Party Poker Million

[UCF THAYER]

Anyone been before? I'm only 20, and thinking about accompanying my friend on the trip. I emailed party, and they said i could go, and would be allowed to play in the side games.
How are the side games? Lots of action? Lots of games spread?
Anyone whos been there before i would greatly appreciate any information on the cruise, and whether or not it's worth it for me to go.

Is there internet connection on the boat? In each room?

[Nick-Zack]

I have been on several cruises so can answer the internet questions. All of the ships that I have been on have had wireless access throughout the ship and computers in their library that you can use. The problem is the cost. It is $0.50 a minute if you don't buy a package. You can get it down to about $0.30 a minute with a package. That is pretty high if are planning on jamming up the $1/$2 at Party though.

[modaddy]

I searched unsuccessfully for any trip reports from prior PPM cruises... does anyone know if there are some floating around somewhere?

[smartalecc5]

wouldnt a party poker cruise ship have some type of online poker incentive like free access or something??

I dont know, but I would think they would atleast provide you free internet!

[Nick-Zack]

I think that they want you to frequent the poker room rather than watching porn on the wireless internet.

[DesertCat]

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wouldnt a party poker cruise ship have some type of online poker incentive like free access or something??

I dont know, but I would think they would atleast provide you free internet!

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wouldn't everyone be playing live anyways?

[MicroBob]

I say don't worry about it and just go anyway.

If the games suck then you will still have fun getting hammered on the cruise with 2 stops in Mexico (ummm...Hello?!?....did I hear someone say "Spring Break College Chicas?!?")

If the games are actually good then all the merrier.


It's a bunch of online-qualifiers....many of the 'big name' players will be at the Rio that week during their WSOP-qualifier event or whatever it is. The EPT championship in Monte Carlo is taking place as well.
Because of this I suspect there won't be as much extremely high action of the 400/800 variety.

But many of these online-qualifiers may have a general tendency to suck...but will probably be less likely to play terribly high.

If the games are rock-gardens I would be pretty surprised.
I looked through the list of players who have qualified and recognized a couple who I had on my buddy-list at 15/30 because they are something like V-60.

you're 20...the gambling and drinking age on international waters is 18.

The only reason for you not to go is if you have better opportunities elsewhere.
For example...except for the stop-overs at the Mexico ports I anticipate that the ship won't exactly be crawling with babes.
It could very well be 80% dudes with a serious online-poker-nerd streak.


all of the above is just my general hunch and isn't based on any actual prior experience.

[CptMisery]

I was on the cruise last year and the poker room had almost 40 tables. They spread everything from 2/4 to 400/800 Hold'em, Omaha, Stud or whatever there was enough interest in playing.

Internet access is available on the ship, but extremely expensive. The funniest thing I saw on the ship was a guy multi-tabling Ultimate Bet in one of the ship's lounges while a really bad karaoke night was going on.

The low stakes Hold'em games were pretty soft as a lot of spouses/companions were playing in these games, along with no bankroll players like me.

If you are getting free cruise out of it, I wouldn't think twice about going as it was a tremedous experience. The cruise alone is worth more than 2 grand.

[MicroBob]

Nice review...thanks.



My GF is already aware that she will likely be one of only a handful of people on the boat who has absolutely no clue how to play poker.

Interesting that so many of the spouses/companions play the ring-games...I would have thought there were more couples like us (where the girl doesn't give a flip whether 2-pair beats trips or that AA is the best starting hand).

[Daliman]

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Nice review...thanks.



My GF is already aware that she will likely be one of only a handful of people on the boat who has absolutely no clue how to play poker.

Interesting that so many of the spouses/companions play the ring-games...I would have thought there were more couples like us (where the girl doesn't give a flip whether 2-pair beats trips or that AA is the best starting hand).

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News for her.

Many of the people PLAYING in the tourney have no idea how to play poker.

[CptMisery]

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Many of the people PLAYING in the tourney have no idea how to play poker.

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That really is true, especially this year as there were Limit and No-Limit qualifiers for the trip. I found that there were a lot of NL players who couldn't adjust to the limit game.