Pokerstars

Big has a new definition

PokerStars is the world’s biggest online poker room. It was started in 2001 initially based in Costa Rica then moved to Isle of Man. This site also celebrated its 25 millionth hand recently. The website also boasts of player counts of over hundreds of thousands at its busiest time. This site has also produced innumerable poker champions from its online poker rooms. A large number of professionals frequent this online poker site.

What is in store in this site?

The sheer numbers that frequent this site automatically improves the quality of the games in this site. This site offers variety of online poker games like Omaha Hi/Lo, Stud Hi/Lo, Razz, Five-card draw, Deuce to Seven Single Draw and Badugi. This site has mixed games as well. Mixed games are those that consist of different games that players have to play in order to emerge a winner. Some mixed games are HORSE, HOSE, Mixed Hold'em and Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo. The site has Real Money gaming in its online poker rooms with the limits ranging from micro limits to thousands of dollars.

Promotions galore

The promotions on offer in this site are lesser compared to other online poker sites. The popularity and the large player count are the likely reasons for the dearth of promotional offers in this site. The Players after signing up get a first time deposit bonus up to $50. The website is very famous for the online poker tournaments which are the largest in the Internet. These tournaments attract the cream of the Poker professionals. The World Championship of Online Poker tournaments has been the dream title of nearly any budding poker professional. The site has a frequent player program where players earn more as they place more bets. The site also has a VIP club which is very hard to get into. Only full time online poker enthusiasts get into this club. The Supernova elite club of this site has all the who’s who of the poker world. The site sponsors a large number of poker professionals who are part of this club. The site also has inter player cash transfer. The site also has links to satellite sites which offer more tournaments. There are special online poker tournaments that are organized on Sundays where players can win upto $1.5 million. PokerStars passport is given to new talents and the holder gets access to international poker tournaments to represent PokerStars. Lucky winners of tournaments can also drive away in a Porsche which is the prize for the PokerStars Turbo Takedown competition. The quality of the opposition increases drastically as the stakes increase since the player count in the online poker room increases too.

Customer Service

The site however lets you down on the Customer support front with the site offering only Email support. The response is however quick enough. The quality of the response is also very good.

Poker is the religion

This site is the best bet for the diehard poker fanatics and full time poker enthusiasts owing to the fact that the site offers numerous tournaments. The huge player count is also an attraction.