PokerStars

Game variety

9

Bonuses

8

Player diversity

10

Tournaments

10

Payment options

7

Support

8

Software

8

Final Score

8.6

Introduction
Home of the world’s most visited, the largest poker room is PokerStars. The acclaimed leader of online poker is filled with major tournaments, and received a Guiness World Record for reaching an unprecedented number of online players at once.

Software and graphics
The online poker game can be downloaded from the home page and is compatible with both Windows and Mac. The software is lightweight, and installs fast. Although the graphic display isn't as impressive as some of its other poker brothers, the PokerStars' game interface is elegant and comes with a bundle of options, allowing you to choose an avatar, change the language and more interestingly, to set up multitable games. While playing, it is possible to take notes, see detailed statistics and send them to your email, which is useful if you want to study the moves of your opponents and develop your poker strategy.

Payment options, security and support
PokerStars opperates with most of the standard payment methods, including Visa, Mastercard, MoneyBookers and local bank transfer. PokerStars handle millions of transactions daily so, naturally, they use advanced encryption technology to maintain the security within the game. Perhaps the one missing feature is live chat, which is expected from a poker room this large.

Player competition & Poker School
The amount of traffic at all tames, is massive, with an estimated 225,000 player base. It's the widest spectrum of poker players you can expect to encounter: from newcomers to world champions like Daniel Negreanu. An unpaired online poker school, called Poker School Online (PSO) is accessible for free and you can find live training from poker coaches, lots of articles and hours of video tutorials with poker professionals. Find the right information and you will easily gain competitive advantage.

Tournaments
Where there are lots of players, there are even more tournaments. Most of the major tournaments at PokerStars run on Sundays and offer the greatest prize pools. Regular tournaments are endless and new players can find many opportunities in freerolls and no buy in tournaments. As in any leading poker room, players at PokerStars earn loyalty points that can be used to redeem the 100% up to $600 welcome bonus and in exchange for cash and various goods from the VIP store.