You do not have to use a Bonus Code to qualify for the Poker Stars Sign-Up
bonus. You need to earn 10 FPP's for each $1 in bonus money.
1 Frequent Player Point (FPP) is awarded for playing a hand in which the rake
reaches:
$0.50 for Limit poker games $0.50/$1.00 and lower
$0.75 for Limit poker games with stakes $1/$2
$1.00 for Pot and No Limit poker games or Limit poker games with stakes $2/$4 and higher
Requirements: 10 FPP's per $1
Expires after 30 days
Released in total after requirements!
Poker Stars has become the home of the online poker player. The poker room is
known for their large number of sit and go's and guaranteed tournaments.
PokerStars also sponsors real world champions such as Moneymaker and Hachem, who
you can also find at the higher stakes tables.
At peak times more than
60,000 players are battling it out on the tables. It is not part of any network
but has the most poker players worldwide.
Overall, Pokerstars is the number one online poker room!
Games and Limits
PokerStars offers Texas Hold'em (Limit, Pot Limit and
No Limit), Omaha Hi and Hi/Lo, Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo. The
limits vary to the type of game your playing.
For Limit Texas Hold'em the
limits vary from $0.02/$0.04 to $100/$200 and for Pot/No Limit Texas Hold'em
$0.01/$0.02 to $25/$50.
The limits for Omaha Hi and Hi/Lo vary from
$0.02/$0.04 to $75/$150 for limit and $0.01/$0.02 to $25/$50 for Pot
Limit.
For Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo the limits vary
from $0.04/$0.08 to $30/$60.
PokerStars also offers Sit-and-go’s,
Multi-table-tournaments and heads-up tourneys.
PokerStars operates on its own network. The poker room
is growing quickly and newcomers are added daily to their database, which makes the competition is very soft.
In general, competition ranges from very bad to very good, but this depends on the stakes you play. There is always a large number of fish on
the lower limit games.
room!
Software
Statistics - Avg. Potsize and Hnd/hr.
Player notes -The software allows you to take notes of your opponents.
Multitabling - You can play up to 12 tables simultanously.