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When it comes to online poker rooms, there is
none bigger than Poker Star. Claiming to be the
biggest online poker room in the world, the tag
line of the site says it all – ‘where
poker players become world champions.’ The
2003, 2004, and 2005 world champions have played
here, as is apparent from the pictures of the
three winners displayed on the site’s home
page.
Poker Star has over 100,000 players playing on
over 13,000 tables. It also conducts several
thousand tournaments. At Poker Star, players can
participate in multi-table tournaments for all
poker games the site has. The site basically has
structured-limit play games. It also provides
players with play money pot-limit as well as
no-limit games. Additionally, it collects a rake
for the different games it offers players. The
rake usually works out to 5% of the pot or a
maximum of $3 a game.
You need to download the poker software
available at Poker Star to be able to play here.
You can download the software for free. Once you
download the software, you can start playing the
different kinds of poker available at the site,
for free or for money, depending on whether you
want to practice and hone your skills, or show
off your skills and make some good money in the
bargain.
Poker Star boasts of a number of top class
offerings that are attractive incentives for
players to come and play here. Along with high
quality customer support, players also get the
best of poker games at the site. The games on
offer include Texas Hold’em, Omaha Poker,
Seven Card Stud, Omaha High-Low, Seven Card Stud
High-Low, Razz, HORSE, Five Card Draw, and 2-7
Triple Draw.
Poker Star has a number of promotional
offerings for first timers as well as regular
players. All first timers at the site get a
sign-up bonus of $50. While there are sites that
offer more than that, the sign-up bonus, along
with the numerous other advantages the site has
over other competitors ensures players have good
reason to sign up and play here.
Besides the sign-up bonus for newcomers,
Poker Star also offers some other attractive
promotional events for players. One such event is
the Poker Star Sunday Million. This is the
largest weekly poker tournament, and is also the
longest running tournament of its kind. By
participating in this tournament, a player gets
the opportunity every Sunday to play for at least
$1 million.
Another such promotional tournament is the
Poker Star Sunday Warm-Up, where a player can
play for a guaranteed prize pool of $400,000 each
week. Other promotional offers include the World
Championship of Poker, the biggest online
tournament series with over $15 million on the
line; the Asia Pacific Poker Tour, which is in
its first season this year; the already existing
European Poker Tour, and also the Poker Star
Frequent Player Program.
PokerStar also offers players the comfort of
a Poker Room, where they can go to read up all
they need to know about playing poker at the
site. Other attractions at the site include a
high quality, award winning customer support
team, a VIP Club, a link about details of poker
tournaments, the VIP Club, and also Team Poker
Star, which is essentially a team of veteran and
upcoming poker players who travel under the said
moniker and participate in poker tournaments all
over the world.
The site has a neat look, with a simple and
yet uncluttered layout. Available in 14
languages, the site also allows for secure online
transactions. It has been licensed for operation
by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission and is
supported by the International Gaming Council
(IGC). Besides, it is also certified by GAMCARE
Cert.
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