introduction:
From first starting up in 2001 Poker Stars has become the largest poker website to date. Pokerstars has a great range of games, descent promotions and great players, but Pokerstars is most known for their tournaments. PokerStars is also known for their player’s great performance at the World Series of Poker, including Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem who won the Main Event back to back to back. Go PokerStars!

graphics and the look:
Poker Stars is renowned for their tournaments and so their number one priority is usability and speed / flow of the games rather than how the table and characters look. This is not to say that the graphics are poor, not at all, but you can tell their main focus is less is more and focus on the game rather than it looking pretty and it works. They run major tournaments with thousands and thousands of players and they never ever have any problems. You do also have the option of choosing a theme for the able to spruce up your graphics if that is what you are after. So basically the graphics are top notch for tournaments but for individual games it is not as jazzy as some of the others out there.

the games and tournaments:
Poker Stars have a wide choice of games including:

Texas Holdem
Seven Card Stud
Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo
Omaha
Omaha Hi/Lo
5 Card Draw
2-7 Ttiple Draw
H.O.S.E.
H.O.R.S.E.

As you can see above they have a great range everything you would want to play, Texas Holdem is usually the most popular and of course they have all the usually favourites of Omaha and 7 card stud. Poker Stars is good because it has all games in a lot of different levels for the beginner and the more progressed players. Poker Stars stands out the most for their available low stake games at only $0.01 / $0.02 and with no rake, and so if you are newbie then Poker Stars is the best place for you.

bonuses and promotions:
Poker Stars offer an ok deposit currently at $50. Players can also earn Frequent Player Points (FPP) by playing real money games that can used to enter tournaments. They have a VIP area that is offered at different levels depending on how many FPPs you have. And lets not forget about the tournaments where big money can be made, and if you win a place in their live poker tournaments they pay for your accommodation!

customer support:
The customer support is alright, it only offers email support at the money not telephone or live chat which a lot of sites are doing now. Their email service is responsive, its 24 / 7, and they offer multi language support for players all over the world. As far as email support goes Poker Stars is great but it would be good to offer telephone an / or live chat help.

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