 Poker Stars Summary
Poker Stars opened for play money beta testing September 12th 2001 and began offering real money games in December 2001. As the leading tournament online poker room it has produced players who won their way to become the 2003 (Chris Moneymaker) and 2004 (Greg Raymer) World Series of Poker Main Event Champions.
Poker Stars is an excellent poker room to play at, they offer you $50 free sign up bonus if you click any of these banners or links to their site, they have the largest player base in the world by far, many different types of games to play and Poker Stars have one of the best customer support services in the industry.
Poker Stars Games Available
PokerStars offers just about any game a player could be looking for including free play tables to practice on. The site offers Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, Razz, 5 Card Draw, 2-7 Triple Draw, H.O.R.S.E., H.O.S.E.
Poker Stars Player Traffic
Up to 15,000 cash game players and 100,000 tournament players can be found at the Poker Stars tables during peak periods. This makes Poker Stars by far the largest online poker room for both cash game and tournament poker.
Poker Stars Quality of Players
In previous years Poker Stars has had a reputation of having very tough players at any games or limits. As the player numbers has grown the competition has decreased to a level that is about average compared to other rooms as a whole.
Poker Stars Tournament Info
PokerStars is the biggest online poker site in the world and is, hands-down, "the" place to go for tournaments. There are over 100,000 tournaments running every single day at PokerStars. Freerolls, Satellites, Frequent Player Points, Leaderboard, daily scheduled, the Sunday Warm-up, the Sunday Million – and the tournament list goes on. The high traffic ensures anyone looking for a tournament will find one that suits both his wallet and his game preference. Most events have low to medium buy-ins and run often, and the smaller buy-in tournaments tend to be quite loose and juicy.
Poker Stars Software
Since opening with an extended beta testing stage, Poker Stars has had the most stable and functional software of all the online poker rooms. Even with tournament sizes of more than a thousand people the software runs quickly and smoothly. PokerStars software and download process is simple and easy and navigating the Poker Lobby, including the Cashier, will put you in a seat of your choice in no time. PokerStars welcomes US players to their tables but also offers country specific tournaments and is available in 19 other languages.
The statistics provided to players are comprehensive. The lobby lists tables with average pot size, players per flop and hands per hour. Statistics offered to seated players include flop seen by position, pots won with showdown and pots won without showdown. In tournaments players can also see their current position and the average chip stack sizes of the players remaining.
Poker Stars Bonus & Promotions
Poker Stars offers a first deposit bonus of $100 up to $50 and there is an occasional re-load bonus, typically 20% up to $120. Players are able to earn Frequent Player Points (FPP) by playing real money games that can used to enter tournaments or make purchases in the FPP Store. A VIP Club is offered to all players with a variety of membership levels based on the amount of Frequent Player Points earned every month.
Poker Stars Deposit & Withdrawal Options
Deposit Options: eCheck, VISA (Delta, Electron, Gift and Prepaid), MasterCard (Gift and Prepaid), Neteller, Diners Club International, ClickandBuy, Moneybookers, Solo/Maestro/Switch, cashier's check/money order/bank draft (minimum deposit of $100), local bank transfer, ELV, online bank transfer, Paysafe card, WebMoney.
Withdrawal Options: Visa, Neteller, Moneybookers, ClickandBuy, WebMoney, check, couriered check, direct bank tansfer.
Poker Stars Customer Service
Customer support is provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by e-mail only. Responses are received in minutes for the majority of enquiries and the quality of responses is excellent. Poker Stars has some of the most competent customer support representatives in the business. |
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