The largest online poker room available today, PokerStars offers a fantastic variety of games and tournaments, as well as many useful features and functions.
PokerStars was launched in 2001 and operates from the Isle of Man in the British Isles. It is fully licensed and regulated and is safe and secure to play at. PokerStars has grown to be the largest online poker room available today. In December 2007, it entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the most players playing simultaneously online. December 30, 2007 saw 151,758 players at the site.
PokerStars attracts players from around the world and sees amateur as well as professional players at their site. Team PokerStars Pro is made up of several big names in the online poker industry, including Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem, Daniel Negreanu, John Duthie, Vanessa Rousso, Ivan Demidov and many more. Competition at the high stake game levels tends to be difficult, whereas the lower stake ring games see softer competition.
PokerStars software is compatible for PC and Mac computers. The software is available in 21 different languages making it accessible to players around the world. It offers many useful functions and features including the ability to access hand histories, player notes and table statistics. Players can choose their own avatar and change it to suit them or you can remove all avatars. You can change the table theme or create your own, as well as select card designs, resize your table or change your position at the table. There is a sorting and filtering function and players can chat with each other. Players can enjoy multiple games at one time.
PokerStars offers an excellent selection of games including Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha hi-lo, stud, stud hi-lo, draw, 2-7 triple draw, 2-7 single draw, razz, H.O.R.S.E, 8-game mix and badugi. Games are available in no limit, pot limit and fixed limit and players can choose from full table, shorthanded and heads-up tables. Stakes for games range from $0.01/$0.02 up to $200/$400.
PokerStars is also known for their excellent range of tournaments. They offer multi table tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $0.10 to $1,000 and sit and go tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $1 to $5,500. They also offer freeroll tournament, satellites and the biggest online poker series, the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP). They host huge weekly poker tournaments such as the Sunday Million and multiple live tournaments such as the European Poker Tour (EPT), the Asia Pacific Poker tour (APPT) and more.
If you have any queries when playing at PokerStars, you can contact their customer service team who are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They are contactable via email only, but guarantee prompt and helpful responses.
PokerStars offers a variety of safe and secure payment options. Players can make deposits into their online poker room account using Click2Pay, ClickandBuy, Moneybookers, VISA, Master Card, Diner's Club, Solo, Maestro, Entropay, NETeller, money order, bank transfer, check or Ukash. Minimum deposits are $10 unless otherwise stated.