Summary

Part Poker is one of the world’s largest poker sites; they opened their poker room in 2001 right around the time that online poker was first introduced. Since then they’ve seen an amazing growth in players, this has allowed them to offer some of the best promotions, tournaments and cash games with great loyalty rewards and bonuses to match.

Sign Up Bonus

The sign up bonus at Party Poker isn’t the largest in the industry but it’s unique and rewarding. You get a 100% match bonus up to $/€/£100 when you make your first deposit. You will have 60 to clear the bonus, whatever the currency. If you play in dollars you must earn six times the bonus amount in Party Points; Euros: you must earn eight times the bonus amount in Party Points and Sterling: you must earn nine times the bonus amount in Party Points.

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Promotions

Party Poker has the one of the biggest selection of promotions in the world; you’ll find all the promotions are great value for money with massive cash pool prizes up for grabs. There are too many to list here but the biggest one is the weekly $300K Guaranteed Sunday’s where players can battle is out for a share of $300k Guaranteed.

Tournaments

Multi-Table Tournaments and Sit & Go’s are very popular at Party Poker, there are games virtually running every minute. The buy-in’s start from just $1 and go all the way up to $800; you can play these tournaments in regular, shoot out, speed and rebuy. Many satellite qualifiers are available and each month they offer over $100,000 in freerolls.

Game Variety

A super selection of games are offered by Party Poker, they have more then enough game variations to get the regular poker player happy. Check out the list below to see what’s available.

NL Texas Hold’em – Stakes ($2c/$4c to $25/$50)

FL Texas Hold’em – Stakes ($5c/$10c to $250/$500)

PL Texas Hold’em – Stakes ($10c/$25c to $10/$20):

FL Omaha, and Hi-Lo – Stakes ($50c/$1 to $30/$60)

PL Omaha, and Hi-Lo – Stakes ($10c/$0.25 to $25/$50)

7 Card Stud, and Hi-Lo – Stakes ($50c/$1 to $30/$60)

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Traffic

Party Poker is an independent poker room meaning they use there own network, during peak times there’s around 60,000 players online. The traffic is varied so you will find a mix of low to high stakes games. About 3 quarters of these players can be found in the multi-table tournaments while the rest are either playing cash games or Sit & Go’s.

Competition

The competition at Party Poker is varied; in the low to mid stakes games you will find plenty of fish that are very aggressive with flop percentages can reach as high as 100%. As you move up the limits players are much tighter and the games can be allot tougher; you can expect the flop percentages to be around 20% on these limits.

Software

Party Poker’s software is brilliant, the graphics are crisp and we think you’ll find the in game features adequate. The lobby is well designed and easy to navigate and in game play is great. Players can chat, add buddies, take notes, add a custom avatar, change the table layout and all the tables are resizable plus they scale down to a tee.

Loyalty Rewards

Whenever you play cash games or tournaments at Party Poker you are rewarded with PP’s. Whilst playing cash games you receive 2 PP’s for every $1 in rake and for tournaments and Sit & Go’s you get 2 PP’s for every $1 in fees paid. You can use your PP’s to purchase merchandise from the Party Poker Store, get entry to big-money tournaments, gift certificates and cash.

Support

Contacting the Party Poker support team is easy; they have email support as well as telephone chat. Email responses can sometimes be slow but the level of support is great, if you need direct support then toll free telephone chat is the best option available. There’s also a handy FAQ page so you might want to check that out first.

Deposit & Cash out Methods

Deposit: Visa, Visa Electron, MasterCard, Switch, Solo, Maestro, PayPal, Neteller, Moneybookers, Ukash, Paysafecard, Entropay, Western Union, UseMyBank, Click2Pay, My Citadel Wallet, ClickandBuy, WebMoney, Instant Banking, Bank Transfer and Bank Wire Transfer.

Cash Out: Visa Electron, MasterCard, Switch, Solo, Maestro, PayPal, Neteller, Moneybookers, Bank Transfer, Click2Pay, Entropay and Check.