Official partypoker UK Constructive Player Feedback (to Rob)

[Gary Oakes]

Hi,

With regard to the exchange rate on partypoker, I've done some analysis comparing the partypoker exchange rate to XE.com and Post Office (to show a commercial rate), and also done the same for PokerStars, Full Tilt, 888 and iPoker.  The analysis was done three times for each, at 9:30am and 5pm yesterday, and at 2pm today. I have illustrated how much it costs in GBP to Buy-In or Deposit $100 (or €100 in iPoker case) and how much $100 (or €100) is worth in GBP on XE and would cost from Post Office if you were going on your holidays, just as a comparison....

XE.com:
Thurs 9:30am $100 was £65.61, €100 was £74.82
Thurs 5pm $100 was £65.41, €100 was £74.66
Fri 2pm: $100 was £65.42, €100 was £74.47

Post Office:
Thurs 9:30am $100 was £68.21, €100 was £77.70
Thurs 5pm $100 was £68.21, €100 was £77.70 (same as 9:30am for both, not a typo)
Fri 2pm: $100 was £67.70, €100 was £77.76

partypoker:
Thurs 9:30am $100 was £65.86 (0.38% more than XE)
Thurs 5pm $100 was £65.86 (0.69% more than XE)
Fri 2pm: $100 was £65.63 (0.32% more than XE)

PokerStars:
Thurs 9:30am $100 was £65.66 (0.08% more than XE)
Thurs 5pm $100 was £65.39 (0.03% less than XE)
Fri 2pm: $100 was £65.49 (0.11% more than XE)

Full Tilt:
Thurs 9:30am $100 was £67.30 (2.58% more than XE)
Thurs 5pm $100 was £67.05 (2.51% more than XE)
Fri 2pm: $100 was £67.12 (2.60% more than XE)

888:
Thurs 9:30am $100 was £69.10 (5.32% more than XE)
Thurs 5pm $100 was £69.10 (5.64% more than XE)
Fri 2pm: $100 was £68.56 (4.80% more than XE)

iPoker:
Thurs 9:30am €100 was £75.53 (0.95% more than XE)
Thurs 5pm €100 was £75.53 (1.16% more than XE)
Fri 2pm: €100 was £75.41 (1.26% more than XE)

In summary, PokerStars are ranked #1 in terms of being closest to XE.com rates, and at one stage were actually better than XE.com rates! Partypoker is ranked #2, iPoker is ranked #3, Full Tilt is ranked #4 and 888.com is the worst rate and ranked #5, of the rooms sampled, for the period outlined above.

Gaz

 

[NigDawG]

hmm i thought we had to deposit in £ and the client changes it into $. if you deposit in $ your bank will charge you a fee no?

right now if i deposit £100 into party poker it turns that into $148.57 whilst xe.com is $152.27, that's a 2.4% difference.

[mumblesrock]

I have never played on party poker, but I do respect the opinions of hero members who clearly have used the software and know what they are talking about.
Wasn't there some fraud on the site many years ago when a software engineers on party poker, created a program to see whole cards?

I will give it a go though but will take all members opinions into consideration when navigating the site!!

Think that was Ultimate Bet/ Absolute poker?

I do recall something like hat back in 2008/2009 in sure?
Not sure now but might be the one where you could just see part of the cards. Very pleased the RNG is unpredictable tho

[mumblesrock]

You cant blame Rob if this proves to be a lucrative financial deal for him, at the end of the day goodwill goes so far but in reality every business needs to make money!!
I do hope party poker don't fcuk things up though, it would be a shame if they spoiled all the hard work that dtd have put into the uk poker scene over the past few years.

It would be nice to see some introductory torneys (ie 50 seat guarantees) for the forthcoming mini, main events just to get things kick started!!

[teamonkey]

if we dont already have one can we use this please?


Can anyone suggest or show me the way to change the table/floor colouring?

i dont mind the silver/grey background as such, but would prefer to be able to use different colours with a higher contrast to view my playing screen with

dare i say similar to stars themes??


tyia

Mick

[MC]

if we dont already have one can we use this please?


Can anyone suggest or show me the way to change the table/floor colouring?

i dont mind the silver/grey background as such, but would prefer to be able to use different colours with a higher contrast to view my playing screen with

dare i say similar to stars themes??


tyia

Mick

Might be something of help in here:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/45/software/party-poker-new-design-mods-309964/

[teamonkey]

if we dont already have one can we use this please?


Can anyone suggest or show me the way to change the table/floor colouring?

i dont mind the silver/grey background as such, but would prefer to be able to use different colours with a higher contrast to view my playing screen with

dare i say similar to stars themes??


tyia

Mick

Might be something of help in here:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/45/software/party-poker-new-design-mods-309964/

top find MC, will have a good look tomorrow

[h]

if we dont already have one can we use this please?


Can anyone suggest or show me the way to change the table/floor colouring?

i dont mind the silver/grey background as such, but would prefer to be able to use different colours with a higher contrast to view my playing screen with

dare i say similar to stars themes??


tyia

Mick

have you tried changing cards / tables in set up
4 colour deck ect,..#
click on spanner in lobby

[Gary Oakes]

hmm i thought we had to deposit in £ and the client changes it into $. if you deposit in $ your bank will charge you a fee no?

right now if i deposit £100 into party poker it turns that into $148.57 whilst xe.com is $152.27, that's a 2.4% difference.

You can have a GBP account, my account had the grand total of £27.22 in it, I have just deposited, selected GBP from the drop down and added £10, the balance on my account is now £30.66. When I withdraw I simply ensure GBP is selected and I withdraw GBP's (not very many of them because I am not very good at poker!) to my bank account.

Right now if I reg for a $10 Tournie, it costs me £6.56, on xe.com $10 = £6.55926, so there is actually right now, no difference between partypoker and xe.com.

There is a little double arrow by the side of your balance under the Deposit button in the top right of the download client, click it and it toggles it between USD and GBP.

As another test, I switched the arrow so it showed my new balance in USD ($46.72), I deposited £10 (GBP) in the cashier, and the USD balance changed to $61.96, an increase of $15.24.  On xe.com £10 = $15.25, so the partypoker rate pretty much matches xe.com.

As a final test, I unregistered from the $10 tournie, my balance returned to £47.22 (which was my starting balance plus 2 x £10 deposits).

Hope that helps....

[DropTheHammer]

What amount do you get charged when you withdraw, $2.50 somehow?

[smokynuts]

new to party poker was hoping for good things.decided to give few mmt s a go this afternoon got close to money and touniments crash and cancelled

just like they did on ipoker

hope they can sort this out

live chat not very helpful all thou not relay sure what they  could do

will persevere with it as relay want to get back to dtd sats 

not smokynuts any more as i don't smoke lol

see you at the tables

[smurf]

I deposited £40...played 3 tournies plus the UKPT penny rolls...then a bit of cash...my balance is now £39.49 so oodles of fun with no outages for 51p (this hot run wont continue).

This is the 3rd change of platform i have sen and the usual moans and groans come out every time...it is what it is...best of luck DTD.

[DropTheHammer]

Unfortunately, wherever you play outside of Stars/Tilt, the software will be shit. Hopefully Rob made a good deal with Party, he deserves it for everything he's pumped into UK poker and I will carry on playing wherever DTD move to in future years too.

[pokerplayingfarmer]

Unfortunately, wherever you play outside of Stars/Tilt, the software will be shit. Hopefully Rob made a good deal with Party, he deserves it for everything he's pumped into UK poker and I will carry on playing wherever DTD move to in future years too.

This

[Alonso]

To add to my previous post - it appears customer support is 'excellent'. Sent very simple general query on 5th of February at around 12:55pm. Answer came on .... Wait for a second, it never came... So far