Party Poker related question.. Unlimited funds from bank?
 

I have been playing on Party Poker lately (using play money), and while there, I noticed that when I run out I can continue to add money from the "bank," thus increasing my money amount to whatever I want.

Is there no limit to the amount I can withdraw from the bank?

Furthermore, if you can draw limitlessly from the bank, does it not make the play money games even "less" serious, in that people can throw money around even more, because if they go broke they can just refill instantly?

I know Poker Stars has a 3 per hour limit on refilling your money supply, but I'm wondering if there is any such limit at Party Poker, and if not, why?

Thanks!

um did you check the partypoker website? faq's? ask around?

Never played on party poker. I play Ultimatebet.com though quite a bit.

I don't believe there is any limit to how many times you can rebuy. That is why it is so hard to find an honest game in the play money section. Nobody there cares how many times they go bust.

Exactly. Play money is a great place to build bad habits. Even if you only put in the minimum amount and play low limit games like nickel/dime, you're still getting a better play experience, just for the simple fact that people have SOMETHING invested and will play more serious (though not much more seriously).

I don't know what the lowest limit is on Party Poker, but Paradise Poker has 1 cent/2 cent.

Quite honestly though, the real fun comes from having something invested in the game. It shouldn't be so much as to break the bank, but it should be enough to make it interesting. :D

The only way that I play online with the play money games is in freeroll tournaments. The play resembles more like people are playing with real money. The difference is that the stakes and style of play changes as the blinds increase and there are things that come into play that don't normally during ring games. I don't know what they are like at party poker or if they have freeroll tournaments, but the ones at ub are good.

partypoker's free play games are pretty out of control. There is no limit to your refills, and there are more than enough players just calling every hand. The fun? I don't see it, but I imagine it's there.

The smaller real money tables are fun though, although you still get some people playing like it's not their money.

Well if you are playing a table with 5 and 10 cent blinds is pretty easy to call. I mean, its only 10 cents people aren't going to have a big problem calling. You'll have to move to a higher level of blinds to get people who aren't willing to call with crap.

I have heard some of the biggest pro's say that one of the things that set them apart is that when they are at a table they don't really think of the value of the money, so it isn't as hard for them to make calls and bets. I don't know how that doesn't work against them in the long run, but I guess knowing when to fold regardless of the amounts at stake is something they all have a good feel for if they are successful.

If you don't think of your chips as money, but more like ammunition, you can commit the right amount of chips to make the correct mathematical play. This is especially true in pot-limit and no-limit games, where you have to be willing to bet the maximum to mess up your opponents pot odds.

PartyPoker doesn't have limits to the amount of chips you can withdraw, no. Play money games consistantly feature every player at the table going all-in before the flop. You'll see tables where the blinds are 20/10 and the average pot is in the thousands.

Playing limit-poker for play money is more realistic, but only a little bit. Now people can't go all-in on every hand, but they'll still call with everything that hits the table. Playing on the play money tables, there's no strategy at all... bluffing is impossible, and you're going to find yourself getting taken by more inside straights and river flushes, just because EVERYBODY calls to the river.

Play money games are like a face-up game of 7 card stud. No strategy, whoever is dealt the best cards is the winner on every hand.

Once you play for real money, on UB or PP, you'll never go back. It's like the farm to Paris. Ironically though, in the 5 and 10 dollar real money guys, you still have crazies out there who are all in on the first hand.

Maybe they just think in terms of the percentage they have relative to the overall chip count. Or maybe I'm misunderstanding what you are saying.

I have alot of fun doing the play-money tournaments. That way it doesn't matter how much money they have in their overall accounts, they are limited by the amount that they get for the tournament. There are still joker's that go all-in on the first hand, but usually at least 2/3 of the table is acting reasonably.

:eek: Party Poker is legit? CRAP!! I deleted it via HijackThis thinking it was one of those popup things that someone clicked on. I'm talking about my sisters family PC. They had me revove some bad viruses and stuff and I thought Party Poker was something that got auto installed after one of the kids clicked on it or something. Crap. Now they'll have to reinstall it again. :|

Don't play Party Poker, play poker stars.

On the low limit tables they don't even rake, so you can practice as much as you want without paying a ton to the house. And they are totaly legit, no spyware, just good times.

does party poker have spyware implications? i got infected but figured it was just all that free porn i watch....

Yeah dude,

You get unlimited funds, but you have to leave the tables with some, and then that gets put into your account.

Have fun add me to your buddies,

Holdem_Dvorak is my PP name.

Your pal,

Holdem Dvorak

and yes, PARTY POKER HAS UNLIMITED SPYWARE IMPLICATIONS AS WELL,

Not to worry, all of it is probably gone if you run spyware protection programs.

If you decide to play the micro-limits with real money, play at poker stars. The smallest limit offered at PP at 0.5/1. A risk adverse winning player would want a healty bankroll of $300 to make sure that his risk of ruin is tiny. Of course this is rediculous, since no one makes a living playing 0.5/1, but it gives you an idea of what kind of 'roll you'd want. Taking a shot at 0.5/1 with $100 would be OK.

Pokerstars offers games as low as 0.02/0.04, so a tiny risk of ruin bankroll would be $12, and a bankroll for a casual player would be $4. These games aren't raked, also.

Party is a great place to play for the small stakes and mid limit games, but go to stars for the micros.

Also, another note. The idea that you cannot win playing poker when your opponents will always call to the end for an extra 10 cents is highly erroneous. "I need to move to a higher limit, where they will respect my raises" is a thought that will never cross an expert player's mind, because it is patently false.

Poker is a game of adaptation. The player who is a calling station has dulled two of the poker player's weapons: the semi-bluff and the pure bluff. But he has opened himself up widely to a new attack: value betting and raising quality draws, good hands, and marginal hands. Games full of these types of opponents are actually the most profitable (in terms of bets, not money).