Poker Stars Review

Quick Stats
Open Since	2000
Player Traffic	165,000 +
US Players Allowed?	YES
Max. Tables	12 +
Bonus	100% up to $50
Minimum Deposit	$10
Network	PokerStars
Rating Overview
Software Quality	9.5 / 10
Player Traffic & Skill	10 / 10
Tournaments	10 / 10
Bonus and Promotion	8 / 10
Security & Support	9 / 10
Overall Rating	93%

PokerStars Review

Poker Stars by far the biggest online poker room. Since the beginning of 2007, PokerStars has blown away all of its competition to become the biggest, and I think best poker site around. They have produced three of the last five World Series of Poker champions, including Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, and Joe Hachem. These high profile players have helped vault Poker Stars to the forefront of the online poker race and into the front of people’s minds when they think of online poker in general. You can also find another quality PokerStars.com review over at KickAssPoker.com.

Software Quality 9.5 / 10

Poker Stars is in the top 5 when it comes to their online poker software. They have a download version of PokerStars for Mac, but they do not have a no download verion of their software.

Since Poker Stars launched in 2000 they have had the most stable and smooth software platform of any poker site. Even with gigantic player traffic levels and routinely holding tournaments with several thousand players, I have never personally experienced any lag or hiccups while playing.

PokerStars is a multi-tabler’s wet dream, with resizable tables, many interchangeable table themes, and the ability to play 12+ tables at once.

Ring Game Traffic and Quality 10 / 10

Poker Stars is more than twice the size of their next competitor, Full Tilt Poker in terms of player traffic. Stars regularly has more than 165,000 total players online and more that 25,000 cash game players. To contrast this, 2nd place Full Tilt peaks at 80,000 total players and 10,000 cash game players.

PokerStars used to have a reputation as a tough place to play with lots of savvy opponents who took the game very seriously. With the explosive growth in players flooding to the site now, there are many soft games to be found as fish of all kinds have been signing up to play at Poker Stars in recent years. I only see this trend continuing, making PokerStars one of the best places to find easy competition.

Tournaments 10 / 10

Poker Stars’ tournaments are the best online as well. PokerStars has always positioned themselves as the place to be for online tournaments, and they have delivered for years now. Hundreds of tournaments are held each day, with a wide variety of buy-ins and game types.

There are tons of premier events and guaranteed tournaments held every day including the World Championship of Online Poker, the Sunday $1 million guarantee, weekly $750,000 guarantee, and daily $100,000 guarantee.

As if all that weren’t enough, Poker Stars also has the most sit and go tournaments every day. You can find dozens running at any given time at any given buy-in.

Bonus and Promotions 8 / 10

One of the few disappointments about Poker Stars is that they only offer a $50 sign up bonus. I guess when you are the biggest and best poker room on the planet, you don’t have to throw much cash people’s way for them to sign up.

They do offer fantastic player rewards once you are a member though. Pokerstars awards “Frequent Player Points” (FPPs) when you play in ring games or tournaments that you can use to purchase all kinds of cool stuff from the PokerStars VIP store from poker books to a private sit and go with Greg Raymer to a Porsche Cayman S.

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Deposit Options, Financial Security & Support 9 / 10

Poker Stars takes the financial security of it’s players very seriously. I have never heard of anyone having a bad experience or feeling wronged by PokerStars.

PokerStars takes all kinds of payment methods, with the most notable being their E-Check service. This is a fantastic deposit option for American players. All you do is fill out a virtual check online and you are instantly transferred the amount of the check. This is one of the easiest and quickest ways available for Americans to get money online.

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Poker Stars has top quality customer service, which is rare these days for online poker sites. They offer 24/7 phone and email support. You can call them at any time if you are having trouble depositing money, or you aren’t sure whether a straight beats a flush. They have always been very helpful and courteous to me.

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