Poker Stars Review

PokerStars.com

Poker Stars was initiated on September 12, 2001 with games that could be played with play-money. However the company started offering money games from December 2001. Ever since, it is known to be one of the leading poker rooms in the world. The site has produced three World Series Poker Champions which include Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer. It is a registered legal business with its head-quarters in San Jose, California. Poker Stars is not an internet casino, hence the players never play against the house, and instead they play against each other. There are real players from all around the world and Poker Stars receives compensation for hosting poker games by collecting rakes from every real money pot played. It is one of the largest poker sites in the world and offers huge volume in cash games and action on all the games all round the clock. It has managed to set a standard for the other sites as far as the tournaments are concerned and a wide selection for the Sit N Gos. Poker Stars is known to have the ability to turn the small buy-ins into huge cash outs.

Bonuses and Promotions

NEW!! The newer players would receive a bonus match f 100% on the first deposit up to a maximum of $600 (was $50 only before). You need to make up to three deposits intotal to claim the full bonus amount, but they must be made within 60 days of the first deposit. This is the largest possible bonuse available for this room. The bonuses are easy to clear and they are automatically deposited on the player’s account once the player meets all the frequent player point requirements. Besides, there are attractive reload offers from time to time based on the level achieved in the VIP program. There are additional offers for the existing players and there is a separate page dedicated to the marketing codes which features all the requirements to clear the bonuses in addition to a review on the VIP program.

Being the world’s largest poker site, it sponsors some of the best poker legends such as Greg Rayner, Daniel Negreanu and many more. There is option provided on the site where the players can watch the experts play. There are special incentives to play and weekly freerolls, FPP games offer small-stake players a chance to win big bucks. While creating an account on the PokerStars.com, the players must ensure that the appropriate bonus codes are to be entered in order to get the right bonuses.

Tournaments

The tournaments on PokerStars.com feature two of the main events to get started with the new week. To begin with, there is a weekly Warm Up tournament that offers a guaranteed prize pool up to $500000. Another most important event on the site is the Sunday Millions. This event offers a prize pool of $1000000. Additionally, the players would hit upon multiple table tournaments scheduled daily. The players can enter on these tournaments with low to moderate high buy-ins and freerolls. PokerStars is known to provide various seats to live events and provide an opportunity for more players to enter the major tournaments. There are multiple games in all the variations as far as Sit N Go tournaments are concerned. SNGs are played on the shorthanded and full tables up to 180 players in one single event.

Games

Poker Stars has more than 130000 online players and ring games are a popular spot on the site. There are both, real money and play money games being offered for the players. It is one of the biggest poker rooms in the world and this has a lot to do with the gaming variety. At the moment, the poker room supports Omaha, Texas Hold’em, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven Card Stud, Razz, HORSE, HOSE and 2-7 Triple Lowball. All of these games could be played on the site with play-money. As far as the real money is concerned, the stakes start at $0.02/$0.04 and they continue to increase up to $100/$200. There is a 5% rake capped at $5 per hand, although the lower limit tables play a reduced amount.

Software

The software at PokerStars.com is one of the best available on the web. The poker client is available for both, the Windows and the Mac users. The lobby is attractive and easy to navigate. It includes all the necessary features and options along with some innovative setting for the Multi-table and Sit-N-Go tournaments. The multi-table players would be able to play as many as eight games at the same time and the transition between the tables is smooth. Poker Stars offers some re-sizing tools as well as the cascading tools. The players would have an opportunity to create their own avatars and change the backgrounds on the room. The few other features include the ‘find a friend’ feature, cash transfers, coloured decks and preferred seatings. If the users need to know more on the software, there is a download guide available that can help each section on the poker room.

Support

There is an efficient support team working round the clock on Poker Stars. There is an email response received from the team within a few hours. If there are any problems with the payment options then the players can contact the support team through email. If the deposits haven’t gone through, then the techs on Poker Stars could be contacted through phone and they would provide the best solution for all the queries.

Deposit Options

There are a lot of deposit options available with Poker Stars which include NETeller, all the major credit cards, CentralCoin, Echecks, money orders and many more. However, this is one of those sites that encourage the players to use Echecks so that the accounts could be easily funded through their checking accounts.