Party Poker Software

Party Poker has upgraded their software significantly and it is truly a great upgrade. The once very basic software has received a much needed facelift and Party Poker has delivered. Gone are the static avatars and basic design. Now players have a lot of control over their playing experience.

Players have a choice between the classic Party Poker software and their newer software. Those wishing to play the old-school software will notice few changes. The new table at Party Poker is green-felt with avatar/screen name blocks surrounding the table. Players can upload images to represent them at the table. There are 6 card backs to choose from as well as a four-color deck mode. Players can turn the avatars on and off at their leisure. Party Poker's note function includes a wrap-around feature and players also have a statistics screen, although the information presented here is very minimal. Players may toggle 3-color action buttons as well as keyboard shortcut keys for ease of action. A new slider for betting during NL cash games or tournaments plus bet-sizing options makes it easier to manipulate the right bet. Tables can be re-sized. A 1920x1200 monitor can easily support 12 re-sized tables with scant overlap. Players have access to their Hand Histories on table. The chat functions have been re-tooled with player given more control over what is displayed here as well as emoticons available for use.

Party Poker's lobby menus are clearly some of the best now. Players have a large variety of choices now. Players can select cash games from an info bar on the left of the lobby or filter through a large number of filters offered at the top of the menus. Players may also utilize Party Poker's "Quick Seat" to quickly bring up all of the types of tables they prefer to play. When players highlight a specific cash game table in the lobby menu they are given a live preview icon to help look at who is on a specific table. The cash game main menu displays "Players Seeing the Flop %", Average Pot size and Hands per Hour.

The option of playing Party Poker in both the old-style and new-style configurations are pretty impressive. Old-style players will be able to continue to play in their comfort zone. Those players who have thought Party Poker's software needed upgrading will be pleased with the new-style graphics, filters and functions.

Party Poker Traffic

Party Poker's stance on disallowing players from the United States from playing at the poker site has severely impacted their player traffic. Although they are still a large traffic site, they no longer are the largest site on the internet. Party Poker is attempting to expand their player base by targetting Europe and Southeast Asia. The numbers presented here are for cash game table traffic only and are provided by the website, PokerScout.com.

Party Poker Games

Party Poker has a wide variety of games, limits and buy-ins as well as SnGs and tournaments to choose from. Party Poker also hosts many jackpot tables.

Party Poker offers beginners Texas Holdem Tables in both fixed limit and no limit with stakes from $0.02/$0.04 to $1/$2. New real money players can play on these tables for 45 days after they have set up a real money account. The regular Hold'em tables have fixed limit stakes ranging from $0.02/$0.04 to $250/$500. No limit buy-ins range from NL2 to NL5000, while Pot Limit has buy-ins of PL25 to PL2000. Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo are available in both Fixed Limit and Pot Limit formats. The Fixed Limit stakes run from $0.50/$1 to $30/$60, while the Pot Limit buy-ins range from PL25 to PL2000. 7-Card Stud is available in Fixed Limit only and is both High-only and Hi/Lo with stakes of $0.50/$1 through $30/$60.

Party Poker offers many guaranteed prizepool tournaments, satellites and qualifiers for their bigger prizepool tournaments, many Player Point and standard freerolls, as well as freerolls for new members.

Party Poker has single table SnGs with buy-ins ranging from $1 to $530, as well as 20, 30 and 50 seat SnGs with buy-ins of $3 to $33. They are also the host of the Party Steps Tournaments, pioneering this form of SnG, where players can win their way up the steps to the pinnacle of the ladder and win upwards of $10,000 or even seats to the World Series of Poker.

Party Poker Promotions

Players who sign up and deposit with Party Poker through one of ITH's banners or links are entitled to Party Poker's initial deposit bonuses. Party Poker offers members of ITH two distinct bonuses:

100% up to $500/£500/€500
Players who would like to sign up for Party Poker and receive this bonus must enter bonus code ITHFGOUSD [or ITHFGOGBP for the £500 or ITHFGOEUR for the €500 options] when they make their first deposit. Minimum deposit is $25 [or £15 or €20] and players will receive a 100% bonus up to $500/£500/€500.

The bonus is broken down and delivered to you in 10 equal increments. You have 60 days to claim your bonus, whatever the currency. However, different currencies have different release restrictions. Players will need to earn 6 Party Points for each $1 in bonus [or 9 Party Points for each £1 in bonus or 8 Party Points for every €1].

Check out Party Poker's New Player Zone.

Free Gift Offer

Party Poker currently belongs to the Free Gift Offer at ITH. Players who open a real money account with Party Poker through one of ITH's links or banners and deposit a minimum of $50 are eligible for the Free Gift Offer. Players will need to deposit a minimum of $25 and accumulate a minimum of 50 Party Points to qualify for the Free Gift Offer.

After satisfying your requirements, simply go into the Free Gift Offer webpage and click on the "Finished the Requirements? Claim Now!" button and fill out the criteria to receive your free gift.

Restrictions: Players who have already opened a play money or real money account at Party Poker are not eligible for this offer. If you already have an account, opening up a new account with a different username does not make you eligible for the free book. This offer is exclusive to www.InternetTexasHoldem.com so you must use one of the links provided on this website. Accounts set up through other websites are not eligible for the free books. Please ensure that you follow the directions provided to ensure that you receive proper credit for the free gifts.

Sunday $200,000 Guarantee

Party Poker hosts a $200,000 Sunday No-limit Holdem Tournament at 1:30PM EST. Direct buy-in is $200+$15. Players can qualify through sub-qualifiers and satellites for as low as $3. Multiple entries to the $200,000 Guaranteed tournament will not be refunded. Winners of any $200,000 Qualifiers that finish after registration has closed for the $200,000 Guaranteed Tournament happening that week will be registered for the $200,000 Guaranteed Tournament happening the following week.

WPT Ireland

The world-renowned World Poker Tour is getting bigger - and that means a fantastic opportunity for you to guarantee yourself a starring role at a brand new destination.

The newest stop on the WPT calendar is Dublin and a high European player turn out and massive prize pool is expected at the main event that will run from 5th - 8th January.

Satellites run from November 7th through December 18th at Party Poker.

Party Poker wants to make sure you have the best possible chance to compete for the big money at this brand new tournament in this great destination so Party Poker has put together these fantastic WPT Ireland prize packages for you to play for every week.

Each $6,000 package includes:

$3,600 WPT Ireland main event buy-in

$1,400 spending money

Hotel accommodation including breakfast and dinner

Our world-renowned and excellent hospitality

Satellite are running daily as low as $1. Party Poker players can even win a seat to a sub qualifier by winning a seat through their daily freerolls. They can't make it any easier than this.

Winter Million

Party Poker is hosting the Winter Million on Sunday, February 5th, 2012 at 1:30PM EST. This event will take place for their regularly scheduled $200,000 Guarantee.

With a buy-in of $640+$40, the Million Dollar prizepool is almost assuredly going to be a huge draw for every player dreaming of a huge bankroll building payoff.

There are many avenues for securing your ticket to this huge event. Party Poker will be running daily satellites for as little as $1. They are also hosting daily country specific freerolls to give players on the short end of a bankroll an opportunity to play.

Satellites run from November 7th, 2011 through February 5th, 2012.

Aussie Millions 2012

Win your luxury package to January's Aussie Millions and Party Poker will send you Down Under to play for Australia's biggest poker prize - all for free.

Qualifiers for these dream trips kick off 21st November. Tournaments run every day, and there are satellites to suit both Australia-based players and players from the rest of the world.

The Aussie Millions main event runs from 22nd - 28th January 2012. Will you repeat the success of online qualifier Tyron Krost? He turned his Aussie Millions package into a first place finish - banking AUS$2 million for his efforts.

Satellites run from November 21st through January 8th.

Each $16,000 Prize Package includes:

$11,400 Aussie Millions main event buy-in

8 nights' accommodation at the Crown Promenade hotel - right next to the Crown Casino

$2,500 spending money.

Qualify for as little as $9 or freeroll your way in.

Party Poker has set up qualifiers for European players as well as Australian/New Zealand friendly timezones.

Australian player packages are worth $14,000 and include:

$11,400 Aussie Millions main event buy-in

8 nights' accommodation at the Crown Promenade hotel - right next to the Crown Casino

$500 spending money.

World Domination

Rule the planet with World Domination.

Outsmart your competition and conquer cities with the most exciting poker promotion on Earth.

Earn points to collect cities and grab freeroll seats, cash payouts and a top prize of $100,000.

The promotion runs from November 7th through December 31st or when all of the cities have been conquered.

How to achieve World Domination
World Domination lets you win a world of prizes - chip by chip. Every time you earn 10 PartyPoints you'll be randomly awarded one of 72 different cities. Many cities come with a valuable instant prize - and there are even bigger rewards for conquering entire countries and continents.

For example, if you are awarded the city of Shanghai, you'll be instantly awarded $5. Collect all four cities in China and be awarded $450 instantly. Collect all of the cities in Asia and you win $5,000. If you collect all 72 cities, not only will you win the prizes for each city, country and continent you collect, you'll also receive $100,000 for Total World Domination.

Get started now. Your first city is just 5 points.
Best of all, we'll reward every player who achieves World Domination by collecting all 72 cities with an extra $100,000 cash prize.

$5,000 Bankroll Booster

Play in the $5,000 Bankroll Booster every Sunday at 2:30PM EST for the simplest way to improve your account balance.

Party Poker's weekly money maker has four different qualification routes, each with the aim of booking you a seat at the $5,000 finale as quickly and easily as possible.

Deposit
Make a deposit using bonus code BOOSTER and you'll be immediately rewarded with a place at the next $5,000 Bankroll Booster tournament. Remember to register.

Five points
Earn just five points in the week prior to a $5,000 Bankroll Booster and Party Poker will give you a free seat into the next tournament.

One-point daily qualifiers
Just one point gets you into a $5,000 Bankroll Booster qualifier, running daily at 9:45AM, 2:45PM and 8:45PM EST. Finish in the top 25 and you'll be at the big-money weekly final.

Free new players' daily qualifiers
Exclusively for new real-money players. These free daily qualifiers at 1:45PM and 7:45PM EST guarantee the top 50 players a seat in the next $5,000 Bankroll Booster. Become a new real-money player and get access to these special qualifiers for the following 30 days.

Tournament Leader Boards

Prove you're one of the best tournament players at Party Poker.

If you enjoy playing in Party Poker's great tournaments, they're introducing an exciting and competitive way for you to prove you've got real skill and talent.

The Party Poker Tournament Leader Boards are a new way show you're the best in weekly and monthly competitions, with a total prize pool of $30,000 on offer each month.

Party Poker has set up four leader boards: two for players who play in Sit & Go tournaments while the second two are for players who enjoy multi-table tournaments. Here's when you can get in on the action:

Weekly:
Name: Sit & Go Weekly Leader BoardWhen: 12:00AM EST Monday until 11:59PM EST Sunday, every weekPrize: 1st place $500

Name: Multi-table Weekly Leader BoardWhen: 12:00AM EST Monday until 11:59PM EST Sunday, every weekPrize: 1st place $500
The weekly leader boards will run alongside the monthly leader boards and your points will apply to both.

Monthly:
Name: Sit & Go Monthly Leader BoardWhen: 12:00AM EST on 1st of each month until 11:59PM EST on the last day of the month

Name: Multi-table Monthly Leader BoardWhen: 12:00AM EST on 1st of each month until 11:59PM EST on the last day of the month

Refer A Friend

Tell your friends about PartyPoker and you could earn $50 while your friends will get $25 each.

How to sign your friends up:

Enter your friends' names and email address on Party Poker's website.

Party Poker will send each referred friend an email from you containing sign-up instructions for PartyPoker.

Your friends download the Party Poker software and register for an account using the bonus code provided in the email.

Both of your accounts receive the bonus once release restrictions are fulfilled.

Bad Beat Jackpot

Party Poker offers a Bad Beat Jackpot
Bad Beat Jackpots will be paid out on the real money Hold'em games available titled 'Jackpot' under the Cash Games tabs. Four or more players must be dealt into the hand. Players sitting out do not qualify for the jackpot. Party Poker will take $0.50 each raked pot ($5.00 pot minimum) as a Bad Beat Jackpot rake. A jackpot is hit when a player with four 8s or better is beaten. The best hands of both the winner and the loser must include their hole cards, and the hand must go to a showdown. 50% of the amount will go to the loser of the hand (the bad beat), 25% to the winner, and 25% will be split between the other seated players who actively participated in the hand.

Party Poker Stability

Party Poker, with clientele numbering in the millions, is part of Party Gaming, which is a publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange. Several well-known poker personalities back the site. Cashout speeds, equal or exceed the industry norm. Party Poker's longevity, popularity and attention to security details ensures that your play and money are very secure here.

Party Poker Security

Party Poker employs a number of security measures to ensure safety and fairness in all of its games. Their Random Number Generator is encrypted to ensure fairness and an even distribution of cards. Their investigations teams function around the clock to ensure the games are fair, and that cheating, hacking and collusion are detected by their software. Cashouts are verified both automatically and manually to ensure that no fraudulent activity occurred. They also post a Security Message and blocking software between Associated Users to ensure that two players who have been closely associated using various parameters cannot sit at the same table together. This has the benefit of stopping certain forms of collusion from occurring. The security of Party Poker is top-notch.

Party Poker Customer Service

Party Poker has a number of ways in which your questions or concerns can be answered. Party Poker has a FAQ system that answers a lot of the player's basic questions. Players who cannot find answers through their FAQs can contact Party Poker through their email. Turn-around times on emails are generally prompt and easy to understand, but there is a nagging tendency for customer service to not completely answer emails and to provide form-letter responses to our queries. At this time, Party Poker does not have a live-chat function.

Party does have toll-free phone numbers, and this usually is the best recourse to having your questions answered in a precise manner.

Party handles all payouts in a timely manner and some forms of eWallets like NETeller have very good payout speeds.

Party Poker Poker Tracker Compatibility

Party Poker is Poker Tracker compatible. As the first site to join Poker Tracker, the two run seamlessly together. Party Poker and Poker Tracker allow Holdem, Omaha and Stud ring games as well as tournament result to be incorporated into Poker Tracker. Party Poker allows all hand histories to be written to a player's harddrive.

Ability to Multitable at Party Poker

You may play on as many tables at Party Poker as you desire. Their software allows you to minimize their tables, allowing more tables to fit upon monitors of all sizes. For example, monitors sporting 1600x1200 resolution will allow up to 9 tables with no overlap.

Multiple Party Poker Accounts per Household

Multiple Household Accounts are allowed at Party Poker. Players may be asked for verification from Party Poker directly or from their cashiering service - PayPro, as part of an identification process.

Players who are associated in this way cannot play on the same tables or SnGs. They can however, play in the same multi-table tournaments, but cannot be situated on the same table, unless both make it to the final table. This security feature is to help ensure that two associated players cannot collude.

Party Poker Tournaments with Overlays

A tournament overlay is the result of guaranteed prize money that is not offset by the participant's buy-ins. As such, all freerolls and Party Point freerolls always offer an overlay.

Players looking for overlays at Party Poker will generally find it at most of their high buy-in tournaments like the weekly Supers and the big weekend tournaments. The smaller guarantees tend to sell past their guarantees, so players will not find many overlays in the smaller guarantees.