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Licensed and regulated by the Government of Gibraltar. The games are powered by the iGlobalMedia system which is tested by iTech Labs, a leading independent tester of gaming and wagering devices, to ensure that the games operate correctly, are fair, their outcomes are not predictable and that the system is reliable, resilient and otherwise up to the highest standards of software integrity. This includes: access control, change control recording, fingerprinting of the executables and regular monitoring of all critical components of the system. In addition, they have fully adopted the Code of Conduct of the Interactive Gaming Council of which they have been a member since 1997.
Party Poker boasts the world’s highest traffic in both ring games and tournaments. Beside the huge traffic there are many other advantages with Party Poker, such as loose games, great promotions and loyalty program, special events and a membership referral program. There are quite a few juicy games at Party Poker with loose action even up to the $15/$30 limits. However, you don’t get the statistics to easily locate those games. Party Poker has a large network of so-called "skins", where other doorway sites uses Party Poker’s software, operations and player database. Real money player statistics - May 2005: 17000-20000 ring game players at peak hours, 24000-28000 tournament players at peak hours.
PartyPoker's software is quite good, with a number of upgrades during both 2003 and early 2004. We are not big fans of the graphics, but from a practical standpoint the playability is good. With its phenomenal growth, Party Poker has added servers and increased bandwidth in order to secure full relability at +50,000 simultaneous players. However, a few players have complained over delays and disconnections at certain tournaments. Overall though, Party Poker has very good quality nowadays in line with or better than most competitors. Four simultaneous tables per player is allowed. Unfortunately, the view flop percentages are not presented, neither are hands per hour rate. (This has the benefit though, that the looser games are “protected”). You see the average pot size of the last 20 hands. The personal playing statistics function is somewhat rudimentary, but works well. Player notes function is included. In sum, the software is good today after improvements to support the record-breaking traffic.
Party Poker became the world's largest site in ring game traffic already by late 2002/early 2003, after its legendary launch campaign. They are keeping up the ultra aggressive marketing and the traffic keeps climbing to new record levels every month. Currently there are about 17000-20000 real money ring game players at peak hours!
Party Poker traffic at the tournaments is the highest in the world. Beside no-limit and limit Texas Hold’em, there are lots of tournaments in both Seven Card Stud and Omaha. Party Poker probably hosts more than 70% of all fixed limit Texas Hold’em tournaments in the world! The traffic currenlty reaches somewhere between 24000 and 28000 real money tournament players at peak hours!
Good, thanks to the leading volume in all games hosted; Holdem, Omaha and Seven Card Stud in both High and Hi-Lo. However, Party Poker does not offer certain games such as heads-up matches, draw poker, crazy pineapple, etc. Moreover, there is no pot-limit version in any of the Seven Card Stud games or the Omaha High.
PartyPoker’s rake is not so attractive, as it highly disfavors the low limit games. The higher limit games actually have a comparably low rake. The rake runs as high as 10% in $0.50/$1 and $1/$2 games, as 50 cent is raked when the pot reaches $5. This holds true also for the tournaments, where good value only is provided at the higher stakes. 20% fee in $5 games and 8% fee in $100 games.
Party Poker has been able to maintain loose and juicy games over time, with the constant influx of new players and gamblers looking for action. Even at “middle limit online games” this holds true - you can typically find very soft games even up to $2/$4 in no limit and $5/$10 in fixed limit, whereas in most other poker rooms those stakes will give you rather tough opposition.
PartyPoker.com Million IV has an estimated prize pool of $6 Million with qualifying tournaments consisting of single-table $32 ($29+$3) buy-in ‘PartyPoker Million’ tournaments.
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