Background

Launched in 2001, Party Poker is run by PartyGaming, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange. Through aggressive marketing, they were able to quickly build a strong, growing player community. At Party Poker, players can expect great tournament variety and enough new players to cause the competition to be loose, providing plentiful opportunity to earn if you have the skills.

Promotions & Bonuses

Party Poker offers many great promotions, special events, an excellent loyalty program and a membership-referral program. Although the sign up bonus is not as good as on some other sites, it has good ongoing offers.

Competition & Traffic

Party Poker attracts many first time poker players through its web and TV advertising, so there is a good chance to find weak competition, especially at the lower levels. Even at mid-limit games this is true, where many other poker rooms will offer tough opposition at these stakes. At higher level games they do get tougher as expected however there are still opportunities to play players of a lower standard.

Party Poker has been in the top 3 online poker rooms in the world for player traffic, with massive player volume in both cash games and tournaments. Real-money player statistics show 9000 ring-game players and 60000 tournament players during peak times. The large player population and lots of rooms means there is no shortage of opportunities to play.

Software

Party Poker software runs on Mac, PC or Linux, making it the most versatile out there. The graphics and sound are not the most appealing but you will find the usual tools including hand history, player notes, and statistics. Players can enjoy other games such as casino games, bingo, betting and backgammon from the same Party Poker account.

Games Available

Party Poker offers many of the more popular games such as Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha hi/lo, 7 Card Stud and 7 Card Stud hi/lo. Limit, no limit and pot limit games are available as are sit & go and scheduled tournaments.

Customer Support

The support at Party Poker is offered 24 hours, 7 days via e-mail and phone. The response is quick and accurate over the phone, but it can take up to 24 hours for e-mail response.