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| Site Name | PokerStars |
| Site URL | http://www.pokerstars.com |
| Software | PokerStars |
| Bonus | 100% up to $600 |
| Bonus Code | Stars600 |
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PokerStars Review
PokerStars is by far the largest poker room online with close to double the cash game traffic as the second biggest poker room, Full Tilt Poker. Being the biggest poker room means PokerStars can offer the most variety of cash games and the biggest and best online poker tournaments. The $1.5M guaranteed Sunday Million is the biggest weekly guaranteed tournament in online poker and the first place prize is usually around $200K. The competition at PokerStars is average because there are so many players that PokerStars has to be the standard by which you judge the skill level of other poker rooms. At PokerStars you can find all kinds of games to your liking and you will never have to wait for the cash game you like or wait for a sit and go tournament to begin. PokerStars is the biggest and arguably the best poker room online.
PokerStars Deposit Bonus
PokerStars Bonus Code: Stars600
PokerStars Marketing Code: PSP1913
PokerStars offers a 100% matching bonus up to $600 on any initial deposit that uses bonus code “Stars600”. This means that you receive a bonus amount equal to the amount of your first deposit, up to a maximum of $600. In order to release your PokerStars bonus you must earn 17 times the amount of your bonus in frequent player points. For example if your bonus is equal to $100, you must earn 1700 FPP’s to release the bonus to your real money account. You can earn FPP’s by playing in PokerStars tournaments or cash games. In tournaments you earn 5 FPP’s for every $1 you spend in tournament fees and in cash games you earn 1 point for every $0.40 in rake generated in games up to $1/$2 and 1 point for every $1 in rake generated for games above that limit. You have six months to clear the bonus. If you do not clear the entire PokerStars bonus in six months the bonus is forfeit and you get nothing. Six months is plenty of time to clear the this bonus.
Promotions
- PokerStars Sunday Million – With $1.5 Million guaranteed every week; this is the biggest weekly guaranteed tournament in online poker.
- Battle of the Planets – This is the PokerStars sit and go leader board. There are 9 different levels to represent the nine different planets and two orbits for each planet. One orbit takes into account chunks of 20 sit and go tournaments and the other takes into account chunks of 100. This means there are 18 leader boards you can be a part of each week. PokerStars gives away over $3,000,000 a year from this promotion.
- Turbo Takedown – Every month PokerStars holds a Turbo Takedown tournament that you can buy-into for 5000 FPP’s. The tournament guarantees a $1,000,000 prize pool and a $100K first prize. The tournament is capped at 12000 entrants, with 4000 of these players cashing in the tournament.
- Satellites to all EPT, APPT and LAPT events – PokerStars offers you the chance to win your way into many live, high profile tournaments.
Traffic
PokerStars is by far the largest poker room online with an average of 23,000 cash game players online at a time. This amount is almost double the second place room, Full Tilt, which has an average of only 12,000 cash game players. Being the biggest poker room online PokerStars can offer all kinds of stakes in all varieties of poker. PokerStars has limits from $0.01/$0.02 up to $200/$400. You can find all types of hold’em, Omaha and 7 card stud at PokerStars as well as less popular games such as 2-7 triple and single draw, HORSE and HOSE. PokerStars is the best poker room online for finding games at various stakes for the lesser known poker varieties.
PokerStars also has the most extensive tournament line-up in online poker. There are tourneys with buy-ins from $1 up to $10K. The Sunday guaranteed tournament line-up at PokerStars is remarkable. You can start off with the $750K guaranteed Sunday Warm-up and then play the main event $1.5M Sunday Million and finish up with either the $250K Sunday Second Chance or the $500K Sunday 500. PokerStars offers a ton of satellites into each of these events, which gives players of all bankrolls the chance to hit a huge payday at PokerStars.
The sit and go tournaments at PokerStars also have great variety and you will never have to wait for a game. There are buy-ins from $0.10 up to $5K, including heads up, satellite, double or nothing and turbo sit and go’s.
Software and Graphics
PokerStars has smooth running software with little to no problems ever encountered. At PokerStars there are no avatars, but you instead have the option to upload a photo to display while you are at the tables. If you don’t upload a picture you just display a blank yellow circle. PokerStars software is perfect for multi-tablers. There is no limit to how many tables you can play at a time and the tables are nicely resizable with very little changes in graphic quality.
Competition
Being the largest poker room online would probably make PokerStars the standard for online poker competition. PokerStars has all player types and skill levels so it’s impossible to label PokerStars. There are many professionals that make their living at PokerStars, as well as many new players who are just starting out and barely know how to play.
Support
PokerStars offers fast and helpful email support, but does not offer either live chat or phone support. Being the leading poker room in the industry it would be nice for PokerStars to offer at least one of these two instant contact options.
Deposits & Withdrawals
You can deposit and withdraw via credit card, Neteller, WebMoney, Moneybookers, PaySafeCard, Maestro, Solo, ClickandBuy, bank transfers, instant cheques and more.
The minimum deposit is $10 and the minimum withdrawal is $25.
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