Overall: 7.0 Play Now Visit Party Poker Party Poker offers an exclusive 100% bonus for TheFlop players up to $500 on first deposit. Use bonus code THEFLOP. Party Poker had been the market leader in the online poker industry, but it lost its top position in 2006 when they banned American players, and a strong decline began after the American Gambling Law had taken effect. The site was not able to recover since. Maybe this new bonus is another attempt to do so. Nowadays, they operate a casino and other games as well. The software is stable and easy-to-play. The players are regularly offered new bonuses and free money.

Ratings Overall 7.0 First Deposit Bonus 7 Promotions 7 Loyalty Bonus 7 Ease of Competition 7 Software & Graphics 7 Payment Methods 7 Player Traffic 7 Financial Security 7 Support 7 Gaming Variety 7

First Deposit Bonus

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Party Poker introduced a fantastic new 100% bonus for the first deposit up to $500 (bonus code THEFLOP). You can also choose a $25 fix bonus if you deposit at least $50 (bonus code TF25). The $500 bonus is released in four increments, and you need to collect 5 poker points for each dollar of the bonus. In case of the $25 bonus you need to play 125 raked hands to release it. Party Poker’s registration bonuses are the most easy to clear for micro limit players. A raked hand is a hand where the pot reaches $1.

Promotions

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Party Poker still runs lots of good promotions. Each year they organize their own big live tournament, the Party Millions. There are several different promotions for regular players, based on raked hands. The site gives away free money and bonuses which are usually personally offered for each player and tailored for their needs. 

Loyalty Bonus

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Reload bonuses and free money givaways are common. Party Poker has a point system too, in which you can collect points after each hand. Points can be converted into tournament buy-ins or directly into cash in the shop, and your VIP level is also defined by the points. Those players, who are collecting at least 5000 points in a month will be the members of the Palladium Lounge VIP club. The members can enjoy great promotions, like the 24/7 VIP support, customized promotions, which means you can get what you want, and as you want it, free withdrawing, and higher deposit limit. The rewards are even more impressive when you qualify to join the Palladium Lounge Elite: more then 45% return, exclusive Elite events, like snowboard trip, or other adventures, chance to represent PartyPoker.com on live TV events. You can become an Elite member if you collect at least 300 000 points in a year, and at least 75 000 points quarterly. Fortune Poker

Ease of Competition

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Party Poker was able to maintain the loose and profitable games for the past years, with the continuously arriving newcomers and gamblers, who would like to have fun. This is also true for the medium stakes. You can find easy-to-beat opponents at the $2/$4 no limit tables and $5/$10 limit tables, while on other poker sites you can expect tough competition at these levels.

Player Traffic

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In October 2006 Party Poker lost its market leader position with the ban of the American players. Besides this, it still generates significant volume at the cash game tables, while its tournament volume is still one of the highest. The volume of fix limit tournaments is exceptionally significant.

Software & Graphics

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Party Poker’s software was one of the very first softwares on the market, and they constantly improve it. The website, the client and the software was fully renewed in 2008. The new client and the graphics of the tables improved a lot, the software is easy-to-play, user friendly, and recently they included numerous functions, which had not been available in previous versions. Some of these are just ordinary functions, like the Players/Flop ratio in the lobby at the table selection section (only Hands/Hour and Average Pot Size was available earlier), or our statistics at the current table. Most of the new features and settings that make the game easier, and are especially useful for multitabling. The software is stable, there are no technical problems. You can download the software for Mac, PC and Linux, and there is a Flash version also for instant play. It is very useful, that the tables are easily resizeable to whatever size you want. The auto resize function makes a layout on the screen of all the open tables, so you can see them all at once. On the whole, the software is good, stable and player friendly.

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Payment Methods

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Both VISA and Moneybookers are available for deposits and cashouts. You have to withdraw the exact amount you deposited with each payment method, but for your winnings you can choose without restrictions.

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Gaming Variety

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You can play several game types on Party Poker, and you can find opponents in most of the games. There are Hold’em, Omaha hi and hi/low, Seven Card Stud hi and hi/low games. There are full ring, shorthanded and heads-up tables. You can choose from fix limit, no limit and pot limit games. Most of the players are concentrated to micro limit Hold’em games.

Support

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Party Poker’s support is very good, especially the 24-hour telephone support. They answer your call very often within one minute, and they are well informed and prepared for most of the queries.

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Financial Security

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One of the biggest poker sites, with which there has never been any problems.