Party Poker Review

www.partypoker.com Party Poker is one of the biggest online poker websites in the world, with a huge amount of players, great bonuses and promotions and a recent redesign which has bought it bang up to date. Since they extracted themselves from the US market in 2006, Party Poker have overcome their minor bumps and are now once again a fully-fledged serious operator, attracting more than 3,000 cash players a day to make them the third most visited Poker operator in the world. They also recently acquired the World Poker Tour, and this alongside their vigorous PR and marketing campaign has ensured players have returned to the site in their droves, despite the lack of US traffic.

Party Poker is built on its own proprietary software and as such, gameplay has a sharper than average design with some great features, such as hand history, note taking and statistics. You can run up to 12 tables at once with complete confidence in the software, whose redevelopment has led to it being one of the fastest and sharpest clients on the market. The download is compatible with PCs, Apple Macs and Linux systems, so suitable for all.

The Party Poker site itself has a smart, forest green theme and is simple to navigate and clean looking. They have numerous tutorials and play guides, including a very useful video section with tips, hints, training exercises and analysis sections. They also have a lively blog too, with witty and interesting articles not just about poker and tournaments but also current affairs and celebrity news. Downloading the software is relatively straight forward although if you are on a shared computer network you may find you need administration permission to run it.

In terms of gameplay, they offer Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha, Omaha Hi Lo, 7 Card Stud and many more, all of which will have a generous amount of players at any time of day. Also, as Party Poker are known for having a strong team of pro’s on their team, you could end up playing with the likes of Mike Sexton or Tony G! Experienced players may like to know that play is soft however, with weak to medium skilled players, which can often be frustrating for higher stakes players. However, this is the kind of audience attracted to PP across the world, making it ideal for the newcomer or developing player more so than the pro. The size of PP means they are able to offer a host of promotions, and they frequently offer free rolls alongside generous cash prizes, giveaways which include cars, holidays and entries into VIP poker leagues, plus a wide variety of welcome packages which vary from month to month.

All in all, PP offers impressive gameplay, great variety and tons of players – and providing you are on a similar level to them you are bound to find fun here at Party Poker.

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Pros & Cons

Pros.

Huge tournaments and players, plus varied gameplay
Impressive free rolls and bonuses
Great Loyalty Points Scheme
Superb gameplay software

Cons.

Some players can be weaker, and a fair few fish about. Competition often seen as soft.
Not as well geared up for the high stakes player who is looking for a challenge.

Party poker details

Ring Games offered:	Texas Hold ‘Em (all varieties), Omaha, Omaha Hi Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi Lo, Blackjack.
Ring Game stakes:	From $0.05 up to $500
Tournaments offered:	Regular, Single, multi table, Private, Sit n Go, Satellite, Special, Heads Up.
Tournaments buy-ins:	$1 to over $1,000
Party Poker Payment Methods:	VISA, MasterCard, Paysafe card, WebMoney, Bancontact Mister Cash, iDeal, Laser card, Click & Buy, Click2Pay, Giro pay, ukash, Przleway24, DirectPay24, My Citadel Wallet, Poli, eWire, Electronic Transfer (Canada), UsemyBank, Switch/Solo/Maestro, Skrill, EntroPay, Neteller, bank wire transfer.

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