Party Poker

History

PartyPoker is one of the oldest names in the online poker industry having leapt to the forefront of the market in the late 1990s. PartyPoker has remained in place as a leading company ever since. Thanks to its continued success, PartyPoker has become an integral part of the largest online gambling company in the world, which has shares traded on the London Stock Exchange. As an indication of how enduringly popular this poker room has been, PartyPoker’s software has been downloaded over 30 million times.

Reputation

PartyPoker is held in high esteem by online poker players not only for offering exemplary service, but also for having a relatively soft player pool in tournaments and low-stakes cash play. As a part of a large gambling group, PartyPoker often plays host to online casino, sports betting and bingo players who want to give poker a go. This often leads to a high concentration of novice players at low stakes and allows for some easy winnings to be picked up. If you’re for more challenging poker games you can easily find them on PartyPoker simply by moving up from the ultra-low and low stakes.

Software and Graphics

PartyPoker’s small, lightweight software download is quick to install and allows you to get almost instant access to the busy online poker tables. Using the software to navigate tables, you’ll have the option of either manually selecting a game to play or using the automatic seat-finder to put get straight into the action.

The seat-finder function searches the tables based on your preference for stake, variety of poker, whether you want a ring, SNG or tournament and the number of free seats available. The software will then either automatically seat you at an applicable table or show a list of suitable games.

Although the PartyPoker software is starting to show its age graphically, the low processing demand that it places on a computer means that it is easy to multi-table without running the risk of suffering a computer fault; this is not something that can be said for some of the more graphically-intensive poker rooms in the industry.

Poker Game Varieties

All of the major varieties of poker are offered at PartyPoker, including the market-leading No Limit Texas Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha\Omaha Hi-Lo. There is also Limit and Pot Limit Texas Hold’em, along with Seven Card Stud. All of the games are available for practice play, ring games, SNGs and tournaments. Along with the regular poker games on offer, PartyPoker also feature their innovative Double Hold’em game.

Sign-up Bonus and Reward Scheme

PartyPoker have been noffering one of the best sign-up bonuses in the industry for a a long time, with a 100% bonus up for grabs up to the value of $500. Along with this sign-up bonus the site also runs regular freerolls, offers cut-price high stakes SNG tables and runs regular competitions where you can win seats at national and international poker tournaments.

PartyPoker also runs the PartyPoints reward scheme where players of all skills and stakes can earn points that entitle them to tournament entries, rakebacks, bonus codes, and special prizes.