Waters resigned from partypoker at the start of the year and new names were appointed. He came on board in 2015 and played a big role in restabilizing partypoker and helping it dethrone 888poker to become the number two online poker site in the world. Tom Waters spent close to 5 years heading partypoker. Partypoker has not made a lot of noise this year because there has been a lot going on behind the scenes. PokerStars, GGPoker, and the WSOP have been the three big names dominating the online poker news scene for most of 2021.