There was a lot of hand wringing at Cake Poker Network headquarters last week as one of an online poker room’s worst nightmares came true: a pot was shipped to the wrong player. Fortunately, thanks to the professionalism of Cake’s Card Room Manager, Lee Jones, and the programming staff, the issue was resolved in just over a day.

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | February 8, 2010

When Tight Poker last reported on the line-up for next week’s PartyPoker Premier League IV, there was one seat left to fill and PartyPoker promised the person they had lined up to fill it was a living legend of poker.  They more than lived up to their promise when it was revealed that none other [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | February 6, 2010

At the end of January, Party Poker released the latest updates to its poker software.  There were no major changes, but the ones made should make most customers’ playing experiences just that much better.
The part of the update that will have the most immediate impact on an individual’s day in, day out play at Party [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | February 5, 2010

Last year appears to have ended on a high note for Party Poker and its parent company, PartyGaming.  The publically traded online gaming corporation (PRTY on the London Stock Exchange) recently released its 4th quarter results from 2009 as well as some preliminary numbers from the year-long performance of the company.  PartyGaming saw improvements over [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | February 4, 2010

Their chips may not have monetary value, but many recreational players feel as if they’ve been robbed by the site they’ve logged countless hours on over the years. A recent change to PartyPoker’s play money policy limiting the number of chips a player can retain in their account resulted in a number of players having [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | February 3, 2010

At one of the toughest final tables assembled so far this year, while the eyes of the poker community were focused squarely on the more experienced competition, a local man took down one of the biggest poker titles in the Southern hemisphere.
Sydney native and Party Poker qualifier Tyron Krost kept the Aussie Millions title down [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | February 2, 2010

The action has been non-stop for almost a month at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia as the 2010 Aussie Millions is in full swing.  The preliminary events saw a number of familiar faces taking down big prizes including Erik Seidel, Mike “SirWatts” Watson and Dan Shak, who defeated Phil Ivey heads-up to take down [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | January 30, 2010

A new month is almost upon us, and with it comes a new promotion from PartyPoker.  February’s promo, dubbed “Hit or Run,” combines a little bit of grinding with a little bit of luck to produce some elevated heart rates.
Compared to most PartyPoker monthly promotions, Hit or Run is quite simple.  Starting February 1st and [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | January 29, 2010

The roster of the upcoming Party Poker Premier League IV is almost complete and three new big names in the poker world have agreed to take part in the upcoming televised tournament.  Team PokerStars Pros Daniel Negreanu and Vanessa Rousso have been added to the list of participants as has high stakes online cash game [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | January 27, 2010

Party Poker is the latest online poker room to dedicate time and effort to helping those affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti earlier this month. At least 150,000 lives have been lost, though Haitian government officials are predicting as many as 300,000 people died as a result of the brutal natural disaster. [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | January 26, 2010