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PokerStars Review


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PokerStars Overall

PokerStars is one of the leading brands online and to be honest, a site that offers a package that other sites barely come close to. PokerStars commands respect not only for the 200,000 players that frequent its tables, or the array of celebrity players that play on site - but for the value of tournaments that you get due to the high volume of players.

Off peak, the site has anywhere up to 100,000 players and this makes for great value tournaments. You won't find another site that you can play a $50,0000 Holdem tournament for a $3 buy in for the simple reason that you won't have 7,000 players playing anywhere else.

The software has great features and is very stable with some of the best graphics around. The lobby supports view flop percentages, average pot and hands played per hour and offers excellent statistics, instant hand history and a lot more.

What's more, starting 3rd September, the hottest online action begins with the World Championships of Online Poker (WCOOP) with over $40 Million in prize pools. If that's not enough, Februsary has F40 taking place on Stars and it is massive, including Sunday 21st - the Sunday Million has a boost to the prize pool and it is now $4 Million guaranteed with $1 Million to first place (no increased buy in)!

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PokerStars Presentation

The presentation on Pokerstars is first rate. There is attention to detail across the board from an excellently presented lobby with all the mod cons and a huge number of value tournaments and juicy games to get involved in. All the games and tournaments are well laid out in their own tabs and games are very easy to find, the way the structure is set up. All in all, you will not find much better than this.

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PokerStars Software

Pokerstars is amongst the best of any online poker site and is by far the largest. The software supports Limit and no limit Texas Hold'em, Hi and Hi-Lo Omaha (including No-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo games), Seven-Card Stud, 2-7 Triple Draw, 2-7 Single Draw Lowball, H.O.R.S.E., Razz, Five-Card Draw and Badugi.

The software supports a huge number of impressive features. You can personalize your Site Theme which gives you an array of different backgrounds that you can set the table to. You can also upload your photo or a graphic to represent you at the table. There are lots of other cool features such as instant hand replay which replays your last hand played, there is also a buddy feature, you can find a player, take player notes, automatically tile your tables if multi tabling and a lot more.

The lobby has all you would expect with view flop percentages, hands played per hour, categorized games and all the trimmings. The software is extremely stable and is very reactive even at peak hours where there are over 200,000 active players. There is no doubt that not only is pokerstars the largest poker room online, but supports the best and most stable poker software in the industry.

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Bonus Package

All players who sign up through Top15Poker will receive a $600 welcome bonus. To earn this bonus, you will simply need to play on PokerStars and collect the number of Base FPPs equal to 10 times the bonus amount.

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PokerStars Promotions

PokerStars has an array of promotions all of the time running to keep their huge player base happy. With up to 200,000 players frequenting their tables, they have the best line up of promotions of any online poker room. Here is a little of what is going on.

F40 - February Extravaganza

February is a massive month on PokerStars. It’s milestone time again at PokerStars this February, and this one is huge - 40 billion hands dealt! This means you can expect tons of exciting cash game prizes and great value tournaments - including the biggest ever Sunday Million - plus loads more - find out more.

100% First-Time Deposit Bonus

PokerStars is offering you an incredible 100% bonus up to a total of $600 on your first three deposits. Your two further deposits can be up to 90 days after your first deposit. It’s the perfect way to boost your bankroll, and all you have to do to release the bonus is keep playing at PokerStars. Don’t forget that we also offer reload bonuses for existing players at different times throughout the year

Poker Reload Bonuses

PokerStars makes reload bonuses available to our existing players. They publicize these redeposit bonuses via email, on our web site, and in the poker software itself, so playing PokerStars frequently will mean that you don't miss any announcements regarding the redeposit bonuses.

Million Dollar Challenge

PokerStars is giving you a shot at playing poker on TV for $1,000,000. Qualify for the Million Dollar Challenge and you could be taking part in this exciting new TV show, where you’ll get to play heads-up against celebrity players and Team PokerStars Pros like Daniel Negreanu. Then you’ll get to play for that all-important $1,000,000. Qualifiers are running now.

World Championships of Online Poker

The world’s biggest online poker tournament series returns this September, with a guaranteed prize pool of $40,000,000! Satellites are running now, giving you the chance to play for a WCOOP event seat for as little $1 or 100 Frequent Player Points.

Battle of the Planets

Get ready for blast off, because PokerStars new weekly Leader Board promotion is truly out of this world. The Battle of the Planets gives PokerStars Sit & Go players a chance to compete against each other for prizes worth more than $3,000,000 per year. In the Battle of the Planets, PokerStars multi-player Sit & Go tournaments have been separated into eight divisions, all named after planets in our solar system. Everyone can take part in the competition, no matter how high or low stakes they play. Each planet represents a different range of buy-ins, from Mercury ($1-$2.99) to Jupiter ($300+).

Weekly Sunday Million

Every week you can take a seat at the weekly Pokerstars million. That's right, this tournament has a minimum prize pool of $1 Million but is frequently closer to $2 Million. Entry is $215 if buying in direct and qualifiers are available from $5. With a first place well over $100,000 and 10,000 in starting chips, this is one tournament you will want to get involved in. This tournament runs every Sunday.

Don't miss the Sunday Million on the 21st February 2010. Pokerstars are celebrating their 40 Billionth hand being dealt and for the same buy in ($200+$15) the guaranteed prize pool is a massive $4 Million with a guaranteed million (minimum) going to the winner!!

PokerStars Warm Up

Can’t wait for the Sunday Million? Then start your Sunday at PokerStars with the Sunday Warm-Up. With a guaranteed prize-pool of $750,000 and a start time of 12:45pm ET, it’s the perfect way to start your Sunday with the world’s biggest poker site. This tournament runs every Sunday.

European Poker Tour Season 6

Europe’s biggest poker tour returns for Season 6, August 2009 - and PokerStars satellites are running now! Prize packages include tournament buy-in, hotel accommodation and money for expenses - everything you need to take your shot at becoming the next EPT champion.

Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT)

Season 3 of the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour begins August 2009 - and satellites are running now in a range of buy-ins. The new season looks set to be the biggest yet, and even includes a new stop in the Philippines. Don’t miss out on taking your seat at one of the fastest-growing live poker tours

Loyalty Program

Pokerstars has an excellent loyalty program and offers VIP player points (VPPs) and Frequent Player Points (FPPs). VPPs are used to determine your VIP level and FPP's can be used to play in tournaments, buy goods from their FFP store (which has electronics, books, etc). As you earn more VPP's and climb the ladder, you ear FFP's faster which gets you more freebies. 1-3 FPPs are awarded per raked hand depending on total rake; 5 FPPs are awarded for each $1 in tournament fees - both are earned in live games only, not practice tables.

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PokerStars Traffic / Popularity

PokerStars is the worlds largest online room. At peak hours Pokerstars has up to 30,000 players at their cash tables and up to 190,000 tournament players. The volumes of players is simply staggering and with tournaments starting every second, it takes no time to fill seats (6 seater Sit'N'Go's often fill up within 30 seconds!).

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PokerStars Fishing / Fish Factor

The site has it's element of very good players, if fact amongst the best but with such high volumes of player traffic there are a huge amount of loose and low skilled players to be found. In ring games the competition is pretty tough, comparatively speaking with view flop percentages in the 30's and 40's.

Tournament play has much softer competition. The tournaments attract very high volumes of players, a reason that they can play $100,000 tournaments for a $11 buy in! In these tournaments, building a stack is pretty easy as there are always lots of loose players at the tables. All in all, there is a lot of money to be made searching out the loose players and some even bigger prize pools to be playing for. Well worth a visit.

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