Party Poker at one time was the largest online poker room in the world; despite slipping from this reigning position they still remain one of the biggest poker rooms in the world today. A substantial number of regular players, attractive promotions and variety of games combine to create an excellent online poker room.
Games: Party Poker offers the usual options of Texas Hold’em, Omaha Hi/Lo, Pot Limit Omaha, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo. Buy-ins range from $1 all the way to $5000 and more. Party Poker also offers its own speed poker variant called FastForward Poker.
Traffic: A daily average of 1,100 players at any given time ensure the site has a steady level of poker action at any time of the day, even at off-peak times. There is an attractive choice of consistently easy games, allowing players to increase their winnings without straining themselves too much.
Promotions & Bonuses: New players are offered £20 free with first deposit of £10. Party Poker also offers a 100% up to $50 first deposit bonus. The bonus releases at a rate of 8 Party Points for every $1 in bonus, which expires after 60 days. Players can work their way up though Party Poker’s ten different VIP levels, including Bronze, Silver, Gold and Palladium Loyalty Levels (collect points to earn rewards) by earning Party Points. Party Points are credited to your account right away for all real-money play and your balance is updated whenever you leave. Party Poker offers players a 2nd Chance First Bet (the idea being, if a first bet is unsuccessful, a player can win a £5 or £10 free bet).
Tournaments: 70 tournaments are evenly spread throughout the week offering $475,000 in guaranteed prizes. Saturdays bring tournaments in Omaha, Hyper Turbos, 6 Max with $1 buy-ins, and Sundays have guaranteed prize pools of over $200,000. The site’s Pokerfest is an impressive schedule of 80 tournaments bringing with them over $2.5 million in guaranteed prize pools for the winners.
Software: Software on Party Poker is simple to install and use. It includes option of 1 Click Lobby (whereby players can quickly access their game in just one click). A recent software redesign has added a lot of pleasing new features, including clearer graphics, a live-action preview, customized avatars and improved multi-tabling options. Multi-tabling is a particularly impressive on Party Poker with support for play at 12 tables simultaneously.
Banking: Easy deposit options and guarantee fast cash outs. All payment processing transactions are transmitted by and stored in secure, proprietary cashier system.
Customer Service: Party Poker offers players the usual options exist of email, live online chat and telephone, and responses are fairly quick and knowledgable.
Conclusion: A poker site with excellent software, soft competition and good promotions. Party Poker is designed for the recreational player so might not appeal to the high stakes poker fans out there, but it’s definitely worth checking out for its impressively features.
Verdict: 8/10
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