Poker
Stars.com
Ultimate Tournament Site
Leading
tournament software
Poker Stars is regarded as the leading tournament poker room
thanks to the high traffic numbers and their great software.
The room regularly hosts tournaments with as many players
as 1,500 without any problems. The games always run smoothly
and the software has many useful features. For instance, they
ensure that there is an evening balancing of the tables during
the course of the tournaments and also prevents tactical tempo
cuts by using individual time banks. Otherwise the software
is visually appealing, fast and reliable. The statistics functions
are also very good including detailed lobby information.
No sign-up
bonus – decent promotions
There is no sign-up bonus at Poker Stars.com but the room
offers some good promotions for their regular players. There
is a Frequent Player Points program and regular re-load bonuses.
In addition to this there are a lot of special event tournaments
and low value free rolls.
Game
Variety: Excellent game variety.
Hold 'em,
7 Stud, 7 Stud H/L, Omaha, Omaha H/L, Multi Table and Single
Table tournaments.
Player
Population: As mentioned before, Poker Stars.com is the #2
poker room in terms of population. 10,000+ players translates
into great choices of games and limits.
Fish Factor:
Good
While
not as fishy as Party, Poker Stars.com still has its share
of fish. The fact is, any poker room with this kind of population
is going to have lots of dead money laying around for the
good player to pick up.
Other
Notes: Poker Stars.com boasts that its tournament structure
is the best online. This is hard to argue with. The prospective
user will find a wide range of tournaments and buy ins. Single
tables, small multi-tables and massive multi-tables are going
24 hours a day.
Current
Promotions:
Poker
Stars.com site promotions come in the way of “Frequent
Player Points.“ As you play raked hands, you gain these
points which can be spent on real merchadise available from
the site store, or used to gain admittance to loyalty tournaments.
