Games
Offered Rating
8
Party Poker offers
three different types of poker games : Texas Holdem , Omaha (high and lo), along
with 7 card stud (high and lo). They offer all these games for “ real ” and “
play ” money. Their “ real ” money tables start as low as 50cent-$1, all the way
up to $10-$20. Along with their “Party Poker Millions” tournaments, they also
have real money and play money tournaments going all day. The one drawback is
that all tournaments are only 10 player tournaments. I would like to see them
larger, real money tournaments where more people can register and play because
this would create bigger prize pools.
Limits and Rake
Party Poker offer
limits from $0.5/$1 right trough to $15/30. At an initial glance the rake for
the $0.5/$1 game does not look that attractive when you consider a maximum of
10% can be taken out of a pot. However, this could offer quite good value since
no rake is taken until the pot reaches $5. One thing I can say is the rake
for the $1/$2 game certainly is good value. A maximum of 5% can be taken out of
each pot, but the pot is not raked until it reaches $20. This is very
generous relative to other sites. For higher limit games the rake at Party poker is similar
to most other sites.
Player
Traffic Rating 9
I personally think that Party Poker is one of
the loosest sites on the net. They do a lot of advertising all over the web and
I believe that attracts a lot of first time poker players. First time poker
players are the key to making money at an online poker room. I have been fairly
successful playing at Party Poker and their client base of new players keeps on
growing. They are a very busy site with tons of action at all limits. They
usually have at least one big game going all the time and plenty of smaller
limit games running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All in all, Party Poker is one of
the best sites to make money at whether it’s winning
at the tables or making free money through all their promotions.
Promotions Rating 10
Party Poker is the
king of giving away free money to its players. You get a 20% bonus on any amount
of money you deposit into your poker playing account. You also get a free $50 if
you refer a friend and they make a deposit at Party Poker. Now get this, Party
Poker will pay you 10% annual interest on the money you have in your account
over $100. Let’s say you have $2000 in your account at all times over the year,
then you will receive a total of $200, for free, paid to you in monthly
installments. Check it out at their web page, its even better than it sounds.
Along with all the free money their giving away, they have other promotions to
attract players. They are currently offering seats in their “Party Poker
millions” tournament where the winner get a cool $1.5 million. If you sign up
after clicking on my banner, you will receive a free entry into the "Party Poker
Millions" tournament. There’s so much stuff, you really need to go to their
website and check out all they have to offer, its amazing!
Playability Rating 8
The software at Party Poker runs very
smoothly and is very pleasing to the eye. However, many of the features
found at other sites are missing. For example you cannot make player notes on
your opponents, there is no % pre-flop and you can not tell how many people are
logged on and playing. Maybe I am being too harsh, but I like these features.
Major advantages in playing at Party Poker include getting a 20% bonus on any
amount of money you deposit into your poker playing account. You also get a free
$50 if you refer a friend and they make a deposit at Party Poker, and
better still Party Poker will pay you 10% annual interest on the money you have
in your account over $100
Customer
Service/Site
Security Rating 8
The Customer Service at this site is
used to be first class and very professional. The online floor person was ready
to assist your needs 24/7. However, in recent times the quality of person
answering your questions has slipped. Often it can be a bit of a waste of
time as questions are not dealt with properly. Emailing support might be a
better solution as emails are dealt with promptly.
This site is doing well, it is the second
largest online poker room in terms of traffic. There has been no indication of
any impending problems at all. To back this up the player traffic is more than
enough to sustain this site.
