Online poker card room
partypoker (formerly stylized PartyPoker) is an online poker card
room. Launched in 2001 by PartyGaming, the site 🍐 has had up to 80,000 players logged-in
and was the largest online card room until 2006. In 2011 PartyGaming merged 🍐 with bwin
to form Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment. As of 2024, it remains among the largest
online poker card rooms. The 🍐 site was endorsed by Mike Sexton, the former host of the
World Poker Tour television show. The domain partypoker attracted 🍐 at least 3.6 million
visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete study.[1] In 2024, after a protracted
bidding process 🍐 between 888 Holdings and GVC Holdings, Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment
accepted GVC Holdings' bid for £1.1 billion. Today, the site is 🍐 run by GVC Holdings and
is available in 14 different languages. In addition to partypoker, partypoker also
offers dedicated networks 🍐 for French and Italian based players via partypoker.fr and
partypoker.it, respectively. GVC Holdings also acquired Partycasino during the 2011
merger 🍐 of Party Gaming.
partypoker offers a wide variety of different tournaments with
different prize levels for single-table tournaments as well as 🍐 multi-table tournaments.
partypoker's Sit & Go tournaments run 24 hours a day and players can register for
tournaments with entry 🍐 fees starting atR$1, and ranging in size from 2 to 50
players.
Cash games [ edit ]
The games include Texas Hold 🍐 'em (No Limit and Fixed),
Omaha and Omaha Hi-Lo, 7 Card Stud and 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo. The stakes can 🍐 range from
.01/.02 toR$100/$200. In 2012 partypoker removed its high-stakes cash games with the
highest stakes atR$10/$20.[2][3][4]
Party Poker formerly offered 🍐 a bad beat
jackpot.
partypoker also offers FastForward cash game format. Every player is
automatically re-seated to another random table immediately 🍐 after they fold their hand
or after the hand is over. This format is very popular by players and poker 🍐 rooms. It
is faster and offers a higher level of security as it is a lot more difficult for two
🍐 or more players to participate in collusion.
Tournaments [ edit ]
The site offers a
variety of tournaments, ranging from 10 to 🍐 thousands of participants. Single-table and
multi-table sit n' go tournaments are offered as well as scheduled
tournaments.
partypoker hosts the partypoker 🍐 Million. This tournament begins with
online qualifiers, but the final stages are held at actual poker tables aboard a cruise
🍐 ship. The winners of previous Party Poker Million events were Kathy Liebert, Howard
Lederer, Erick Lindgren, and Michael Gracz.
History [ 🍐 edit ]
partypoker was the largest
online card room until 2006 when it left the US market due to the Unlawful 🍐 Internet
Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. PokerStars has since claimed the title.[5]
In 2014,
partypoker plans on returning to the US 🍐 market for real money players, but on March 1,
2024, it still does not accept US players except for the 🍐 state of New Jersey.[6]
In
2024, partypoker partnered with Dusk Till Dawn and later hosted "The partypoker Grand
Prix".[7][8]
In 2024, the 🍐 casino hosted the partypokerLIVE MILLIONS Dusk Till Dawn
festival. The £5,300 main event generated a prize pool of £6,017,395. Maria 🍐 Lampropulos
won the main event earning £1,000,000.[9] The £10,300 High Roller event was won by
Vojtech Ruzicka, earning him US$363,135.[10]
In 🍐 February 2024, partypoker relaunched
their Team Online, with Matthew Staples first to be signed.[11] The new measures extend
across all 🍐 of the countries in which it operates with brands including Bwin,
PartyPoker, Ladbrokes, Coral, FoxyBingo and BetMGG.[12]
In December 2024, GVC 🍐 holdings,
who own PartyPoker, changed their name to Entain in a global rebrand.[13] The new
measures extend across all of 🍐 the countries in which it operates with brands including
bwin, PartyPoker, Ladbrokes, Coral, FoxyBingo and BetMGM and their affiliate
programs.
In 🍐 May 2024, PartyPoker and PartyCasino entered a new multi-year partnership
with McLaren Racing.[14]
Televised events [ edit ]
partypoker hosts two televised
🍐 events:
A cash game known as the partypoker The Big Game and the partypoker Premier
League a tournament structure league.
