Poker Stars Review
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Poker Stars Marketing Code: BLUE50
SERVICE: 10
Poker Stars has great player support! The site does not have a real-time online support system, but support emails are answered quickly, and large tournaments are closely monitored by support staff. PokerStars is often considered to be the most trusted & best managed online poker room.
GAME SELECTION: 10
Poker Stars has an excellent selection of poker games. Being the largest online poker room in the world - PokerStars always has a huge number of players online, meaning finding a game is easy! They have limit, pot limit, and no limit Texas Hold em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Stud, and Stud Hi/Lo. They have a massive amount of Sit & Go's including heads up, 1 table, 2 table & 3 table tournaments. They have the largest selection of multi table tournaments on the net, with many of them having massive prize pools. Every Sunday for example, PokerStars hosts "The Sunday Million" which is a huge NL poker tournament with a prize pool of $1 million. Limit games range from $0.02/0.04 to $1000/2000 and NL games from $0.01/0.02 to $200/400.
GRAPHICS: 10
GAME PLAY: 10
Poker Stars has excellent game play . The software loads up quickly when you first open it, and once your logged on you never have to wait for anything! Tables always load very quickly, and tournament statistics are real-time. The biggest nuisance with the software is that disconnected player will hold up the whole table for what seems like an eternity. Disconnections are fairly rare however, so this annoyance doesn't happen often! Plus, if you ever get disconnected yourself you will appreciate the additional time PokerStars allows you to reconnect.
PLAYERS: 9
ALLOWS USA PLAYERS
Poker Stars has some of the best players on the net - but now that all the USA players have came over from PartyPoker, the games here have become much more loose! There used to be very few "fish" on the site, but now PokerStars has some of the wildest action online and is filled with weak players. PokerStars has produced the 2003 and 2004 WSOP champions. PokerStars.net & PokerStars.com have now acquired all the poker players from Daniel Negreanu's site FullContactPoker.com! A lot of new players played at Full Contact Poker (think of all the fish that see him on TV and then go and play at his site) so this has helped loosen up the cash tables at PokerStars!
PLAY MONEY: 10
Poker Stars has an extensive amount of play money tables - I'm talking hundreds of them!!! The best play money feature of this site is definetly the regularily scheduled play money tournaments that occur several times a day, giving play money players multi table tournament experience.
INTERFACE USABILITY: 10
Poker Stars has a superb interface - and makes it very easy to play as many as 4 or more tables at the same time. This site has a great interface for quick betting and raising, and consequently is the top pick among heads up players.
EASE OF ACCESS: 10
Poker Stars is very easy to get started with. Click HERE to download the software onto your computer, press "Install", and then follow the easy step-by-step instructions provided and you're good to go. Total time needed: 4 to 8 minutes!
CASHIER: 10
Poker Stars has an extremely easy to use cashier - and makes it very easy to deposit and withdraw money from the site. Deposit options: VISA, MasterCard, NETeller, FirePay, CentralCoin, Western Union, cashier's check and money order. Cash out options: NETeller, FirePay, CentralCoin and check.
PROMOTIONS: 10
Poker Stars has recently really stepped up their promotions! For years they do not give out first time deposit bonus, they have now changed that! They also used to never offer freeroll tournaments or a quality VIP program - both of which they have changed. The more you play, the more FPPs (Frequent Player Points) you'll receive - which can be redeemed for great rewards.
For the maximum bonus at PokerStars use a marketing code when registering a new player account. To learn more about marketing codes go to Poker Stars marketing code.
In my first 3 months at Poker Stars I got a free leather jacket, a tshirt, a beautiful poker chipset, as well as a baseball hat from these points! PokerStars is currently hosting the "Moneymaker Millionaire" which is a $2.5 million freeroll tournament, entry is FREE! Other promotions include...
Deposit Bonus:
Click HERE to receive an exclusive 100% up to $50 deposit bonus
Freerolls:
Poker Stars has a some excellent freerolls every day: Poker Freerolls
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