PokerStars

PokerStars is one of the oldest and most trusted poker sites in the world. It's also the biggest online poker site out there with upwards of 150,000 players logged in at peak times.

Because of its long-standing history for quality customer service and its reputation for holding the biggest online poker tournaments, PokerStars has maintained a massive lead over the competition. No one else even comes close to having as many players or big name tournaments as PokerStars.

PokerStars Bonus

The PokerStars first time sign-up bonus is a 100% matching bonus of up to $600 for first-time depositing players. Pokerstars has just upgraded their bonus to this amount from $50, a huge upgrade that now complete with the better bonuses out there. Loads of players sign up at Poker Stars every week to take advantage of the incredible tournaments and cash games available there.

The bonus is released by playing at cash games and tournaments to earn Frequent Player Points (VPPs). 17 VPPs are needed for every $1 in bonus money. So if you deposited enough money to earn the entire $600 bonus, you would need to earn 500 VPPs to release the bonus. In the end, this is one of the easiest bonuses to clear in the industry.

Poker Stars Software

PokerStars is also known for having one of the best software packages out there. The graphics are detailed and make it easy to follow the action, the software never crashes and the software responds quickly to button clicks and user commands.

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Players can also use resizable tables, a detailed hand history screen and plenty of table customizations. You can even change the background themes and upload your own custom player avatar.

PokerStars.com Cash Games

Nowhere else will you find more cash games than at PokerStars.com. With 150,000 players logging in at peak times, there are just tons of table games running around the clock. Even the super high stakes tables have a steady player base.

Game types include limit, no limit and deep-stack no limit. Poker variants include Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha 8/b, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud 8/b, Razz, H.O.R.S.E., 2-7 Triple Draw, 2-7 Single Draw, 5 Card Draw and Badugi. Basically, they've got it all.

PokerStars Tournaments

When it comes to tournaments, PokerStars has everyone else beat hands down. Here you'll find big tournaments, small tournaments, satellites, sit-n-gos, shootouts, freerolls, deep-stacks, 6-max, turbos and more. Tournament buyins range from less than a dollar to over $1,000.

PokerStars also hosts a multitude of special event tournaments with prices ranging from trips to Europe to over $1,000,000 cash. Thousands of tournament players use PokerStars to qualify for major events such as the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour and many, many more. In fact, the 2008 winner of the World Series of Poker and its $9,152,416 grand prize was a PokerStars player.

PokerStars Customer Support

PokerStars has long held the reputation for having top-notch customer support. All e-mails are answered promptly, courteously and professionally. The only room for improvement here is PokerStars' lack of a customer support phone number. All questions are directed to an e-mail address and no phone numbers are available on the website.

The lack of a phone number isn't as bad as it sounds, though. Customer support staff is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If an issue needs more in-depth discussion, support representatives can arrange to call you when it is convenient for you. You'll probably never need to contact customer support but if you do, they'll take great care of you.