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Poker Stars Review
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A complete guide to poker stars in 2011
Updated 2011 - PokerStars is the world’s largest online poker room and one of the most recognizable in the industry. Pokerstars is also one of the few rooms that offers the eCheck deposit option making it easy for U.S. players to fund their accounts. The poker room first launched in 2001 and has since grown to phenomenal proportions, supporting over 300,000 players at any time of the day and endorsed by some of the world’s top professional players like Daniel Negreanu, Isabelle Mercier, Berry Greenstein and of course Chris Moneymaker. PokerStars features a massive tournament selection showcasing a one million dollar guaranteed tournament each week in addition to two different tournament leader boards. The poker room is Mac compatible, available for USA players and provides a very easy to clear signup bonus.
A 100% Match Bonus On Your First Three Deposits
If you sign-up at Pokerstars through us you will receive a very unique deposit bonus. Instead of matching only your initial deposit, Poker Stars will match your first three! The cap for the bonus is $600. I can't imagine a better way to handle bonuses. When I just sign-up at a new poker room I usually make a small $25-$50 deposit as a test and if I end up liking the room I will do on to make larger deposits if needed. My cautious approach usually cheats me out of capitalizing on the first deposit bonus though. This isn't a problem at Poker Stars. If you want to make a $10 initial deposit and end up loving the room, which you probably will as they are the largest and the best room online, you still have the opportunity to get as much free poker money with your next two deposits. Pokerstars often hosts freerolls for new depositors so that is something to watch out for.
Reload bonuses are also a common occurrence so keep a close eye on your email in-box. To claim this exclusive bonus there are three steps you must take. First, you must visit Pokerstars and download their award winning software (use one of the buttons below). Second, while you are signing up there will be a Pokerstars marketing code page, this is where you enter our Pokerstars.com promo code PSA1155. Click the "Friend Referral" option and enter our code (as shown below). Finally, when you make your first deposit enter the bonus code STARS600.
Pokerstars Games
Pokerstars supports such a wide player base that the competition in this room is unlike any other poker room to date. The micro to low limit tables support plenty of soft cash games, although the viewed flop percentage is significantly less than other rooms. Once you reach $3/$6 games you can expect the level of competitiveness to increase with the viewed flop percentage typically in the mid to low 40’s. Whether you’re a Holdem player or prefer HORSE, you will find almost every variation of poker available for free and real money play at Pokerstars.
Currently the poker room supports Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo, 5 Card Draw, 2-7 Triple Draw, 2-7 Single Draw, Badugi, H.O.R.S.E, H.O.S.E, Holdem Mixed, Omaha Hi-Lo Mixed, PLH/PLO and 8-Game Mix with stakes beginning as low as $0.01/$0.02 and increasing as high as $100/$200. The poker room is always jumping so you really shouldn’t have any difficulties finding a game of choice at any hour of the day. Players will be able to play full 9 player games, shorthanded and of course heads up with plenty of turbo and NDP tables hosted. The poker room does take a rake from all real money games, at a rate of 5% up to $3 per pot.
Pokerstars Tournaments
The tournament schedule is by far one of the company’s biggest features with massive guarantees, seats to live events and the ability to play a PokerStars pro in a heads up match. PokerStars provides tournament action in each of the variations mentioned above, and with buy-ins starting as low as $1 for beginners to learn the games without the risk. The week kicks off with a Sunday Warm up which offers a $500,000 guaranteed followed by the Sunday Millions, which is the poker rooms most popular and widely anticipated weekly event. The poker room guarantees at least a $1,000,000 prize pool, with most weeks topping that amount. The event can be bought into directly for $215 or you can qualify your way through for as little as a few dollars. The poker room also provides players the ability to battle the pros by winning your weekly spot in the tournament leader board. Tournaments are played in re-buys, freezeouts, guarantees, shootouts in PL,NL, FL.
Pokerstars Software
The software was created exclusively for the poker room and you will find more features supported at PokerStars than any other room online. Players will be able to use the software in multiple languages including English, French, German, and Dutch along with 12 others. The PokerStars software is available for Mac, Windows and Linux players and provides a very easy to use navigation system. All of the poker room’s option are located in the main menu and include such things as preferred seating, advanced sit and go options, player to player transfers, find a friend among others. The poker lobby does provide easy to read statistics giving you such information as hands per hour, average pot size and the percentage of players seeing the flop, in addition to your opponents stack size. The tables also support game statistics and you can request your hand history in the main menu. Poker Stars supports up to eight games in simultaneous play with full window, cascading tiles, and resizing tools to better fit your games for you. Even with the abundance in user options, players will never experience a lag or delay while playing and you can expect frequent updates.
Pokerstars Deposit Options - Fastest Paying Room!
The payment options vary from country to country, and yes PokerStars does support plenty of deposit options for USA players. The most notable is the eCheck deposit option. This allows anyone with a bank account to fund their player account, no more deposits rejected by your bank. Withdrawals are processed by the same means as your deposits and will arrive within 24-48 hours from the date of request. Current options include; Western Union, ClickandBuy, Moneybookers, Neteller, Webmoney, eChecks, ELV, Online bank transfer, money orders, Diners Club, Solo, VISA / VISA Delta / VISA Electron / Gift and Prepaid VISA and MasterCard.
Pokerstars Promotions
PokerStars runs a variety of promotions that are available all year long. These promotions never expire and are among some of the finest promos you will find at any poker room.
- Pokerstars Sunday Million - This is there largest tournament that is offered on a weekly basis in the world. Pokerstars has recently upped the guaranteed prize pool to $1,500,000. The buy-in is $215 but there are a wide variety of satellites running daily for just $1, you can even use your FPP's to enter.
- Pokerstars FPP Program - Playing at any real money table or in any real money MTT or SitnGo will earn you frequent player points (FPP's). You can use these to buy into tournaments or purchase merchandise from Pokerstar's FPP store. You can use your points to purchase just about anything, including cash.
- Pokerstars VIP Program - Pokerstars offers one of the most rewarding poker VIP programs in the industry. They use a multi-tier system that allows players to earn FPP's at a much faster rate (up to 400% faster than tier 1 players). This VIP program blows other poker room's rakeback programs out of the water. In some cases it equals out to over 40% rakeback. In 01/2010, Pokerstars upgraded their VIP program allowing players to earn regular free cash gifts as they earn VPP points.
- Tournament Leaderboard - Pokerstars offers cash prizes and live tournament packages to their best tournament players. It's not about "how much" you win playing tournaments, it's about "how often" you win so even small time players that have a knack for tournaments have a chance to win.
Pokerstars Support
The support department at Poker Stars could be a lot faster. They provide dedicated assistance for all players in free or real money mode. Players can reach PokerStars by email only so there is room for improvement. You can expect a response within 1-48 hours. If you are having difficulties with any of the payment options the poker room supports, they do offer a payment support department for you. Simply send them an email with your contact information, including home phone number and someone will call you to assist you.
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