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Review - Party Poker
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"Party Poker has been the largest game site in the world for ring game traffic since 2002-03. However, the traffic is showing marked increases and now stands around 17,000 to 20,000 real players on the ring game at peak hours. Party Poker offers a large network through which other doorway sites can use Party Poker`s software, player database, and operations. This site offers total financial security for all your transactions.
Party Poker also hosts many other tournaments in different categories of poker games like limit Texas Hold'em, No-limit Hold'em, Omaha, 7-card stud, and others. Party Poker hosts most of poker tournaments, around seventy percent of the tournaments in the world. Therefore, traffic during tournaments reaches peaks of 24,000 to 28,000 players playing for real money.
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Games on Offer
Party Poker offers the maximum choice in all the offered games like High and Hi-Lo 7-Card-Stud, Hold’em, and Omaha. However, few games like draw poker, heads-up matches, crazy pineapple, and pot-limit versions of 7-Card-Stud and Omaha games are unavailable at Party Poker.
Party Poker is able to avoid its competitors as you can locate soft games up to $2/$4 in no-limit and $5/$10 in fixed limit games. Most other poker rooms do not offer this benefit as they present very stiff and difficult games at these stakes.
Rakes
Party Poker does not support good rakes, as there are no low limit games on offer. Higher limit games have lower rakes sometimes as high as 10% in $1/$2 games. Even in tournaments, higher rake value is available only with higher stakes like 8% fee in $100 games and 20% fee in $5 games.
Bonuses and Promotions
Sign up bonus ranges between 20% and 25% for different deposit amounts. Besides, Party Poker also allows additional free roll at specific time of the year. Otherwise, you can enroll on a monthly basis for receiving special privileges. It also offers loyalty bonus for regular players with many re-deposit options. You could get back around 15% to 25% to a maximum limit of $100.
Party Poker offers excellent promotions according to the number of raked hands you play. Referral scheme allows up to $50 for each referral. They also host many annual events like PartyPoker.com. You could gain better bankroll if you join the site between July and September.
Customer Support
The customer support system at Party Poker has improved considerably since late 2004. You can contact them, at any time of the day or night through telephone and e-mail. Service personnel are knowledgeable and capable of helping you out of difficult situations. There have been many new up gradations in their services recently.
Drawbacks
Although Party Poker offers playable software, it lacks sufficient and clear graphics. There is much delay in connections. You cannot view the flop percentages and the hands at per hour rates. Personal playing statistics are insufficient and do not match to the caliber of the poker site. Of course, improvements are on the way and Party Poker is trying to make up its drawbacks efficiently. "
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