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Hope this doesn't look like an advert for PartyPoker. Although I do in fact have an account there, it's not my favourite Poker site - I just created this page on the news that PartyGaming is going to float some shares... Evercat 13:21, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Skin split, software update, affiliate issues

There have been some major changes at PartyGaming over the past few weeks, including the Empire settlement, the new software platform, and an apparent controversy over the old Empire affiliates.

On 20 February 2006, <spam link removed> revoked its certification of PartyGaming due to the company's policy not to pay existing affiliates of Empire Online. These affiliates had contractual agreements with Empire online to be paid a % of player revenues for the life of the player. Upon purchasing Empire's "skin" operations PartyGaming announced they will not honor the affiliate contracts made with Empire Online.

Do we really need to include such issues at this time? The dust hasn't even settled from the skin split and software upgrade yet. This decision may not remain permanent. SmartGuy 19:25, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Such an entry is both off topic and nonsensical, and should not be included. This article isn't about Empire Online's contractual responsibilities. It is about Party Gaming, and even in that it isn't about trivia of any kind or the interpretive POV of anyone, especially since this POV entry is false on its face. The affiliate contracts say they can be terminated at any time for ANY reason. Obviously we should not include clearly false entries in the article. I reverted back to before the anon POV addition. 2005 19:34, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
Seems our spam vandal is back at it again. These people seriously are irritating. SmartGuy 13:43, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 3rd Party Programs

Does the Partypoker program come attached with 3rd party progs like spyware?

No. 2005 00:17, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Personally, have had no problems... But ZoneAlarm Security Suite is telling me it is adware. Are they simply misinformed? 198.54.202.242 (talk) 07:38, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nice, free advert for party poker

Nothing about bots, etc... this is basically an ad for them. This should be edited for a NPOV or pulled.


[edit] US Players

Doesn't the source article just say that they're going to ban US players IF the legislation is signed in 2 weeks? The wikipedia entry makes it sound like Party is banning US players no matter what, with no indication of when.

It's pretty much a foregone conclusion that Bush is going to sign the Safe Ports Act, the bill which Bill Frist used to shovel the I-gaming legislation through Congress as a rider. There's no "IF" about it. Barring major legal action by the big online cardrooms, it's going to get signed into law. Given that the industry in general has been very non-responsive in regards to the threat of a U.S. ban, that is probably not going to happen. SmartGuy 14:02, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
I could have added "if" for a few days, but it is 100% likely to be signed. 2005 19:07, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Unfortunately 2005 you are right. Sigh. It's been a hell of a ride, though. SmartGuy 19:10, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Sigh indeed ... But the safe port act, or at least the affect on online poker, really needs an article of its own. This is huge news to millions of US poker players, and it deserves more content on wikipedia. -1123
I agree. Both the Safe Port Act and the internet gambling rider merit articles. SmartGuy 15:27, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
There is an article Safe Port Act. 2005 21:24, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PartyPoker money cheat

People on PartyPoker would just login and gain money every second. Something should be included on this. --70.111.218.254 03:39, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Thats only with play money. A minor exploit since play money tables are a garunteed gong show anyway.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:PartyPokerLogo.png

Image:PartyPokerLogo.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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I have addressed this. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 16:55, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 100,000 players at a time?

The article claims that at peak times, 100,000 players are playing at a time on partypoker. This was true, back before partypoker was forced to pull out of the US market. Does anyone have any sources showing their current peak number of players? I highly doubt it's back up to 100,000, but I could be wrong. --Xyzzyplugh 07:40, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Party Poker Issues

This section seem the be opinion / original research then anything else, I've tagged but it may need to be removed without sources to the claim. ▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 06:10, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

I removed it as it was opinion rather than original research. Use of the word "plagued" is inappropriate, as is even the opinion that playing shortstacked is bad. 2005 07:23, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
You are correct I should had removed it there and then, the part that saw as OR was "software is also considered to be inefficient by some" if this opinion was written by an authority in the poker world (ie cardplayer, bluff etc) it could be quoted as such but other then that has no bases in being in the article, with the "plagued" comment about short stack poker you are quite right on that point too, I don't know what I was thinking.(slap head)▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 07:49, 7 November 2007 (UTC)