PokerStars

Pokerstars is the biggest and most trusted online poker room in the world. Pokerstars has gained a fantastic reputation over the years by successfully catering to poker players of all levels with a standard of class that is unmatched. The massive amount of player traffic and unmatched depth in game selection make Pokerstars a must for anyone interested in online poker. The tournaments are the best to be found anywhere on the net, with the annual World Championship of Online Poker at the pinnacle of all their tournaments.

Pokerstars has an extremely loyal player base through years of solid customer relations, fabulous promotions, superb software, and an unparalleled choice of tables of all styles of poker and limit.

Pokerstars has never-ending table selection and plentiful poker action. Pokerstars has the most well thought out and executed loyalty program for its players. Pokerstars has amazing Freerolls and promotions. Pokerstars.com has it all!!!

Pokerstars has also made a huge effort to sign most of the world's most well known players to endorsement deals. Hachem, Moneymaker, Raymer, and Negreanu are just a few of the poker glitterati showcasing the Pokerstars.com logo.

Pokerstars has also attracted the attention of many celebrities, which adds a fun twist to playing when a famous person pops into the seat to your left!

Pokerstars offers more types of games than any other poker site. In addition to Holdem, Omaha Hi, Omaha HI-Lo, 7 Card Stud, and 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo, Stars also has 2-7 Triple Draw, 5 Card Stud, Razz, HORSE and HOSE. 'Stars has also added some new fancy games, that still need to be reviewed. This info will be posted shortly.

Every game on Pokerstars is offered in No limit, Limit, and Pot Limit formats. Pokerstars offers the standard size poker tables in addition to short-handed and heads up tables.

Pokerstars has all cash games in all formats going all the time. The stakes range anywhere from the micro $0.01c-$0.02c rake free games to the high roller $1k-$2k. There are also special 'fast' tables, which require quick decisions and allow many more hands per hour. Pokerstars has heads up cash tables, which are hugely popular, in addition to shorthanded and full ring games. No matter your bankroll, you can always find plenty of games in your range.

The SnGs, like all Pokerstars tournaments, are the most popular in all of poker. They have every variation imaginable covering all the games and limits you can think of. The most popular of SnGs are the turbos, which have the blinds escalating quickly. The limits go from micro to nosebleeds, and with more than one starting per second, it is easy to see why Pokerstars is heaven for the SnG players of the world. It is even possible to be in fifty $27 turbo SnGs of the same kind at the same time! It is truly remarkable the amount of traffic Pokerstars site gets.

Pokerstars Multi Table Tournaments are the cream of the crop. The structures and entries are un-paralleled. Pokerstars host MTTs of every buy-in and style imaginable. Because there is so much player volume on Pokerstars, the action never ends. It is always easy to find the right game. Pokerstars provides satellites to every pro event there is around the world and annually sends the most players to the WSOP through satellites than any other site. There are plenty of freerolls for the beginners, and FPP buy-ins for the down on their luck trying to bounce back. There is a sweet Tournament Leaderboard system on Pokerstars, with awesome perks for hundreds of ranked players. Being on the Pokerstars TLB commands respect, and enables some serious bragging rights!

Pokerstars has an annual World Championship of Online Poker. This is an amazing thing. It goes for over a week of huge buy in tournaments, with incredibly large playing fields, and is partook in by everyone from free roll satellite winners to WSOP bracelet winners. The satellite qualification paths are in the hundreds, allowing everyone at whatever stake a chance to make it into the big show. The final tables are aired live on webcasts, and showcase an array of celebrities doing the commentary. Most important is the size of the prize pools. They are enormous! The WCOOP is the best online series of tournaments ever conceived.

Playing the games on Pokerstars leads to the accumulation of 'Frequent Player Points.' These FPPs can be used for many things. They offer all kinds of merchandise, cash, and tournament entries in exchange for the FPPs received for playing the tables. You can even trade them in for a Porsche! There are various tier levels of earners, which enable even more perks and benefits the higher you go. There is also a whole tab dedicated to all the satellites and FPP tourneys, which are plentiful, and full of value. PokerStars truly rewards its loyal players to a level unmatched by any poker site.

There is also a VIP club, which is a really fun and rewarding concept. There are various levels of VIP, which enable FPP multipliers the higher you go up the ladder of Pokerstars.

The highly reliable Pokerstars software is the ultimate platform. Crashes are few and far between, and the play on the site is exceptionally fast. The layout itself is amazing. The tables can be resized, or tiled wonderfully for multi-tabling. Every player can upload a picture for an avatar, and can even upload any background for the table graphic itself. There are plenty of graphic and sound options to choose from, making the customization factor affirmably world class. Pokerstars has developed the most then any other site, and is always on top of making all changes necessary to maintain its reign as emperor of all poker sites.

Due to the enormity of the player base, there are skill levels from all over the spectrum. While it is easy to find the donkeys on Pokerstars, the flipside is also true. There are lots of rock solid middle limit grinders and Pokerstars attracts some of the toughest opposition around in the bigger games and tourneys, as many pros use this great site.

This is PokerStars! Traffic is non-stop 24/7. Games of every kind start every second.

Pokerstars offers support primarily through email. With so many players it is hard to use any other means. They do occasionally use phone calls with higher limit players and large tourney winners. There is no instant messaging support available, which is a drag, but with so many players it is understandable. The wait times would be astronomical! The email support is fast and effective, and if one ever has a more complex problem it is quick and easy to get escalated to the proper people for resolution.

One thing to keep in mind is that PokerStars does not accept poor manners or vulgar language at the tables. It is very easy to get a chat ban here, so be careful about what you type into the chat box.

Depositing and withdrawing is so easy on Pokerstars. There are many options, so finding the suitable one for you shouldn't be a problem.

Cashouts are speedy and efficient. Out of all the sites, Pokerstars makes it the easiest. Having a solid cashier is paramount to success in this business and thankfully Pokerstars is fully aware of this.

The strong points of Pokerstars are game selection, enormous player volume, insane promotions and a flawless platform. The weak aspects are the sharks at the higher levels and the fairly generic support. Overall this site is superb and is a must for any aspiring poker pro, or recreational player that loves to be treated with class and respect while enjoying an entertaining game of cards. The Freerolls and satellites are the best anywhere, and the interface also incredible. There is are so many great things to say about PokerStars. They are the number one poker site for a reason, and that reason is customer satisfaction. Pokerstars does it right.

PokerStars are hosting 3 special tournaments for UK PokerNews players to The Slovenian PokerNews Challenge, being held from October 22-26. The winner of each tournament will take a $2,630 package to the Slovenian PokerNews Challenge. Included in the package is entry to the main event and cash for travel and accommodation. The prizepool will also be distributed in the usual PokerStars standard payout structure.

24 hours after the tournament has finished, the winners will have the cash for travel and accommodation credited to their Pokerstars accounts.

Slovenian PokerNews Challenge Qualifier

Saturday September 27 (Tournament ID#104609757)

Saturday October 4 (Tournament ID#104609826)

Saturday October 11 (Tournament ID#104609848)

Time: 14:30 GMT

Buy-in: $10+1



To participate, download PokerStars through UK PokerNews, make a deposit and buy-in directly. These are special private tournaments, exclusive to PokerNews players on PokerStars.