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Party Poker

4.2
Editors rating 4.5
Player's rating 3.8
Party Poker is the Biggest
Biggest room with crowds of players. Play and win!
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Sign up and receive 20% up to $100 on your first deposit!
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System Requirements
 
Windows
Windows (all)

Download size: Approx 3.1MB

Bonus Terms and Conditions
 
You can use our special bonus codes to get 2 kinds of bonuses:

- 20% up to $100 Extra on First Deposit with bonus code PN100
- Deposit $25 and get $25 free - 100% bonus with bonus code PN25

 

Promotions
 
This month

- High Flier Jet Promo. Live the life of luxury by winning a prize in this incredible tournament. First place wins a $125,000 value package consisting of 25 hours private jet use. This tournament has a $600,000 guarantee. Qualify now for as little as $5+$1 or buy-in directly for $250+$20.

- European WSOP. Win an expenses paid package to this festival in Vienna, Austria in March 2006. Satellites run every day to each main satellite on Thursdays.

- Canadian Poker Championships. Win a package to this superb event in the Bahamas in the Caribbean from January 29th to February 4th 2006. Satellites and sub-qualifiers running now.

$5,000 New Player Freeroll. Each month new depositing players get the chance to play in a $5,000 guaranteed freeroll tournament.

- Poker Den. Test your nerve against some of the toughest players in a real life B&M environment. Broadcast LIVE on UK television, Party Poker qualifiers play for real money, not chips. The whole package is worth $15,300. Qualify directly via super satellites for $937+$0, sit & go satellites from $94+$0 or multi table satellites from $10+$1.

On going promotions:

- Get 20% up to $100 Extra on First Deposit
- Deposit $25 and get $25 free - 100% bonus.
- The Steps Challenge. Win your way to $9,000 for as little as $11 by taking the 5 steps to the final table, players can buy-in at any step. Multi-table steps and single table steps are available.
- Friday Special. A very popular tournament held every Friday at 10pm at Party. The $200+$15 buy-in makes for a very large prize fund.
- Super Weekday. Buy-in directly for $150+$12 or qualify through single and multi-table satellites for this popular tournament with an excellent prize fund. The tournament is held Monday - Thursday at 9pm EST.
- $200k Guaranteed Saturday. Every Saturday at 10pm, one of the most populated tournaments on Party Poker. Buy-in directly for $200+$15 or qualify through satellites for as little as $9+$1
- The Party Poker Million. Win your seat for the next Party Poker Million at Party Poker. Known worldwide as one of the biggest poker events during the calender year, this is a must for all poker players.

Poker Games Offered
 
Texas Hold'em (Pot limit, no limit and fixed limit) Omaha High, Omaha 8 or better, Seven Card Stud, Stud 8 or better


Limits and Rake
 

Party Poker offers limits from $0.5/$1 right trough to $30/$60. The rakes for various limits are presented below.

 
Limit Number of players Pot size Rake
$0.50/$1.00 2-10 $5 $0.50
and $1/$2 2-10 $20 $1.00
$2/$4 2-3 $20 $1.00
thru 4-5 $20 $1.00
$10/$20 6-10 $40 $2.00
$10/$20 6-10 $20 $1.00
$10/$20 6-10 $40 $2.00
$10/$20 6-10 $60 $3.00
$15/$30 2-3 $40 $1.00
thru 4-5 $40 $1.00
$30/$60 6-10 $70 $2.00
$30/$60 6-10 $40 $1.00
$30/$60 6-10 $70 $2.00
$30/$60 6-10 $100 $3.00


The rake at this room is pretty stock standard. This online poker room did offer better value for the lower limit games, but is now the standard 5 per cent, capped at $3 for the medium limit games. For the lower limit games a max of $1 for $1/$2 games and 50 cents for $0.5/$1 games is taken out of the pot. However, this is only taken if the pot reaches $20 and $5 respectively, which is not a bad deal. For higher limit games Party Poker offers pretty good value with significantly less than 5 per cent taken out of each pot.

Player Traffic
 
Party Poker is the largest poker room on the internet, there is no waiting around for games to begin, the sheer volume of player traffic means there is always someone willing to take a seat at almost every level and for every poker variation. With heavily funded advertisement campaigns and thousands of affiliates across the web, Party continues to keep a strangle hold on a large percentage of the online poker market.


Playability

There are plenty of options at Party Poker to help make your playing environment suit your taste, you can remove the icon images if you prefer, add notes on players for future reference as well as view general table stats such as average pot sizes. As you would expect from a large poker room, there are many stake levels available for players to choose from, making Party an excellent choice for the beginner online poker player.

Also you can find an extensive guide to PartyPoker in our Poker Strategy section - How To Play at PartyPoker

Deposit options
 
There are many funding options available at Party Poker, players can choose from the following:

Visa; MasterCard; eChecks; FPS epassport; Global Calling Card; NETeller; FirePay; Citadel; Wire Transfer; Inter-Account Transfers.

Software and Extra Features
 
Software

Party Poker have developed their software to become an industry leader over the years. Even with up to 70,000 players online at peak periods, the software performs perfectly. Both lobby and tables are easy on the eye and quite simple to navigate. iGlobalMedia supply the software for Party Poker, one of the leaders in online gaming since 1997.

Extra Features

Blackjack. Party Poker has now included the popular casino game of Blackjack, available via the poker tables.

Party Points - During real money play at Party Poker, players can accumulate points for special bonuses such as: entry into freerolls, priority support answering and Patry Poker merchandise. The more points players collect the better these bonuses become.

Player Notes - An easy to use, excellent notes facility is in place at Party.

Buddy List - Keep a look out for players using the Party buddy list, fast and user friendly.

Hand History Logs - A good way to keep track of your play is to study your hand history. Party provide excellent hand history information in the lobby.

Create A Private Table - Set the password and the table will be up and running. Great for online friends to meet up and play amongst themselves privately.

Video/Audio Options - A whole host of options are available for players here. Avatars can be turned on and off as can different sound effects. Customise the poker room the way you want to play it.
 

Customer Service
 
No problems here, an online floor person is available 24 hours a day, although it can take a few minutes to get a response due to the number of players Party handles. Email support is always dealt with swiftly and is a good option is you don't require urgent assistance.

 
I was first introduced to Party poker whilst in my "search" for the site that suited me best. This was one of the first sites I played, and although I found it easy to maneuver within, my full impression was not overwhelming.
Pros: Lots of people, new players generally start here due to advertising
Cons: Lots of people, cheesy cartoon people at table

I really don't know what can be said about Party Poker apart from the fact that you'll either love it or hate it. I know where I sit in this scale but I will try and not influence any others.

Pros: advertising creates lots of action, big wins
Cons: too much action, bad beats, big losses

My favorite place to play right now is PartyPoker. What I like most about this site is the amount of action produced by their advertising. It's amazing that the pros and cons contradict one another. I guess it all depends on if you're winning on PartyPoker or...