The online poker giant PokerStars' main goal is for you to "Find the Poker Star in You," and a great many players are making the attempt. They are a fixture at every major live poker event and are immensely proud of their team of professional superstars.
Starting with Chris Moneymaker, who was undoubtedly the catalyst that set poker off on its incredible upward climb to the A-list of things to do by winning the World Series of Poker main event, followed by Barry Greenstein, a veteran pro, and ending with such television poker luminaries as Vanessa Rousso, Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu, Joe Hatchem, Greg "Fossileman" Raymer, Bertrand "Elky" Crospellier, and Joe Cado, you are sure to bump against poker noblepersons at PokerStars.
The site has broken just about every record in the Guinness Book including the most massive player base of any site on the planet. The corporation is licensed and registered as a legal entity on the Isle of Man in the British Isles to assure players of the very best in software and gaming amusement.
The PokerStar software runs on both the Windows and MAC operating systems and is the most tested software in the industry. Downloading the application is not done in a twinkle of an eye, but once installed, you will find it to be the fastest and smoothest as well as the best maintained software around. When you open the application, you will be hit by a very useful news and update screen letting you in on all of the site's happenings immediately.
The application is tab and drop down based and will seem very familiar to online players. The top bar of the interface sports a plethora of sweet drop down options like statistical and hand history requests and the multi-table preferences and player notes management items that are sure to add to the players enjoyment of the game here. Do not miss the very unusual Find A Team PokerStars Pro button on the bottom right as it is a favorite of the site.
Those tables where a member of the professional team has chosen to sit are designated by a red spade with a white star and will lead you directly to the best players online. The scrolling news box in the upper right along with picture and avatar support and very elucidating windowing give very attractive visuals to the PokerStars application. The cashier buttons and tables are also designed beautifully. All of this are just some of the reasons for the sites amazing success story and why so many are found at the cash games and tournaments.
There is an awesome array of ring games here like Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Stud, Stud Hi-Lo, Draw, 2-7 Triple Draw, 2-7 Single Draw, HORSE, Razz, 8-Game Mix and Badugi. Log on and you will discover no less than 300,000 players which makes the community here constantly active and enthusiastic. The limits begin at $.025/.50 for no limit games and climb to $1,000/2,000 for the fixed limit variety. If tournaments are what you are after, rather than cash games, you will find oceans of them here.
You will find the Sunday Million tournament at PokerStars, arguably the most renowned tournament in the world. PokerStars is also an industry leader as the host and creator of online poker events. The buy ins are something of a challenge to get through and make sense of, but they will normally range from $1 to $100. Other tournaments are the $750,000 guaranteed PokerStars Sunday Warm Up and highlights like the World Championship of Online Poker and the Spring Championship of Online Poker make PokerStars the top choice for online tournament play.
PokerStars is not content to stay just online so they stray to live events the likes of the European Poker Tour (EPT), PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT), UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT), North America Poker Tour (NAPT), Russian Poker Tour (RPT), Czech-Slovak Poker Tour (CSPT), Italian Poker Tour (IPT), Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT), PokerStars Macau, World Series of Poker, World Poker Tour and the Aussie Millions. No matter where on the globe your life takes you, you can put on your duds, get out of the house and go play poker live, or sit at home in your socks and play poker online. PokerStars will reward you no matter the venue of choice.
Foremost of the bonuses offered and at the very core of the bonus program is the Frequent Player Program where as a reward for loyal playing, the customer earns points which can be redeemed for tremendous prizes and merchandise. There are often special promotions running as well. There are some very unusual chance offerings at PokerStars like NHL Alumni PokerStars Hockey Night and the Battle of the Planets contest, making this the supreme site for both serious and casual online gamers alike. You can imagine that with all the investment PokerStars has put into the company, they will not risk it to shoddy security and safety measures.
The majority of the support contact at PokerStars is made through the support form which can be easily accessed under the help button on the application. The support will give players prompt, efficient responses to all queries that goes beyond what is to be expected on any other site. PokerStars is a member of the Interactive Gaming Council (IGC) so players know they are in the hands of the experts in the safety and security gaming departments. PokerStars' card shuffle is verified and audited by Cigital and BMM International and employs browser security features like 1024-bit RSA key and a Thawte server certificate so a player never go unprotected while playing here.
Do join the throng at PokerStars and find out why there are 300,000 happy campers enjoying the fun 24/7 online and off.
Starting with Chris Moneymaker, who was undoubtedly the catalyst that set poker off on its incredible upward climb to the A-list of things to do by winning the World Series of Poker main event, followed by Barry Greenstein, a veteran pro, and ending with such television poker luminaries as Vanessa Rousso, Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu, Joe Hatchem, Greg "Fossileman" Raymer, Bertrand "Elky" Crospellier, and Joe Cado, you are sure to bump against poker noblepersons at PokerStars.
The site has broken just about every record in the Guinness Book including the most massive player base of any site on the planet. The corporation is licensed and registered as a legal entity on the Isle of Man in the British Isles to assure players of the very best in software and gaming amusement.
The PokerStar software runs on both the Windows and MAC operating systems and is the most tested software in the industry. Downloading the application is not done in a twinkle of an eye, but once installed, you will find it to be the fastest and smoothest as well as the best maintained software around. When you open the application, you will be hit by a very useful news and update screen letting you in on all of the site's happenings immediately.
The application is tab and drop down based and will seem very familiar to online players. The top bar of the interface sports a plethora of sweet drop down options like statistical and hand history requests and the multi-table preferences and player notes management items that are sure to add to the players enjoyment of the game here. Do not miss the very unusual Find A Team PokerStars Pro button on the bottom right as it is a favorite of the site.
Those tables where a member of the professional team has chosen to sit are designated by a red spade with a white star and will lead you directly to the best players online. The scrolling news box in the upper right along with picture and avatar support and very elucidating windowing give very attractive visuals to the PokerStars application. The cashier buttons and tables are also designed beautifully. All of this are just some of the reasons for the sites amazing success story and why so many are found at the cash games and tournaments.
There is an awesome array of ring games here like Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Stud, Stud Hi-Lo, Draw, 2-7 Triple Draw, 2-7 Single Draw, HORSE, Razz, 8-Game Mix and Badugi. Log on and you will discover no less than 300,000 players which makes the community here constantly active and enthusiastic. The limits begin at $.025/.50 for no limit games and climb to $1,000/2,000 for the fixed limit variety. If tournaments are what you are after, rather than cash games, you will find oceans of them here.
You will find the Sunday Million tournament at PokerStars, arguably the most renowned tournament in the world. PokerStars is also an industry leader as the host and creator of online poker events. The buy ins are something of a challenge to get through and make sense of, but they will normally range from $1 to $100. Other tournaments are the $750,000 guaranteed PokerStars Sunday Warm Up and highlights like the World Championship of Online Poker and the Spring Championship of Online Poker make PokerStars the top choice for online tournament play.
PokerStars is not content to stay just online so they stray to live events the likes of the European Poker Tour (EPT), PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT), UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT), North America Poker Tour (NAPT), Russian Poker Tour (RPT), Czech-Slovak Poker Tour (CSPT), Italian Poker Tour (IPT), Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT), PokerStars Macau, World Series of Poker, World Poker Tour and the Aussie Millions. No matter where on the globe your life takes you, you can put on your duds, get out of the house and go play poker live, or sit at home in your socks and play poker online. PokerStars will reward you no matter the venue of choice.
Foremost of the bonuses offered and at the very core of the bonus program is the Frequent Player Program where as a reward for loyal playing, the customer earns points which can be redeemed for tremendous prizes and merchandise. There are often special promotions running as well. There are some very unusual chance offerings at PokerStars like NHL Alumni PokerStars Hockey Night and the Battle of the Planets contest, making this the supreme site for both serious and casual online gamers alike. You can imagine that with all the investment PokerStars has put into the company, they will not risk it to shoddy security and safety measures.
The majority of the support contact at PokerStars is made through the support form which can be easily accessed under the help button on the application. The support will give players prompt, efficient responses to all queries that goes beyond what is to be expected on any other site. PokerStars is a member of the Interactive Gaming Council (IGC) so players know they are in the hands of the experts in the safety and security gaming departments. PokerStars' card shuffle is verified and audited by Cigital and BMM International and employs browser security features like 1024-bit RSA key and a Thawte server certificate so a player never go unprotected while playing here.
Do join the throng at PokerStars and find out why there are 300,000 happy campers enjoying the fun 24/7 online and off.
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