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Originally Posted by jamest
Is partypoker like the 3rd most popular poker site or something? It use be number 1 back like 5-6 years ago. I know games aren't soft anymore but are there reasons why people don't play on partypoker as oppose to stars?
Are games on partypoker much harder than stars? What about sngs?
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Originally Posted by jamest
Is there a reason why i don't hear much about partypoker anymore? Is is because there is no rewards/rakeback?
it's about tied for 3rd with ipoker, behind stars, if u look at pokerscout
it's not as popular since it was years ago (back when it allowed US players) but it's still an ok site to play on. not great, support is pretty incompetent, the software has serious issues that get ignored, people have been banned for no reason, there are bots, it didn't make the most of people looking for a new site after black friday, etc., but ok. regs are aware of the risks and since they're small for each individual it's still +EV to play. games are soft but not mega-soft or anything, there are still bumhunting regs to compete with.
i think the main fault with the site is the rake is pretty high, you have to grind palladium + to make it worthwhile imo, and even then you're going to have to monitor ur results in HEM carefully to make sure it's still worth it to you to play, depending on ur playing style (with the switch to weighted-contributed rake few months back a lot of ppl lost some value), games, etc. SNGs have overly high rake at the $11 level and below.
you'll figure it all out in time, or u could read the thread