- The monthly leaderboard ended at the end of April, and the weekly ends tomorrow.
- LB’s to be replaced with “a more varied range of tournament-based promotions in the future.”
- The end of tournament leaderboards is another step in Party’s plan to refocus on recreational players, much to the frustration of high volume players.
PartyPoker will end its final Tournament Leaderboard promotion when the current weekly competition finishes on May 5.
The only announcement of the promotion’s final days is at the bottom of the main leaderboard promotion page. The monthly leaderboard ended at the end of April, and the weekly ends tomorrow.
According to the statement, “a more varied range of tournament-based promotions in the future” will replace the promo.
The company that used to advertise itself as the most popular online poker room in the world now lists poker as a business risk in its annual report. PartyPoker has underperformed the rest of the global poker market over the past year, and has decided to concentrate on fewer markets where it feels it can build a competitive advantage.
The end of tournament leaderboards is another step in Party’s plan to refocus on recreational players, much to the frustration of high volume players. Recent network decisions include removing the bad beat jackpot, cutting its VIP program at the highest tier and, most controversially, implementing an opaque player segregation policy.
Its “all-new” poker client is still in the works, although it has fallen behind initial launch plans.
