Saturday 12 May 2012

An In Depth Look at Poker Stars

By David Patron


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.

There is Chris Moneymaker, who started the poker stampede when he won the World Series of Poker main event, Barry Greenstein, a professional poker veteran; television poker glitterati such as Vanessa Rousso, Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu, Joe Hatchem, Greg "Fossileman" Raymer, Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier and Joe Cada.

PokerStars has burst all sorts of Guinness Book records and sports the highest volume of online poker players of any site on the globe. It is licensed and registered as a legal entity doing business on the Isle of Man in the British Isles ensuring players of the utmost in poker software and pure entertainment.

The software runs on both the MAC and Windows operation environment and is undoubtedly the best tested program in the industry. Downloading the software is fairly rapid considering the power of the application and once done, the result is a fast, smooth running, and meticulously maintained application among the finest online anywhere. When you open the software, you will be greeted by a news and update pop up that informs you of the latest in the happenings at PokerStars, so you will instantly be apprised of the action.

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.

Any table where you see a red spade with a white star is one where a professional is holding court. In the upper right of the screen is the scrolling news box, a picture and avatar support, and lucid windowing giving the application visual appeal. The cashier buttons and tables are finely designed and are just one of the reasons for the site's wild popularity of its 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.

PokerStars is host to one of the most renowned tournaments in the world in the Sunday Million, showing its true leadership in online poker event hosting and design. The buy ins are apt to be complex and difficult to read, but just know they normally range from $1 to $100. Some tournaments like the $750,000 guaranteed PokerStars Sunday Warm Up and showcase series like the World Championship of Online Poker and Spring Championship of Online Poker PokerStars define the site as the go to Tournament choice.

PokerStars does not want to be known as strictly an online establishment so they have become renowned for their live events including the European Poker Tour (EPT), PokerStars Caribbean Adventures (PCA), Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), Latin Merican 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. So if you are jetting all over the world, you can stop in any where and find a live tournament, or you can sit in your game room at your computer and find an online tournament. Either way, you have come to the premier place for gaming and rewards.

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.

Face it, 300,000 players can't be wrong. Come join them and have a blast with all of the incredible games and events found at PokerStars. Like all of them, you won't regret it and you'll be back for more and more.




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