Party Poker Review
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Review Content:
- Summary / Overview
- Software and Graphics
- Games and Traffic
- Tournaments
- Deposit - Cashouts
- Support
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Other information
| Name | Party Poker |
| Address | www.partypoker.com |
| Started | 2001 |
| Land | Gibraltar |
| Network | Party Poker |
| Software | 13.5 mb |
| Support | info@partypoker.com |
| Phone | 1-800-852-4719 |
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Overview
Party Poker is the world’s biggest online poker room. It is big not just in terms of the volume of traffic it can handle, but also in terms of the cash games and tournaments available. The site accepts all currencies, but transacts only in US Dollars.
Party Poker is part of PartyGaming, which is one of the topmost online gambling companies today. It has been around since 1997, and has brands in the following areas of online gambling besides poker – bingo, casino, and backgammon. At Party Poker, you also get to play Blackjack along with the different poker games available.
Party Poker operates under a license from the Alderney Gambling Control Commission and is regulated by the Government of Gibraltar. The focus at Party Poker is to provide a fun as well as secure environment to online poker enthusiasts so they can indulge themselves in the wide range of games we have on offer.
To gamble at Party Poker, you must register with the poker room and open an account here. Party Poker does not accept players from the U.S. because of the legislation in that country pertaining to online gambling.
Being a part of the PartyGaming network, Party Poker gives you the opportunity to try out other games besides poker by clicking on the links to the other PartyGaming sites on the home page.
Software and Graphics
The software that Party Poker uses is the PartyGaming system, which is privately-developed and is secure and stable. It has cross-platform compatibility, i.e., you can use it on Macs, PCs, as well as computers running on Linux. This is one of the reasons for the popularity of the site among players globally.
The Party Poker software comes in multiple languages – 13 in all. The software and the games that run on it have been tested by an independent tester for gaming and betting applications and devices, called iTech Labs. The Party Poker software allows multi-table play software also uses 128-bit encryption technology from Thawte Security to ensure total security and confidentiality for your personal data.
The graphics at Party Poker are nothing to write home about in terms of glitziness. However, they serve their purpose and that is what finally counts. It uses different color schemes for different activities/events at the tables. There are avatars in the form of animated characters available, something which has had varying reactions from players, from welcome distraction to a nuisance.
Games and Traffic
The Party Poker games are available in downloadable as well as instant play format, meaning you can play directly at the site or download the software to your computer and play at leisure.
At Party Poker, you can choose from a range of games – Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Seven Card Stud, and also Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo. You can play the games available at Party Poker in three formats – Fixed Limit, Pot Limit, and No Limit. You can also play the Bad Beat Jackpot Tables, where the stakes vary for Limit Hold’em, from $2/$4 straight up to $15/30.
The stakes for each of these formats vary. The stake for No Limit and Pot Limit games start from $0.02/$0.04 and go up to $25/$50. For the Fixed Limit games, the stake starts at $0.05/$0.10 and goes right up to $100/$200.
Party Poker had the highest traffic volumes in the world earlier. This has come down slightly after the site’s decision not to allow U.S. players, but it still boasts of some of the highest traffic volumes in an online poker room. At peak time, you could see up to 60,000 players at the different Party Poker tables. During this time, you may see up to 50,000 players participating in tournaments.
Tournaments
At Party Poker, you can participate in a number of tournaments. These tournaments are basically categorized into two types: scheduled tournaments and Sit & Go tournaments. Sit & Go tournaments kick off as soon a table has the minimum number of players required. These tournaments occur 24x7, and there is no schedule for them. Scheduled tournaments, as the name suggests, have fixed schedules, and require prior registration.
The tournaments at Party Poker are both single-table as well as multi-table. The tournaments are also categorized as regular and special. Most regular tournaments are usually No Limit Hold’em events, though there are also some Limit and Seven-Card Stud events. Buy-ins for these tournaments are available 24x7, and can be as less as $5 and as high as $100.
The special tournaments available include Speed Tournaments, which have the unique feature of an accelerated structure for blind play. Most of the special tournaments are usually satellite events that allow the winner to participate in bigger tournaments, such as the Million Dollar Guaranteed.
All single table tournaments at Party Poker have 10 players, and the prize money is shared by the top three players in a 50:30:20 ratio.
Deposit - Cashouts
Party Poker uses the Pay-Pro cashier system to address all transaction requirements at the site. You can use the currency of your choice, as the site accepts all currencies. However; it carries out all its transactions only in US Dollars. You can deposit money into your Party Poker account using one of the standard transaction methods available at the site.
The deposit options available at Party Poker include VISA and MasterCard, NETeller, IGMPay, Citadel, FirePay, bank drafts, wire transfers, cashier’s checks, money orders, and eChecks. Withdrawal options include wire transfers, NETeller, eChecks by IGMPay, and regular checks.
Support
At Party Poker, you can also avail 24x7 customer support. Customer support is telephone-based and e-mail based. The site does not offer a live chat for you when it comes to customer support. The response time for e-mail based support is not as fast as it is in some of the other online poker rooms.