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Poker Stars remains one of the leading online poker gaming web sites, and has been operational since September 2001. Offering players the option to play with both real money or fake chips, Poker Stars often sees more than 150,000 players at peak periods on its site. This fact makes Poker Stars the largest poker room that can be found on the Internet for both tournament and cash game play. Pokerstars is in a class of its own in terms of five card draw action. Hundreds of draw poker ring table and tournament players can be found at Pokerstars' real money tables around the clock.
One of Poker Stars’ biggest claims to fame is that some of its players (Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer) went on to win in previous World Series of Poker events. Poker Stars featu-res an easy sign up that takes just moments. Would-be players need only register for a free account, download the Poker Stars software, and begin playing. Those who wish to play for money can deposit funds to their accounts using a variety of methods.
Pokerstars offers a nice incentive to new players. When you sign and enter the Pokerstars marketingcode pbs500 you will receive a 100% bonus on the first 3 deposits you make. The maximum bonus possible is $600. This is a great bonus for 5 card draw players since you won't have to make a huge deposit initially. If you are like me you like to test the waters out before you jump right in. Since we are talking about Pokerstars, the leading online poker room, there isn't much to worry about but at least you can make the most out of this bonus by making 3 smaller deposits.
Poker Stars features a huge number of the most popular poker games around, as well as many of the lesser heard of lesser played poker variations. The most popular games are Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi-lo, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi-lo, Razz poker, Five Card Draw, Deuce to Seven Triple Draw, and Horse poker. Most of the games offered on Poker Stars are available in limit, no limit, and pot limit varieties. All of the games are offered in both sit-n-go as well as scheduled tournament action.
One of the best features of the Poker Stars platform for playing poker is Poker Stars’ software, often touted as the most dependable online. This highly functional and stable software is capable of hosting huge tournaments in real time (tournaments that often feature over 1,000 users) without slowing down or locking up like other sites. In addition, comprehensive stats are available in the lobby for all players – including pot size averages, hands per hour, etc., for each Poker Stars table. Tournament players can also get a view of other player’s stack of chips during play for remaining players, which is useful information that is not available with many sites’ software programs.
Being such a big force in online poker means that there are players with all skills levels frequenting Poker Stars rooms. From novice to professional, there is an abundance of opponents for players to choose from.
Poker Stars offers different first deposit bonuses, usually quite substantial ones. From time to time, they also offer a re-load bonus which is around 20%. Additionally, players can accumulate frequent player points or FPPs, which can be used to buy their way into tournament play or like cash in the Frequent Player Points Store. Frequent player points are also used to determine a player’s membership level in Poker Stars’ VIP Club.
Players at Poker Stars are offered 24/7/365 email support for any questions and concerns they may have while playing. Email response time is generally only minutes and personalized responses are usually the norm. Poker Stars is thought to have one of the best customer service teams of all online poker rooms.
For those players wishing to play for real money, Poker Stars offers many options, including Visa, MasterCard, and Diner’s Club. Poker Stars is the only online poker room that allows players to deposit money via an electronic check from their personal checking account.