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 [or 250GBP or 325EUR]
Players who would like to sign up for Party Poker and receive this bonus must enter bonus code ITHFGOUSD [or ITHFGOGBP for the 250GBP or ITHFGOEUR for the 325EUR options] when they make their first deposit. Minimum deposit is $25 [or 15GBP or 20EUR] and players will receive a 100% bonus up to $500 [or 250GBP or 325EUR]. Players have 120 days from date of first deposit to clear their bonus. Party Poker's bonus is incremental and will be paid out in ten equal installments. Players will need to earn 8 Party Points for each $1 in bonus [or 12 Party Points for each 1GBP in bonus or 10 Party Points for every 1EUR].

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 $300,000 Guarantee

Party Poker hosts a $300,000 Sunday No-limit Holdem Tournament at 12:45PM EST. Direct buy-in is $200+$15. Players can qualify through sub-qualifiers and satellites for as low as $3. Multiple entries to the $300,000 Guaranteed tournament will not be refunded. Winners of any $300,000 Qualifiers that finish after registration has closed for the $300,000 Guaranteed Tournament happening that week will be registered for the $300,000 Guaranteed Tournament happening the following week.

Monthly Million

With $1,000,000 up for grabs in the Monthly Million, the first Sunday of every month is definitely not a day of rest at Party Poker. The Monthly Million runs the first Sunday of every month at 12:45PM EST. Direct buy-in cost is $600+$40.

Qualify from as little as $1
To give you the biggest chance of winning, Party Poker is starting the qualifiers early. Join the action for as little as $1 and secure your place in the main event.

Party Poker will be running qualifiers and satellites all month and they'll also have loads of extra qualifiers taking place in the week before each Monthly Million.

Full House

You could take home of over $1 Million this December with a three-in-one promotion that has something for everyone.

The $50,000 Cash Game Race
Whatever your game, you can take part in Party Poker's $50,000 Cash Game Race, exclusively for Bronze, Silver and Gold players. The more PartyPoints you earn at the tables, the higher you'll climb the Party Poker leader board and the more cash you could win at the end of the month.

The Jackpot Hunter
SnG specialists will love the Full House Jackpot Hunter, where Party Poker is giving away up to $160,000. Prove your poker skills are razor-sharp by winning five single-table tournaments in a row and you'll win a jackpot worth $10,000 to $50,000 depending on the buy-in level you were playing at.

$1 million Multi-table Tournament Jackpots
Play in fantastic-value tournaments running every Monday to Saturday this December for a buy-in of just 20 PartyPoints: there's $5,000 up for grabs in each one. Plus you could also win the chance to play in Party Poker's massive $250,000 Grand Final in January. If that is not enough value, you could also be in line for a $1 million Jackpot.

Premier League Poker IV

Win a $9,000 Premier League Poker package and you could be taking on the world's best players in front of the television cameras in Las Vegas.

Enter the qualifiers today from as little as $2 and soon you could be claiming one of six prize packages, each worth $9,000 and including:

A $6,250 seat at the televised PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker Playoff qualifier where the top player will win a $100,000 entry into the PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker final

Seven days luxury hotel accommodation in Las Vegas

$2,000 spending money

Premier League Poker is one of Party Poker's flagship live events and if you're Party Poker's playoff winner you'll be meeting and playing against 11 world-famous pros for a prize pool of more than $1.5 million. Both the playoff and final will be filmed meaning your poker skills will be shown across the globe.

We're also awarding one of our Premier League Playoff qualifiers with a lucrative Team Party contract worth $100,000 to represent Party Poker as a sponsored player for a whole year.

Qualifiers for this exceptional poker experience start from as little as $2 so plan your route to Vegas and Premier League Poker.

Bankroll Builder

Calling all new real money players: Make sure the foundations of your poker career are firm with the Bankroll Builder.

As a rookie, Party Poker wants you to take your first steps into real money play without risking a thing: You'll get exclusive entries into their exciting daily freeroll qualifiers for 60 days after you've made your first real money deposit.

Put in some quality performances and you'll even be able to play for some serious cash, including a share of $10,000 in the monthly finale.

Best of all, Bankroll Builder tournaments are all freerolls so it won't cost you a penny to play. With more than 100 chances to win cash, it's the perfect way to experience the excitement of tournament play. And you'll only be up against other beginners, not experienced pros.

As an added incentive to get your poker adventure started as soon as possible, you can enter the weekly $2,500 tournament directly without going through the $100 freerolls during your first seven days as a real money player.

$100 Rookie Daily Freerolls

Daily at 1:50PM, 3:50PM, and 17:50PM EST.

The top 50 finishers qualify for a weekly $2,500 tournament.

Bankroll Builder $2.5k Weekly Freeroll

Every Saturday at 2:30PM EST.

The top 200 finishers qualify for a monthly $10,000 final.

Bankroll Builder $10k Monthly Freeroll

Last Sunday of the month at 2:30PM EST.

Top 500 players will finish in the money.

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.