Among the most popular and highly trafficked EU-based online poker rooms, Party Poker supplies some of the most enticing promotions in the industry, an easy-to-understand generous loyalty program with cash and bonus rewards, and an abundance of tournaments and cash games teeming with potential profits. Party Poker even offers serious-minded poker players the opportunity to join Tony G, Mike Sexton, Kara Scott and the rest of the Team Party Poker Pros with promotional sponsorship packages.

Despite turning away from the US market following the 2006 UIGEA, Party Poker is a thriving top competitor in the online poker industry. While American players are welcome to join and learn on the play money tables at Party Poker, support and cash-outs are not presently an option. Party Poker supports an array of languages - including French, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish and Polish - and provides toll free customer service to many countries around the world.

The welcome bonus offered to first-time depositors at Party Poker matches a player's initial deposit 100%, up to $/£/€ 500. The bonus is released into the player's real money account in chunks of 10% of the bonus amount as the player earns sufficient Party Points in real money games at Party Poker. Players using US or Canadian dollars at Party Poker will be required to accumulate Party Points equal to six times the bonus amount in order to clear the entire Party Poker bonus. Euros require eight times the bonus amount, and sterling requires nine times the bonus.

The Party Poker player loyalty program, Palladium Rewards, allows players to spend the Party Points they accumulate in the Party Points Store. The more Party Points players earn, the higher their key level goes, and the more exclusive items they unlock in the Party Points Store. The Palladium Rewards system has 5 key levels; Bronze, Silver, Gold, Palladium, and Palladium Elite. Each level is eligible for cash back rewards, and every level higher than Bronze may exchange points for attractive bonuses instead.

As one of the largest online poker rooms in the EU, Party Poker is able to offer amazing promotions with high-quality prizes. Every month Party Poker adds new, limited time promotions, with some of their past seasonal promotions awarding prize packages to major WPT events; a chance to meet Tony G, Mike Sexton, and Kara Scott from Team Party Poker; and even a sleek, new Aston Martin DB9 Coupe.

Ongoing promotions at Party Poker feature bankroll building freerolls with $30K prize pools, a bad beat jackpot, and numerous freeroll tournaments with over $100K in monthly prizes. Party poker has also capped the entry fees on all $200 and up single-table tournaments at a $10 flat fee. The Party Poker Sit and Go STEP Challenge provides the opportunity to turn $3 into $2,000, and $30K guaranteed No Limit Texas Hold'em tournaments run Monday through Thursday.

&Available for download on Windows 2000 or later, the Party Poker online poker software provides customers with a secure and stable platform in which to participate in real money poker games with opponents connected from all over the world. The Party Poker interface is clean and smooth, with a number of fantastic features and customization options to personalize the online poker experience.

One of the first things players will notice about the Party Poker Software is the Quick Seat tab that allows players to immediately narrow down exactly what type of game they want to play with three, simple drop-down boxes. Of course, those who wish to browse the games available may do so by clicking over to the Cash Games, Sit Go's, Tournaments, Blackjack, or Play Money tabs.

Party Poker also furnishes a number of table options, including a direct link to the cashier, hand history, statistics filtered by table type and poker form, the ability to upload a player image, preferred seating, and several table themes to choose from. There are 4 styles of decks to choose from, as well as two- or four-color decks. Multi-tabling options include tiling, cascading or stacking, along with a number of presets that can be applied to multi-tabling.

Last but not least, Party Poker provides an instant-play version that is accessible to Mac and Linux users, as well as players who are the move. Simply click Instant-Play on the Party Poker website and then choose Run or Trust to approve the signed Party Poker Java applet. All that is required to utilize the web-based Party Poker client is a browser and the free Java Runtime Environment for the operating system being used.

Yielding significantly large traffic scores, Party Poker attracts enormous crowds to tournaments. Limit and No Limit Texas Hold'em cash games run constantly, with a reasonable amount of interest drawn even to the 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo tables. With the high-caliber promotions and incentives offered by Party Poker, it is quite likely that this online poker giant will see continued growth for years to come.

The volume of new players pouring in to Party Poker daily provide very loose, soft competition at the low to mid stakes tables, though the opposition has begun to tighten up a bit with more serious-minded players attempting to build up a bankroll for the higher stakes. Of course, in the high stakes games players will encounter seasoned poker strategists, and the tournaments with large guaranteed prizes are frequented by some rather fierce competition.

Providing 24 hour toll free telephone support to an impressive array of regions, as well as an international number for all others, players can get fast, knowledgeable customer support at any time of day. Email support is available for cashier help, tech support, and the customer service department. The Party Poker website also supplies an extensive FAQ that is divided by topic.