{"id":16818,"date":"2011-11-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=16818"},"modified":"2020-09-04T15:11:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T15:11:54","slug":"welcome-to-the-party-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/welcome-to-the-party-mac.html","title":{"rendered":"Welcome To The Party, Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As a writer, like many in the trade, I rely on Mac computers to make my techy world go round. Now, let me get one thing straight: I\u2019m not one of those Apple junkies, who feels the need to have everything with an apple logo attached to it, or the letter \u2018i\u2019 in front of it. Okay, I do have an IPOD. But I don\u2019t have an i-phone, or an i-pad, or anything else of the \u2018i\u2019 designation. In fact, I think a lot of \u2018i\u2019 people are \u2018insane. However, I do use\u2026and LOVE\u2026 my Mac laptop.<\/p>\n

So you can understand why I felt like I was cheating on my Mac every time I put that laptop down to pick up a PC laptop in order to play online poker<\/a>. You see, until recently, not everyone had Mac platforms for their pokersites, and THAT was frustrating to say the least. I like to travel with ONE laptop, not two, but whenever I was on the road for a writing assignment, I either had to pack a second computer, or simply forgo playing online poker.<\/p>\n

So you can imagine my sheer delight when I received a press release from PartyPoker announcing that I could now get their gaming platform for my Macinstosh. Halle-frikkin-llujah!! Now, I\u2019d like to take credit for convincing Party to make the change, but the truth is, I don\u2019t think I had anything to do with it. Unless of course, they could see me through my webcam and understand my rage and frustration at not being able to use my Mac for poker.<\/p>\n

So I was pretty interested to see how it worked. The first step was to download the software<\/a>. I went to the PP site, and less than 60 seconds later, the program was actually installed and working on my Mac. Niiiiiiiice. Good start, Party. Next, came the hard part: the play test.<\/p>\n

I logged in and got right to it. For now, just ring games for Macs, but that\u2019s okay. Tournament play is apparently soon to arrive as well. First look, it appeared as if everything was A-ok. A hundred hands in, and I hadn\u2019t given the software a second thought. Seamless. Being able to play on my Mac was like finding Nirvana (the place, not the band).<\/p>\n

I did find one small glitch in Party\u2019s Mac software: when I 4-bet with air, the guy I was playing against snap called me. Is there anyway you can put some kind of avatar up there that makes me look meaner? Maybe in the next version? Please?? Ah, I don\u2019t really care. I love my Mac. And now that I can play poker while I work, I love it even more\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a writer, like many in the trade, I rely on Mac computers to make my techy world go round. Now, let me get one thing straight: I\u2019m not one of those Apple junkies, who feels the need to have everything with an apple logo attached to it, or the letter \u2018i\u2019 in front of<\/p>\n

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