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Party Poker Rakeback Review

PartyPoker.com does not offer traditional rakeback, but instead offers an in-house loyalty program that allows players to earn up to 50% rakeback equivalent in Party Poker bonuses and cash prizes. Players earn two points for each $1 paid in cash game rake, based on the weighted contributed method. Two points are earned for each $1 paid in tournament fees.

The level at which you will earn "rakeback" at Party Poker is dependent upon status level, which is determined by the number of Party Points earned during monthly or quarterly periods.

Party Poker Status Levels
Status Level		Party Points Required	Equivalent Rake	Time Period	Rakeback
	Bronze	N/A	$0	Monthly	Up to 4%
	Silver	400	$200	Monthly	Up to 13.3%
	Gold	1,000	$500	Monthly	Up to 15%
	Palladium	9,000	$4,500	Quarterly	Up to 30%
	Palladium Elite	50,000	$25,000	Quarterly	Up to 50%

Players will be able to purchase cash rewards or VIP bonuses with their earned points according to chart below.

Party Cashback & Bonus Back Rates
Eligible Key Levels		Points	Cash	Cash % back	Bonus	Bonus % back
	Bronze	500	$10	4%	N/A	N/A
	Silver	750	$15	4%	$30	8%
	Silver	1,500	$50	6.67%	$100	13.33%
	Gold	3,000	$120	8%	$200	13.33%
	Gold	6,000	$300	10%	$450	15%
	Palladium	10,000	$600	12%	$1,000	20%
	Palladium 2	20,000	$1,500	15%	$3,000	30%
	Palladium Elite	40,000	$3,500	18%	$7,000	35%
	Palladium Elite	100,000	$15,00	30%	$20,000	40%
	Palladium Elite	300,000	$50,000	33%	$75,000	50%

Do not use Party Poker Refer a Friend program when you sign up as it will prevent you from receiving rakeback. You also must have $10 in your account at some point within 60 days of creating your account or Party Poker will remove you from rakeback. You can make a deposit, receive a transfer or win it in a freeroll.

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Party Poker Summary:

Party Poker may not be the juggernaut that it once was, but they still pack a punch as a top 5 room. As a company that has been around since 1997 -- 2001 as a poker room -- and that trades on the London Stock exchange, you can be sure you will be getting a well-rounded playing experience. In 2011, Party Poker will be merging with another major player – bwin.

Most of the ring game traffic at Party Poker is at the No Limit Hold'em, Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha tables, however, they also run games for Omaha Hi/Lo and Stud. Six and ten-man SNGs are prevalent up to $200+$10 and multi-table tournament guarantees are up to $250,000. Players that haven't been to Party Poker for a while may also be surprised by the features and look of the new generation software.

Rakeback is offered as an in-house VIP program that awards up to 50% rakeback that is dependent upon how much rake in generated during a month or quarter. Party Poker also offers recurring monthly promotions that can significantly increase the returns of all players. Party Poker also boasts about awarding over $100,000 in freerolls a month along with $6 million a month in guaranteed tournaments.

Deposit and Withdrawal Methods
Method	Deposit	Withdrawal	Notes
Neteller	Yes	Yes
Skrill (Moneybookers)	Yes	Yes
Click2pay	Yes	Yes
Paypal	Yes	Yes
Visa	Yes	Yes
Mastercard	Yes	No
Bank Wire	Yes	Yes
Bank Transfer	Yes	Yes	available in 2-3 business days
ClickandBuy	Yes	No
My Citadel	Yes	No
UseBank	Yes	No
Visa Electron	Yes	No
Switch	Yes	Yes
Solo	Yes	Yes
Maestro	Yes	Yes
Entropay	Yes	No
Ukash	Yes	No
Money Transfer	Yes	No	takes 1-18 hours
EC/ELV	Yes	No	German and Austrian option
sofortuberweisung	Yes	No	German and Austrian option
Giropay	Yes	No	German and Austrian option
Paysafecard	Yes	No	German and Austrian option
Webmoney	Yes	Yes	Russian option
ewire	Yes	No	Swedish option
Nordea	Yes	No	through Moneybookers
Poli	Yes	No	Australian option
Bpay	Yes	No	Australian option, 1-2 business days
Ticket Premium	Yes	No	Belgium, French option
MisterCash	Yes	No	Belgium option

Attributes:

Network:

Party Gaming

Established:

2001, company was established in 1997

USA Accepted:

No

EU Licensed:

Yes

Jurisdiction:

Gibraltar

Public Company:

Yes- trades as LSE under symbol PRTY

Operator:

Party Gaming

Accounts on Multiple Skins:

Allowed

Restricted Countries:

United States

Mobile Version:

No

Download Versions:

Windows, Apple/Mac

No Download Versions:

Windows, Apple/Mac

Website Languages:

English, Danish, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Finish, Swedish, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian, Italian

Email:

support@partypoker.com

Live Chat:

No

Phone Help:

00-350-20050509- check Party Poker support page for a phone number that may be available for your specific country.

Party Poker Rakeback Help:

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Poker Software

Multi-tabling:

Unlimited

Features:

Resizable tables (Min: 490x360 Max: 1027x720), Personalized seating, change usernames, disconnection protection.

Hands per hour:

84- NL Hold’em Full Ring, 99- NL Hold’em Shorthanded, 67- Fixed Limit Hold’em Full Ring, 102- Fixed Hold’em Shorthanded. 124- NLHE Shorthanded Speed

Client Languages:

English, Danish, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Finish, Swedish, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian, Italian

Mac Friendly Client:

No

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Party Poker Bonus Details

Bonus: 100% up to $500
Referral Bonus Code: RT500
Clear Rate: 6 Party Points per $1 of bonus

Earning Party Points: Players earn 2 Party Points for every $1 in generated rake or tournament fees. A contribution to the pot does not need to be made.

Additional Terms: The bonus releases in 10 equal parts. Any bonus not released will expire 60 days after the first deposit. Bonus is not deducted from VIP bonuses or any other promotions.

Reload and Account Specific Bonuses: Party Poker used to be the home of one of the most sought after reload bonuses: the 5x dealt raked hand bonus. These days, Party Poker does not offer many standard reload bonuses anymore. They do, however, occasionally offer account-specific bonuses cleared with Party Points. Oftentimes, these bonuses have clearance rates in the 4 to 10 Party Points per $1 range. Party Poker also occasionally offers bonus-like promotions that yield cash rewards upon earning Party Points.

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Rakeback Equivalents:

Rakeback Equivalents -- Cash Games
Cash Games	Full Ring	Shorthanded
Sign-Up Bonus RB Equivalent	33%	33%
Adds to VIP	33% (83% total)	33% (83% total)

Rakeback Equivalents -- Tournaments
Tournaments	Full Ring
Sign-Up Bonus RB Equivalent	33%
Adds to VIP	33% (83% total)

Games

Party Poker offers all the standard cash games: No Limit Hold'em, Limit Hold'em and variations of Omaha and Stud. The large majority of available games are at No Limit Hold'em, of course, but games at Pot/ Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha are also very prevalent. Stud and PL and Limit Omaha Hi/Lo are less common but participation does exist in these games.

Special Bad Beat Jackpot tables are run at limits of $0.50/$1.00-$15/$30 for Limit Hold'em and $0.10/$0.25-$2/$4 for No Limit Hold'em and represent a significant % of running games. The progressive jackpot often will be seen above $100,000.

Through Party Poker’s innovative Double Hold’em tables, players start each hand with three cards. After the flop, players will select one card as a “point card,” which will be the card used in make two hands. A player will then use whatever two card combination is strongest to make their final hand.

Like many other sites, tables with variable game speeds are offered. At "speed" tables, players will have 15 seconds to act; at "Super Speed" they will only have 10 seconds. Blinds are also automatically posted to move play along. Players will also notice "No DP" tables, which prevent players from abusing "disconnection protection" by disconnecting in cases where a player doesn't want to risk additional money into the pot and still see a showdown.

Hold'em
Hold'em	# of Seats	Offered	Available*	Types
No Limit	2,6,9	$0.01/$0.02-$25/$50	Up to $25/$50	Shallow, BBJ, No DP, Speed, SuperSpeed
Pot Limit	2,6,9	$0.01/$0.02-$10/$20	Up to $1/$2	BBJ, No DP
Fixed Limit	2,6,9	$.05/$.10-$2000/$4000	Up to $30/$60	Speed, BBJ

Omaha
Omaha	# of Seats	Offered	Available*	Types
Pot Limit	2,10	$0.10/$0.25-$25/$50	Up to $25/$50	No DP
Fixed Limit	6, 10	$0.50/$1-$30/$60	Limited	N/A

Omaha Hi/Lo
Omaha Hi/Lo	# of Seats	Offered	Available*	Types
Pot Limit	6, 10	$0.10/$0.25-$25/$50	Up to $0.25/$0.50	No DP
Fixed Limit	6,9	$0.05/$0.10-$30/$60	Limited	N/A

Stud
Stud	# of Seats	Offered	Available*	Types
Hi	8	$0.50/$1-$30/$60	Up to $3/$6	N/A
Hi/Lo	8	$0.50/$1-$30/$60	Up to $0.50/$1.00/td>	N/A

Other Games: Double-Hold'em

Party Poker Multi-Table Tournaments

Party Poker is still very much a popular place to get your MTT fix. They offer numerous guaranteed tournaments daily, culminating with the $1 Spring Million. The premier weekly event is a $250,000 guaranteed tournament held every Sunday. Players can buy-in directly for $200+$15 or qualify via satellites for as little as $3.

WSOP and WPT satellites are common-place at Party Poker, along with satellites into the most popular guaranteed events in the world. The variety in buy-ins for their satellite entries result in wide appeal to a large group of players. Party Poker maintains that every WPT event that appears on the site will have free qualifiers.

Party Poker players can find various types of multi-table tournaments on the site such as speed, rebuy, shootouts and bounties. Beyond the popular NL Hold'em tournaments, Party Poker also offers multi-table tournaments in Limit Hold'em, Omaha Hi/Lo and PL Omaha.

Available at most multi-table tournaments is the ability to make a deal, which is very popular at live events but less widely available in online games. Deals can be initiated once all players have selected "yes" in the deal making table module on the table.

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Featured Live Tournaments
Name	Buy-in	When	Gtd.	Sat	Notes
Spring Million	$600+$40	May 1st at 12:45 PM ET/16:45 GMT	$1 million	Yes
$250k Guaranteed Sunday	$200+$15	Sunday at 12:45 PM ET	$300k	Yes
$40,000 Guaranteed	$200+$15	Friday at 3 PM ET/19:00 GMT	$40k	Yes
$100,000 Guaranteed	$500+$30	Sunday at 3 PM ET/19:00 GMT	$100k	Yes

SNGs

Most of Party Poker's Sit N Gos are at No Limit Hold'em tables in the 6 seat and 10 varieties, although some 20, 30 and 50 seat events can be found. Buy-ins are offered up to $5010+10, however most of the action is found at $200+$10 and below. SNGs will pop up at the higher limits helped by Party Poker's $10 max fee they put on SNGs.

SNGs are also offered at 6 and 10-seater Limit and Pot Limit Hold'em, PL Omaha, PL Omaha Hi/Lo tables and Stud and Stud Hi/Lo 8-seater tables. Most active games will be at Limit Hold'em and PL Omaha below $10+$1.

Varieties of regular SNGs include Turbo and Speed tables. Double or Nothing (DONs) are run up to $50+$5. At DON tables, players either double their buy-in or come away with nothing. These SNGs are great for players that can be effectively tight.

"Steps Challenge" SNGs allow users to buy-in to any level from $3 to $500 and turn their buy-in $2000. Steps are available at $3, $10, $30, $70, $170 and $500. The top 1-3 players --dependent upon the step-- will move on to the following step, 3-4 get to try the current step, whereas the next places either require players move down a step or drop out. Players can buy-in for any step at any time.

For those preferring to qualify for Multi-Table tournaments at Party Poker, they offer qualifiers into the Monthly Million and various other daily guaranteed events.

Party Poker Rake Schedule

Party Poker Rake Schedule
# of players		2	3	4	5-10
Fixed Limit	$0.02/$0.04-$0.05/$0.10	$0.01 per $0.20, max $0.50 (5%)	$0.02 per $0.10, max $0.50 (5%)	$0.01 per $0.20, max $0.50 (5%)	$0.01 per $0.10, max $0.50 (5%)
Fixed Limit	$0.10/$0.20-$0.15/$0.30	$0.01 per $0.20, max $0.50 (5%)	$0.01 per $0.20, max $0.50 (5%)	$0.01 per $0.20, max $0.50 (5%)	$0.01 per $0.20, max $0.50 (5%)
Fixed Limit	$0.25/$0.50-$0.50/$1.00	$0.05 per $1, $1 max (5%)	$0.05 per $1, $1 max (5%)	$0.05 per $1, $1 max (5%)	$0.05 per $1, $1 max (5%)
Fixed Limit	$1/$2	$0.25 per $5, $1 max (5%)	$0.25 per $5, $1 max (5%)	$0.25 per $5, $1 max (5%)	$0.25 per $5, $1 max (5%)
Fixed Limit	$2/$4	$0.25 per $5, $1 max (5%)	$0.25 per $5, $2 max (5%)	$0.25 per $5, $2 max (5%)	$0.25 per $5, $3 max (5%)
Fixed Limit	$3/$6-$10/$20	$0.50 per $10, $1 max (5%)	$0.50 per $10, $2 max (5%)	$0.50 per $10, $2 max (5%)	$0.50 per $10, $3 max (5%)
Fixed Limit	$15/$30-$30/$60	$0.25 per $10, $1 max (2.5%)	$0.25 per $10, $2 max (2.5%)	$0.25 per $10, $2 max (2.5%)	$0.25 per $10, $3 max (2.5%)
Fixed Limit	$50/$100 and Up	$1 per $100, $2 max (1%)	$1 per $100, $2 max (1%)	$1 per $100, $5 max (1%)	$1 per $100, $5 max (1%)
No Limit	$0.01/0.02-$0.05/$0.10	$0.01 per $0.20, $1 max (5%)	$0.01 per $0.20, $1 max (5%)	$0.01 per $0.20, $1 max (5%)	$0.01 per $0.20, $1 max (5%)
No Limit	$0.10/$0.25-$10/$20	$0.01 per $0.20, $1 max (5%)	$0.01 per $0.20, $2 max (5%)	$0.01 per $0.20, $2 max (5%)	$0.01 per $0.20, $3 max (5%)
No Limit	$15/$30 and Up	$0.05 per $1, $2 max (5%)	$0.05 per $1, $2 max (5%)	$0.05 per $1, $5 max (5%)	$0.05 per $1, $5 max (5%)

Example: At a $1/$2 fixed limit Hold'em game with 6 players seated and dealt cards, $0.25 in rake would be taken for each $5 in the pot up to a total of $1 in rake. Once the pot reaches $20, no further rake is taken. "5%" represents the % of the pot that is raked from the table at the time the rake is taken. Because many pots do not end up being raked (i.e. if no flop is seen) or if the pot is in between rake levels, effective rake levels are lower.

Party Poker VIP Program

The rakeback program at Party Poker is the VIP program. Players can use their status level and earned Party Points to purchase cash and/or bonuses that closely mirrors rakeback. Party Points can be earned in real money cash games and tournaments at a rate of 2 Party Points for every $1 in dealt rate/tournament fees that a player generates. Players may use Party Points for use in the VIP store to purchase cash and bonuses or for use in select Party Point MTTs. See Party Poker rakeback page for additional details

Party Poker Status Levels
	Status Level	Party Points Required	Equivalent Rake	Time Period	Rakeback
	Bronze	N/A	$0	Monthly	Up to 4%
	Silver	400	$200	Monthly	Up to 13.3%
	Gold	1,000	$500	Monthly	Up to 15%
	Palladium	9,000	$4,500	Quarterly	Up to 30%
	Palladium Elite	50,000	$25,000	Quarterly	Up to 50%

Bad Beat Jackpot

Bad Beat Jackpot Snapshot
Largest Seen Jackpot	Coming soon
Minimum Qualifying Hand	8888x
Jackpot Rake	$0.50
Jackpot %/Next Jackpot %/Admin fee %	70/20/10
Loser %	50%
Winner %	25%
Remaining Table %	25%

Party Poker offers special Bad Beat Jackpot tables at No Limit Hold’em ( limits of $0.10/$0.25-$3/$6) and Limit Hold’em (limits of ($0.50/$1 up to $15/$30). Lose with Four of a Kind (8s) or greater at designated red Bad Beat Jackpots to win the progressive Bad Beat Jackpot at Party Poker. When the jackpot is hit, 70% of the prize will be awarded to the table, 20% will be applied to the next jackpot and the remaining 10% will be taken as an administrative fee. Party Poker collects $0.50 from each pot to feed the jackpot.

Of the amount paid out to the table, 50% will be awarded to the loser of the hand, 25% will be awarded to the winner and the final 25% will be given to the rest of the table.

Four or more players must be dealt into the hand, hole cards must be used for both players and the hand must be raked. A Jackpot rake of $0.50 will be taken from each pot at a rate of $0.01 per $0.10 in the pot.

$10 Max fee on Tournaments

Party Poker has slashed the buy-ins of all high-end SNGs to $10. Players will save to up $190 in buy-in fees compared to the usual SNG fee at Party Poker and the other sites.

$5000+10, normally $200, savings of $190 (buy-in fee only 0.2%)
$2000+10, normally $80, savings of $70 (buy-in fee only 0.5%)
$1000+10, normally $50, savings of $40 (buy-in fee only 1%)
$500+10, normally $30, savings of $20 (buy-in fee only 2%)
$300+10, normally $10, savings of $10 (buy-in fee only 3.3%)
$200+10, normally $16, savings of $6 (buy-in fee only 5%)

Tournament Leaderboards

Party Poker offers weekly and monthly Tournament Leaderboards for their SNG and MTT players, where they will award up to $40,000 a month in prizes for top performers.

SNG Weekly and Monthly Leaderboards

Weekly

The weekly leaderboard will run from Monday at 12:01 AM ET/04:01 GMT until 11:59 PM ET/03:59 GMT the following Sunday. First place will receive $600, 2nd through 10th will receive an entry to the $300k guaranteed. The top 50 players will also receive a $1,000 Tournament Leaderboard freeroll entry.

Monthly

Leaderboard	Prizes	Places	Prize Range
SNG Monthly	$15,000	100	$40-$2,500

MTT Weekly and Monthly Leaderboards

Weekly:

The weekly MTT leaderboard will run from Monday at 12:01 AM ET/04:01 GMT until 11:59 ET/03:59 GMT the following Sunday. First place will receive $600, 2nd through 10th will receive an entry to the $300k guaranteed. The top 50 players will also receive a $1,000 Tournament Leaderboard freeroll entry. This will be a separate leaderboard from the weekly SNG leaderboard.

Monthly

Leaderboard	Prizes	Places	Prize Range
SNG Monthly	$11,000	100	$35-$2000

Leaderboards are for all eligible SNGs and MTTs. Leaderboard position is determined by performance in these SNGS and MTTs using a formula that consists of buy-in. Freerolls are not eligible. Players will be paid within 24 hours of the leaderboard end date.

$1,500 New Player Freeroll

Party Poker is holding a $1,500 New Player freeroll each Saturday at 2 PM ET/18:00 GMT. There are no requirements to enter. A maximum number of 5,000 seats are available. Players can enter as many weekly tournaments as they like within 60 days of making a first deposit.

General Freerolls

50 Seat Frenzy Freeroll

Each Saturday, Party Poker will be giving away 50 seats to their $300,000 guaranteed tournament each Sunday. Players can qualify for free by participating in one of Party Poker’s daily country-country specific freerolls, where the top 10 players will receive an entry to this qualifying event.

Country Freerolls

Party Poker runs almost a dozen daily “Country Specific” freerolls throughout the day. Special country freerolls are catered towards Germans, Eastern Europeans, Nordic countries, UK and Ireland, Western Europe and the Americas. Prizes range from satellite entries to $150 in cash.

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