Poker Stars Review
PokerStars is the leader in online poker tournaments as well in poker ring games, with over 100,000 concurrent players during peak hours and thousands of new players joining every day. PokerStars offers many scheduled, sit-and-go, freerolls, special tournaments, and satellites (also for land-based tournaments such as the WSOP – World Series of Poker, and WPT – World Poker Tour) at various high and low stakes. PokerStars also hosts the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) which is the leading online poker tournament with a main-event prize pool record of at least $3 million in 2006. Competition varies so every player can find his matches from beginners to experts. PokerStars has great reputation and is known as being very secure. The software is excellent, very user friendly, and stable. It offers some unique features for players such as uploading their own images, changing the graphic themes and layouts of the tables, writing various notes for keeping track of opponents, various game statistics, and hand histories. The cashier is easy to navigate with all the usual deposit and withdrawal options, and a few nice options such as the FPP store with Poker Stars merchandise, game history, and information on your VIP status. Customer support is also attentive and quick to respond. PokerStars is very well operated, has a genuine poker-feel to it, and offers good incentives and bonus programs for loyal members.
PokerStars Bonus Information:
Poker Stars offers a 100% up to $600 for new players. This special deposit bonus is until the end of 2009 so make your first-ever deposit and PokerStars will give you a free 100% bonus up to $600. To get the bonus simple use the bonus code "STARS600". To earn the bonus all you need to do is play poker at PokerStars and earn FPPs (Frequent Player Points) that sum up to x10 times the bonus amount. Each player has up to six months to earn the required FPPs in order to cash out the bonus. Re-load and re-deposit bonuses of at least 20-25% are also popular promotions on PokerStars so make sure you keep yourself informed and up to date.
PokerStars Pros:
Poker Stars is the official sponsor of the WSOP Main Event winners Chris Moneymaker (2003), Greg ‘Fossilman’ Raymer (2004), and Joseph Hachem (2005). Each year PokerStars sponsors scores of online poker players that have qualified from its numerous freerolls and satellites.
PokerStars Games:
PokerStars has a wide range of poker games and limits with the right limit for each pocket. Rakes are also very reasonable, being limited to $1 for low limit poker games and $3 for high limit and no limit poker games. Currently PokerStars offers the following online poker games:
Texas Holdem, Omaha High/Low, Omaha High, Stud High/Low, Stud High, Razz, HORSE Draw, 5 Card Draw, and 2-7 Triple Draw.
PokerStars Graphics:
The graphics on Poker Stars new version allow you to upload your own image as a background or choose from Poker Stars' Themes Gallery. By clicking the chips on the table it will open a window with an option to choose your own theme. (Other poker themes you can find also at ArtPoker.net)
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