PokerStars review - last update: 14.04.2009.
Software
Poker Stars is currently the world’s largest gaming site, with between 10 000-20 000 cash game and 125 000-150 000 tournament players online at any given time. PokerStars is owned by Rational Enterprises, with servers located in Kahnawake, Canada.
Poker Stars is updated regularly, everything runs very smooth and you can be sure it’s the best in the online poker industry. Multitabling is smoother than on any other site that we’ve played at. You can resize the tables to fit the screen how you want it and it’s also easy to play on two screens. In comparison to other sites, Poker Stars has the best software available today.
Game Variety
With the high volume of players which regularly play at Poker Stars, it’s no surprise that the site offers more variations of Poker games than any other site on the internet. Games available at Poker Stars include Limit and No-Limit Texas Hold’em, and both Hi and Hi-Lo variations of Omaha and Seven-Card Stud, No-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo games, H.O.R.S.E, H.O.S.E, 2-7 Triple Draw, Five-Card Draw, and Razz.
Sign-up bonus information
The 100% bonus up to $50 that you receive when you sign up is well behind the industry standard. If you’re looking to increase your bankroll with good bonuses, Poker Stars is not a place for you althought the bonus itself is easy to clear but its too small. They offer a great amount of value in their VIP Club, but only if you’re a regular player that generates a lot of traffic. To recieve your bonus, use the Bonus Code: Stars50. You can download the software here.
Promotions
Poker Stars offers some of the most creative and lucrative promotions available to online poker players. One of the most popular promotions at this site is the Sunday Million tournament with guaranteed prizes of over $1,000,000 every Sunday, and a weekly top prize of at least $100K. Buy-ins range from between $215 to $530 for this tournament, depending on the day of the month and volume of players expected.
Poker Stars offers satellites to a lot of live events through the year and they run more frequently than the rest of the poker sites. You can win a seat to the World Poker Tour (WPT), European Poker Tour (EPT), Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) and the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT). Poker Stars promotions are marketed towards the serious players that want to gain entry to the big land based events. You won’t get innovative new promotions, but you will get the best and most frequent qualifiers to the major live tournaments. If you want to qualify for some serious tournaments, look no further.
VIP Club
Poker Stars has the best VIP club in online poker. There are 6 different VIP levels: BronzeStar, SilverStar, GoldStar, PlatinumStar, SuperNova and SuperNova Elite. You collect FPPs (Frequent Player Points) while playing at the tables and you can exchange your FPPs for entry to large Freerolls or you can use your FPPs in Poker Stars VIP Store where you can trade them in for bonuses, tournament tickets, clothes, poker books, cash and other merchandise.
The VIP levels allow you to enter the biggest VIP Freerolls in the industry. Poker Stars provides a weekly $50k tourney, a monthly $100k tourney and many other smaller ones. This tourneys offer great value for money for simply playing there on a regular basis. The best thing about the VIP levels is that you earn an accelerated rate of FPPs once you earn the level. This means that you don’t have to play as much to earn the same amount of points the following month.
Deposits
Visa, MasterCard, Diners, eChecks, ClickAndBuy, Neteller, Moneybookers, Local Bank Transfer, Online Bank Transfer, Paysafecard, WebMoney, Click2Pay.
Withdrawals
Maestro, Solo, NetTeller, Visa, ClickAndBuy, Moneybookers, Click2Pay.
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