#7 - PartyPoker.com (8.9) REVIEW

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Party Poker
OVERALL: 8.9
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SERVICE: 8
Party Poker is a leader in service among the online poker sites. They have a live host that allows you to chat with a real person in real time around the clock. This is one of the best features an online poker site can have. It is comforting to know that if you ever have a problem it will be fixed immediately and you'll never have to wait for emailed responses.

GAME SELECTION: 10
Party Poker has a wide array of poker games at their site. They have limit, pot-limit, and no-limit Texas Holdem, Omaha, and Omaha Hi/Lo. They have 7 Card Stud, as well as 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo. They have single table, two table & 3 table Sit & Go's. They have several large multi-table tournaments every hour. They have a brand new "Steps" tournament system (where a $10 buy-in can become $100,000 six single table games later). They also have lots of other exciting games such as "Bad Beat Tables" where a bad beat can leave you $50,000+ richer. Party Poker is just an all around awesome room. When I'm bored I jump on one of the Black Jack tables and try my luck (thats right, Party even offers Black Jack). When I'm feeling lucky I play the progressive jackpot tables where a Royal Flush will win you a few hundred thousand dollars. Limit games range from $0.5/1 to $30/60 and NL games from $25 NL to $1000 NL.

GRAPHICS: 10


GAME PLAY: 9
Party Poker has good game play. The software opens quickly, the table windows are fast loading, and tournament statistics are refreshed in real time. It is also very rare to ever be disconnected while playing here, which is very important, especially for high-limit players where one disconnection could be costly. This site also has an extremely fast dealer, which is a huge plus (you get to see way more hands per hour this way).

PLAYERS: 10
Party Poker is used to be an extremely loose site with tons of fish, but lately the callibre of play at Party has improved. Is it as tough as Poker Stars? No, definetly not. But players don't go all in preflop every hand like they once did. I'd say Party is about middle of the pack for players, which these days (thanks to poker on television) is awesome.
PLAY MONEY: 5
Party Poker has a fairly poor selection of play money tables. Play money is much more competitive here then at other sites, and there is even a few high-limit play money tables filled with very strong players! Play money is so competitive here that it reguarly gets sold on eBay for ridiculous prices. There are, however, no multi-table play money tournaments here.

INTERFACE USABILITY: 9
Party Poker has one of the best interfaces out there. I play as many as 6 cash tables at a time, and have never had the problem of accidently clicking the wrong button, etc.

EASE OF ACCESS: 10
Party Poker is one of the easiest poker sites to get started with. Click HERE to download the software onto your computer, press "Install", and then follow the easy step-by-step instructions provided and you're good to go. Total time needed: 3 to 5 minutes!

CASHIER: 10
Party Poker has a great cashier - and makes it very easy to deposit and withdraw money from the site. Deposit options: VISA, MasterCard, NETeller, FirePay, Western Union, Citadel, eChecks, bank draft, cashier's check, money order, check. Cash out options: NETeller, wire transfer, check, eChecks. Minimum deposit is $50.

PROMOTIONS: 7
Party Poker always has good promotions for their players. These include...
Deposit Bonuses:
Click HERE to receive a 20% deposit bonus up to $100.
Click HERE to receive a $25 deposit bonus.