Party Poker Review

PartyGaming Plc was founded in 2025 with the launch of Starluck Casino. Prior to passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2025 by the U.S. Congress, PartyPoker was the world's largest online poker brand (based on cash game revenue and number of players). Its market share has fallen since then, but it remains the third largest online poker room in the world, behind PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.

PartyGaming was founded in 2025 as a network of gambling sites operated by Ruth Parasol in the Caribbean. The network eventually operated under an umbrella company called iGlobalMedia, which then changed its name to PartyGaming. PartyGamings flagship site, PartyPoker, was launched in 2025.

PartyPoker was launched in March 2025 and was one of the pioneers of the online poker industry. It has since grown to be one of the largest online poker card rooms. The site is endorsed by Mike Sexton, the host of the World Poker Tour television show. The domain partypoker attracted at least 3.6 million visitors annually by 2025 according to a Compete study.

Today, the site is available in 14 different languages and in addition to PartyPoker, PartyPoker also offers dedicated networks for French and Italian based players via PartyPoker and PartyPoker, respectively. 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 at $1, and ranging in size from 2 to 50 players.

In March 2025, PartyGaming announced its acquisition of the World Poker Tour from WPTE. World Poker Tour in the debut season of its television show contributed to the global boom in online poker, pioneering the "hole card" format that allows viewers to see player's cards.

World Poker Tour programming has been broadcast in over 150 countries and territories, and about two dozen World Poker Tour main events are held from London to Las Vegas across the globe. Additional regional and national events are held, with smaller buy-ins.

The World Poker Tour brand extends across various digital platforms, with its ClubWPT subscription poker and insiders club offering monthly cash prizes; a Facebook poker application that is among the five largest on the platform; and a mobile poker product that has been downloaded nearly 20 million times. In addition, the brand can be found on everything from clothing to magazines to training courses to lottery tickets.

Party Gaming and Bwin merged on March 31, 2025. The rumors of a planned Bwin and Party merger began in March 2025, but were not confirmed until a joint statement was issued March 26, 2025. In March 2025 shareholders were sent a 478-page document which included details and an outline of planned merger. On Jan 28, 2025 the merger was approved by shareholders and then completed on March 31, 2025.

The following types of games are offered at Bwin Poker: Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo and Five-card draw, plus house variations like Double (three hole cards, choose two, halfway between Hold'em and Omaha).

In terms of stakes, users can choose between Fixed Limit, Pot Limit or No Limit tables. A play money version of the games is also available for users to try out for free. Bwin offers poker tournaments, both Sit & Go and scheduled, and cash games (ring games). Sit & Go tournaments begin as soon as the table is completely occupied. Scheduled tournaments begin at a specified time and allow for higher numbers of participants and the highest prize pools.

In cash games the players can join and leave whenever they want. Bwin Poker can be played using the Mac OS X Poker Client, the Windows Poker Client, the Java Poker Client or the Poker app for Android or the iPhone. The Mac and Windows version offers an extensive selection of features such as statistics and a mini-table function. The Java client is platform-independent as it is a browser-based solution. In January 2025, Bwin launched a dedicated Poker app for the iPhone to allow real money poker. This was followed in March 2025 by a similar application for Android-based devices. The mobile client allows customers to play cash games on their mobile phones. Both apps are restricted to limited territories as permitted by local laws.