With over 70,000 players online at peak hour, Party Poker is the largest poker room online today. This leads to their largest advantage over other rooms in there are always full games available at any limit in any game from Texas holdem to 7 Card Stud high / low split. In addition, Party hosts some of the biggest tournaments online both in amount of prize pools and number of entrants and they run as many or more tournaments than anywhere else.
The software is very easy to use from picking a table to actual game play. In the lobby, all of your options are available in a collapsible list down the left-hand side of the screen where you can pick between ring games in Texas holdem, Omaha, Omaha/8, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud high / low split, single table tournaments and multi table tournaments. Then you can break your choices down further by stakes and buy-in. Once you choose, all of the tables available in your choice are listed in the main screen. Once at a table, the action is easy to follow. The amount in the pot is always clearly visible and the action buttons used to play are located at the bottom of the screen and are large and easy to read and use. There is a chat box that allows you to chat with the other players at the table and an option to keep detailed notes on your opponents. The software is available as a free download and there are play money tables available to test out the software as well as practice your game.
Party Poker has Texas holdem available in limit from .50/1 up to 100/200 and pot limit and no limit with buy-ins from 25 all the way to 2,000. Omaha is available in limit from .50/1 up to 15/30 and pot limit and no limit with buy-ins from 25 to 2,000. Omaha/8 is spread in limit from .50/1 up to 20/40 and in pot limit with buy-ins from 25 to 2,000. 7 Card Stud is spread with limits from .50/1 up to 2/40 and 7 Card Stud high / low split is offered from .50/1 to 10/20.
There are 10, 20 and 30 player tournaments available, often called sit-n-go’s, with buy-ins ranging from 6 to 215 around the clock. Party Poker also has a unique group of tournaments called “Steps”. They are a series of sit-n-go tournaments that allow you to win up to 2,000 for a buy-in of 6 or 25,000 for a buy-in of only 33.
Hundreds of multi table tournaments are available every week with buy-ins ranging from 6 to 215 with guaranteed prize pools up to 250,000. Periodically there are even million dollars guaranteed tournaments with buy-ins of less than 700. Satellites are available to the World Series of Poker every year as well as to the Party Poker Million cruise, which is a World Poker Tour event. In addition, there is a 5,000 freeroll every week for new players.
Party Poker offers something for everyone whether you are a ring game player or a tournament pro; give party poker a try today. Indeed, you won’t be disappointed.
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