Poker Stars currently accepts US players
Poker Stars |
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Poker Stars offers an exclusive 100% signup bonus up to $50 for VegasPokerPro.com
users.
Poker Stars is, hands down, the leader in online poker tournaments. They are second only to
Party Poker in standard ring game traffic. Their software kicks butt, and their customer support is outstanding. The only downside to PokerStars is their lack of great promotions
and the tough competition. Their signup bonus is a joke, and they rarely offer reload bonuses. They have recently started offering a loyalty program in which you can use the player points you earn to purchase products from their store, or buy into special event tournaments. |
Poker Stars General Information |
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Poker Stars Lobby 
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Poker Stars Table
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Poker Stars Bonus Information |
| Signup Bonus in $ |
$50 |
| Deposit Bonus in % |
100% |
| Reload Bonus |
Offers emailed monthly |
| Bonus Requirements |
10 Player Points/$1 |
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Poker Stars Pros and Cons |
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Pros
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Fast, Stable, Attractive Graphics & Software
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VIP Program for Loyal Players
Cons
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Sign-up and Reload Bonus are too small |
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Full Review of Poker Stars |
Poker Stars Summary (7.17)PokerStars.com is
one of the top two online poker rooms to play at for a number of
different reasons. They have the best software in the industry. They
have the largest poker tournaments online - including a weekly
$1,000,000 prize pool tournament! Poker Stars was one of the original
poker rooms online to start offering real money tables. They have come
a long way since they first opened, and are the standard by which all
other poker rooms are measured against, including
Party Poker.
Poker Stars Software & Interface
(10)
PokerStars has the best software platform of any online poker room. It is obvious that the individuals who designed the software are avid poker players. The action moves quickly and smoothly, and the graphics have a great look and feel. Poker Stars has one of the most stable software packages around. While other rooms are up and down with their platform, Stars is always running, never crashing, providing a true to life poker experience. The lobby shows useful information about each table, including average pot size, percentage of players per flop, and the number of hands per hour the table is averaging. This enables a player to pick out a table that is right for there game skill level. The only thing left for Poker Stars to do is create a software that plays on a Mac.Poker Stars Ring Game & Tournament Action (10)PokerStars.com has the second highest amount of traffic in the online poker community. And the traffic for their tournaments is #1. This is mainly because Poker Stars is seen as the place online to play tournaments.
After all, it was Poker Stars that sent both Greg Raymer and
Chris Moneymaker to the
World Series of Poker to become WSOP champions. Plus, 2005 WSOP Champion, Joe Hachem
is also part of the PokerStars team. They run a weekly $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool on their site that attracts thousands of players every week. If you've never played in a tournament with a million dollars at stake, then this is your shot. Plus, you can win your way into this weekly tournament
with regular satellites for as little as a $5 entry fee. PokerStars
also hosts a yearly WCOOP - World Championship of Online Poker - in which the prize pool is millions of dollars.
Poker Stars Game Variety (8)
Poker Stars has a relatively good game variety. They offer the standard Texas Hold'em including Limit, Pot-Limit, and No-Limit. They offer Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo, as well as Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo. Their table stakes range from $.02/$.04 up to $100/$200. Thier tournament buy-ins range from $.10 up to $600.
Poker Stars Competition (4)
Poker Stars is the place to play for top level poker players. While they don't
have the number of poker pros endorsing the site that
Full Tilt
Poker has, the pros are all playing on PokerStars. Even at the middle and low level games, you will generally find some very tight and aggressive players. The only tables on Stars that have below average players are the micro-limit games. PokerStars.com is one of the best places to play in order to improve your game. Everyday you will be challenged by better players, no matter what level you are sitting at.
Signup
Bonus & Promotions (4)
The sign-up bonus at PokerStars is pathetic. They are currently offering a 100% bonus up to $50. Yes, that's right, $50. While other sites like
Absolute Poker or
Titan Poker offer sign-up bonuses of $500
or more, Stars is stuck at $50. One can only assume that PokerStars does not feel the need to offer such huge bonus offers because they feel their software and game play is enough to attract players. And they may be right. They have recently initiated a VIP program that rewards their loyal customers by offering Frequent Player Points that can be redeemed for free gifts, as well as buy-ins to private tournaments.Poker Stars Customer
Service (7)Poker Stars has quality email support, which is very quick and reliable. However, they do not currently offer telephone nor live chat support.
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Previous Poker Stars News |
Pokerstars - Latin American Pacific Tour - Thursday, April 17, 2008
PokerStars has once again added a new tournament promotion to the already stacked line-up, this time introducing the first ever LAPT, also known as the “Latin American Pacific Tour”. In addition to the European and Asian Pacific Tour, the LAPT promises to deliver some of the world’s best players both live and online located in the tropics of South America. (full story) |
Pokerstars Sending 1000 Players to the 2008 WSOP - Friday, April 11, 2008
Pokerstars recently announced that they have bumped the traditional offers for seats to the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event by guaranteeing a minimum of 1000 players. This means that over $14 million dollars will be spent sending players courtesy of Pokerstars.com (full story) |
PokerStars Adds Mac Poker Software - Sunday, December 09, 2007
Mac Poker players finally have another option of where to play poker online with the release of a native Mac OS software by PokerStars. This software is still technically in beta format, but PokerStars has been testing it extensively for over a year by allowing its use in play money games. Up to this point Mac users have had limited options with FullTilt being the only mac poker room available for US players but now that there is a Mac PokerStars software, they can choose from the top two poker rooms. (full story) |
Boris Becker Joins PokerStars - Friday, November 30, 2007
Boris Becker, yes, that Boris Becker, has joined Team PokerStars. After years as a successful professional tennis player (winner of six grand slam tennis events), Boris Becker is setting his sites on bringing that kind of success to his professional poker career. (full story) |
PokerStars Announces Sydney Scorcher - Saturday, November 17, 2007
PokerStars is sending more than 200 online qualifiers to play in the Sydney Scorcher - the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Grand Final this December 12-16. Prize packages include a buy-in to the event, 5 nights hotel accommodation and flights (up to $2,000). There are daily satellites starting from as little as $2.20. So take a chance to win a seat at one of the biggest tournaments of the year and a trip of a lifetime. (full story) |
Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure - Saturday, November 17, 2007
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is now part of the European Poker Tour (EPT). This event will take place January 5th - 10th at Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in the Bahamas. PokerStars is currently running satellites and tournaments to win a PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Prize Package. More details about the prize package in the full story. (full story) |
$5,000 Freeroll for joining the PPA! - Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Poker Stars supports the efforts of the Poker Player's Alliance and wants to give Poker Stars players a chance to support the PPA as well. To encourage players to join the PPA, they're running three daily tournaments for a limited time, each with a $5,000 prize pool. The tournaments will run at 8:05 PM, 9:55 PM, and 11:05 PM ET so all American players have a chance to play. (full story) |
PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Season 3 - Sunday, January 14, 2007
PokerStars.com currently has daily satellites going on for Season 3 of the European Poker Tour (EPT). The tour starts in Barcelona, continues throughout Europe and ends with the Monte Carlo Grand Final in Monaco, which starts on March 28, 2007. Pokerstars.com has buy-ins for EPT3 events starting at $11 in it's daily satellites! (full story) |
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