Party Poker is an exceptionally large online poker room, attracting one of the largest player bases in the industry today. Over time they have remained extremely popular among both novice and veteran online poker players.

The massive popularity of the poker room can be attributed to several factors.

Party Poker wins the market on valuable tournaments as well, presenting the annual Party Poker Millions, a weekly $300k Guaranteed and a host of Freeroll competitions.

Party Poker Software
The software is not only fast and highly functional; supplies a download version for both Windows computers, and a separate in browser version for all you Mac & Linux users. Party Poker’s software has recently been updated, giving a nice face lift to the lobby area but unfortunately neglecting the actual playing table which is still a bit drab. The software itself however is fast and reliable, and supports up to four tables being played simultaneously. It offers very simple graphics, good functionality, it's also quite fast and offers a good level of playability.

The functionality also incorporates some nice new features, like deal making options during the final rounds of a tournament and table auto-resize. You will also find the usual tools including player notes, hand history, statistics and more.

Party Poker Game Variations
The games offered are all variations of Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven-Card Stud and Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo. The games vary between No-Limit, Pot-Limit and Fixed-Limit and full, shorthanded and heads-up tables are all available. Due to the size and geographical diversity of Party Poker, action can be found in pretty much any game at any hour.

Player Traffic at Party Poker
The drop off in player traffic when the room shut its doors to U.S. players was pretty dramatic. However, they still have more people playing at Party than almost any other room online with 9,000 ring game players and 60,000 tournament players at peak hours.

Party Poker Tournaments
Party Poker is definitely one of the leaders in online tournament action. They developed the multi-table Sit and Go's before anyone else offered them. They were first to offer "Step" tournaments where players play their way through several tournaments until they hit the top "tier" where the cash prizes are awarded.
They've continued their tradition of tournament innovation by introducing "shootout" tournaments, where players play against their table mates until the table is down to three players. Then they move on to the next round of the shootout. So, players in the tournament go from big table poker to short-handed and back again throughout the contest.
There is also a schedule of mutli-table events that is highlighted by the weekly $300,000 Guarantee that takes place every Sunday afternoon.

Customer Service
Party Poker’s customer service is excellent, with 24 hour free phone support to US, Canada and Western Europe including UK. There is also email support available too for less urgent problems.