number of promotion tournaments for both new players and old ones. We recommend that you spend some time looking through the promotions they run under the “special” tab under multi table tournaments.
Party Poker Deposit & Withdrawal Options
Deposit Options: VISA, MasterCard, Paysafe card, eps (Australia), WebMoney, Bancontact Mister Cash, iDeal, Laser card, Click & Buy, Click2Pay, Giro pay, ukash, Przleway24, DirectPay24, my citadel wallet, Poli, eWire, ELV Germany/Austria), Electronic Transfer (Canada), UsemyBank (Canada/U.K.), Switch/Solo/Maestro, Moneybookers, EntroPay, Neteller, bank wire transfer, bank transfer.
Withdrawal Options: VISA, Mastercard, WebMoney, Switch/Solo/Maestro, Electronic Transfer (Canada), Neteller, Click2Pay, Moneybookers, bank wire transfer, my citadel wallet, bank transfer, checks by mail, checks by courier.
Party Poker Customer Service
For a cardroom of this size, their customer service leaves a little to be desired. They offer both email and phone support. Email support can sometimes take a frustratingly long time, and they don't always answer your question. The fact that they have phone support is nice, but some of the agents are not as helpful as you'd hope.
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