Main Lobby is the initial screen of Party Poker software, whenever a player logs into that, Main Lobby will be displayed. From here, you can play game, you can join in a tournament and you can play for real money game. In Main Lobby, You can watch while other players play if we wish to see.

We can see the list of plays and tournaments in the centre of the Main lobby. Just scroll the mouse to see it, entire list is displayed.

You can find the suitable table or tournament in two great ways such as Browse and List lobby views.

The first view – List view shows the tree structure in order to search for a game. It allows you to navigate in traditional manner to find the suitable game. It is very easy and simple, can be recognizable by anyone. It is similar to the file search on the PC.

The Second View – Browse view allows us to search with advanced filters which can be used to precise the results – list of games. Multiple Filters can be used to make the search more refined.

It is very easy to navigate between two views of lobby. The views are represented with icons displayed on the top right of the main Lobby.

You can keep specific filters in order to display suitable tournaments and plays.

Log on to www.partypoker.com to know about more features that Main lobby offer. Take party poker’s Quick Tour which will guide you about the Main Lobby.

Game table

Just Right click on the table and select “Open Table” button displayed at the bottom of Lobby or Just Double click the Table.

You can see a snapshot of the table on the right of the window.

Select the chair marked as Seat Open to Sit.

Player name and Money he spent on the game will be displayed in the information box displayed next to the player.

The dealer button is represented with a graphical picture which shows the dealer in the round. White button if it is a new table and Red button if it is a classic table will be displayed on the screen. The player sitting on the left side of the dealer will be the dealer of next round.

If it is your turn in the game, you can see betting buttons enabled on the screen. You can select options from the available. Check, Bet, Raise, Call or Fold will appear normally.

When you want to speed up the game, you are provided with some advanced options such as Muck losing/Uncalled hands and Auto- post blind. You can select any option when your turn comes.

Using of Chat Facility

Players can use Chat Facility to look for dealer’s and players comments.

Visit www.partypoker.com to see more information on tables and Lobby information.

In 2001, Party poker site was launched and now became one of the popular sites in the world providing poker. Party Gaming – it is a leading operator in online gaming in the world and into this business from 1998.

Party Poker had become big company in 2005 and listed in Stock Exchanges.

It has got around £4.5 billions in 2005, through London Stock Exchange.

In 2006, Party Gaming has launched three other sites as Party Bingo, Party Gammon and Party Casino in order providing service to its players with same user and cash account on all websites.

Poker Players didn’t accepted the poker tables providing links to casino games and blackjack. In the mean time, the criticism has been kept quiet by giving an option to hide them.

US legislators Passed UIGEA – hard day for the Gambling lovers.

US government has passed Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) on October 13 in the year 2006 and the day was stated as fatal day. Online games in USA were made as against the law and detained managers of some gaming companies.

After that, many poker sites along with Party gaming has blocked all the USA based players and stopped services to them. No Player from USA is there in that websites after that act was passed. They made strict rules to avoid being sued from the government for illegal activities. This rule was there for a long time till the new law was in to effect again.

Party Poker has lost more than 50% of its customers overnight and the price of the stock was drowned when it decided to say bye to Americans. It is great to stand still on the board after getting such kind of blow of loss. It still remains in the top place in the industry and it was miracle that Party Poker stands in the market facing many uncertainties.

Concentration on Global Markets:

After this recession, all the poker sites are looking for remaining global markets to take stake in the market. We can say Asia and Europe is the huge market for Poker industry and many people showing interest towards online poker and getting trained onboard from the Party Poker website. The huge popular attraction is the longest cruise – Yearly Party Poker Million week.

In USA, a strong debate is going on about making the online poker legal. Many players from USA are desperately looking to get tied with Party Poker again if their government let them to do so. Then again it will be a blast in poker industry and Party Poker will reach the Sky, if this is through.