Party Poker

Party Poker Summary

Party Poker has been around since 2001 and for a long time was the number one online poker site in terms of traffic, game quality and player promotions. In 2006 Party Poker stopped accepting players based in America, which at the time contributed hugely to the Party Poker “player pool” which lead to a demise in juicy games and higher stakes action dried up. Although Party Poker still remains the largest Non US poker site. Whilst Party Poker isn’t the juggernaught it once was (PokerStars took their place) they still offer a great site for European players to play in some of the softest poker games online.

Party Poker Traffic

Party Poker is the largest European stand alone poker site. Both cash games and tournaments see a huge amount of players connected to the software around the clock. Regardless of the time you hit Party’s virtual felt you will always find cash games running and tournaments starting. Unlike PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, which cater to the American market, the bigger tournaments start at European friendly times. In terms of actual numbers it isn’t unusual to find over 60,000 players connected at peak hours, which dwarfs the traffic of most online poker sites.

Party Poker Game Selection

Currently Party Poker offers a selection of Pot Limit, Fixed Limit, and No Limit games. Players can choose from Hold Em, Omaha in both the Hi, and the Hi/Lo variety, as well as both Seven Card Stud, and Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo. Party Poker offers poker games for every player regardless of the size of your bankroll. You will find ring games from $.02/.04 all the way up to $100/200 for every game. Sit and Go Tournaments and Multi Table Tournaments begin from $1 and go up to $1,000+

Party Poker Tournaments

Tournaments at Party Poker are excellent. Unlike the larger US focused sites European players are privvy to excellent structures and Euro friendly start times which means you won’t have to wait up till 01:00 to start a bigger tournament, although Party Poker does still run tournaments around the clock. Party offers a range of different tournament structures although most run with 15 minute blind levels which allows for a lot of play before the enevitable push/fold situations. In addition to standard tournaments Party Poker also hosts rebuy, shootout, bounty and heads up tournaments which make a change from the standard tournaments. Another excellent feature of Party Poker is that you can make deals at the final table, this feature is only available in certain tournaments and it will mention this in the lobby before registering if deal making is possible.

Party Poker Promotions And Bonuses

Party’s very own loyalty points system are called “partypoints” which you earn by playing real money hands at the cash tables or by participating in real money tournaments. As you acquire these points you move up “key levels” which allow you to earn additional bonuses on meeting requirements for each level. You can also spend your accumulated points in the partypoints store on a huge variety of items including cash and bonuses.

Party Poker Support

Party Poker only offers Email support at this time; however response time is very quick, usually within 30 minutes of emailing an inquiry. If you have a more pressing concern you can find phone numbers in the Party Poker help section. You can also find a FAQ section on the site which will help with most common technical problems.

Party Poker Deposit And Withdrawal Methods

You can deposit and withdraw money in to your Party Poker account using a wide selection of safe methods. Naturally the quickest and most popular deposit method is Credit/Debit card. Other deposit methods include; Neteller, Moneybookers and Paypal. Withdrawal speed is very quick, and you can expect to find debit card withdrawals back in your bank account within 3 working days and it isn’t uncommon to find E-Wallet withdrawals processed within 24 hours.