Pokerstars Review

Ring (cash) game players at Pokerstars tend to be a little tighter than most other sites. Obviously, the lower the stakes, the looser the games, but even the low-stakes action is a bit tighter. Selectively aggressive players can steal some pots here, especially if they're good at detecting weakness.

Tournaments tend to be more typical, with experience levels all over the board. You may find a wide variety of players at each table. Some will be terrible, some highly skilled. Since Pokerstars has such a huge number of tournament players, the tournaments can be a good place to make some money, and also a great place to hone your tournament skills. If you want to improve your tournament game, this is definately the place.

1/ Pokerstars promotions tend to revolve around all of their live events sponsorships, and weekly guaranteed tournaments. They run hundreds of satellites and freerolls for various events on a daily basis. They also run promotions for such things as The World Blogger Championship of Online Poker & other oddities.

2/ WCOOP - World Championship of Online Poker, the worlds largest online poker series. Think of it as the WSOP of online poker. They run 23 events of all game types, with huge guaranteed prize pools ranging from $129,000 - $7.5 million!

3/ VIP Program - Earn frequent player points that can be used for tournament entries or in the Pokerstars online store.

Pokerstars has freerolls running pretty much non-stop every day. They get quite creative with their freerolls as well, running country specific freerolls, and freerolls for poker leagues. Most freerolls have prize pools of $100, $500, or are satellites to bigger events.

Here's where things get crazy. Pokerstars literally runs about 30 guaranteed tournaments daily, ranging from $1,000 - $55,000 each. Most of these are in the $25,000 - $45,000 range. Many have buy-ins as low as $3 and go up to around $100. Most can be bought in for $10 - $30.

Sunday Million - 4:30 pm EST. $215 direct buy-in or qualify through satellites starting at $3. This is the largest guaranteed tournament online, and is the most prestigious aside from the WCOOP Main Event.

$400,000 Sunday Warm Up - 12:45 pm EST. $215 direct buy-in or qualify through satellites starting at $3, just like the $1 million guaranteed. To play, get your Poker Stars Download

Pokerstars Lobby - Maybe the easiest to use in the industry. With as many games and tables as Pokerstars has running, it's amazingly simple to navigate. Plenty of filters are available for both ring games and tournaments.

Pokerstars Table - Again, very easy to use. Buttons are huge, action is easy to follow. Occasionally they add new background themes, but the layout has remained the same for quite some time. As the saying goes 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it', at Pokerstars nothing is broke. Table options are easily accessible, and the hand history function works fine as well.

Handling over 100,000 players during peak hours, Pokerstars has done an amazing job keeping the software running properly. On their own network, they've simply built the best system in the industry. Players on dial-up will find this to be the best site to stay connected.

Earn Frequent Player Points by playing in real money cash games and tournaments with fee's. FPP's can be used for tournament buy-ins, gear in the Pokerstars store, or turned into cash. The Pokerstars store offers poker gear, books, iPod's, TV's, and even an Aston Martin Vantage. To turn points into cash, use the 'Requests' button in the lobby, then click 'Trade T$/W$'.

24/7 Email - support@pokerstars.com

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