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2009 - Pokerstars Review
The largest poker site in the world, PokerStars, offers tournament and cash game play 24 hours a day, seven days a week. PokerStars is the standard by which all other poker sites attempt to operate, and is the most popular site among poker enthusiasts of all skills level. With games starting literally every minute, there is always a table to play on for bankrolls of all sizes on PokerStars. Pokerstars New Player Bonus
New players at Poker Stars will receive a 100% match on their first deposit up to $50. When you are in the process of making a deposit you must enter the bonus code STARS50 in order to receive this bonus. While you are registering for a new account you will be prompted to enter a marketing code or promo code. Enter the code PAWSUB16 to receive entry into the Pokernews freerolls. These private freerolls run 5 times a month and each offer a $2,000 prize pool. As long as you meet the small FPP requirement you can play in these exclusive freerolls for life. Below is the current freeroll schedule.
Poker Stars Review: Account Creation
To begin playing on PokerStars, players are required to create an account. Once that is done, you can elect to either play for free in any of the free play rooms or to add a funding source. PokerStars accepts various payment sources over a secure online network for player convenience.
PokerStars Review: Poker Software
The free software that is downloaded to play on the PokerStars platform is top notch, offering the best of fast playing action, reliability of service, and great options that allow you to customize your poker playing experience with PokerStars. The software is compatible for both Windows and Mac users. PokerStars software also allows users to play on more than one table – a great way to increase your winnings.
PokerStars Review: Promotions
PokerStars also offers great promotions and one of the best loyalty programs in the online poker industry. The loyalty program offers a big selection of PokerStars merchandise, special events, and qualification into major poker tournaments on the site.
One of the (few) downsides to playing on the PokerStars platform is the inconsistency of competition among players. With a huge player base of more than a million registered users, it is tough to find the type of opponent that you want to verse. Opposition on PokerStars can be soft on one table to incredibly hard on the next one.
Lower limits and tournament action on PokerStars, like on most online poker rooms, is and will probably always be chock full of bad players, but there are thousands of really tough, strong poker players playing regularly on PokerStars that actually make a living from their efforts. You can expect some tough competition scattered throughout the site.
PokerStars Review: Game Variation
If you are a player who likes variation in your poker game, PokerStars is the right fit for you. PokerStars offers a diverse game selection, including: Texas Holdem, Omaha, Seven Card Stud (multiple versions), Horse, hose, 2-7 Triple Draw, Razz, Five Card Draw, Mixed Holdem, Single Draw Lowball, Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo, and Badugi, just to name the most popular. PokerStars adds games all the time, so there is always something new and exciting going on with their site.
PokerStars gets the majority of industry traffic and offers a feeling of real play in a virtual poker playing world. PokerStars is also very speedy to reply to any questions or concerns that members may have concerning their player accounts, which is an added plus in their behalf.
PokerStars currently runs the biggest online poker series on the planet, the World Championship of Online Poker, as well as weekly poker tournaments like the Sunday Million as well as live tournaments like the European Poker Tour, among others. PokerStars sends more poker players to the infamous World Series of Poker than all of the other online poker sites combined, which is perhaps part of its immense popularity.
