Poker Stars opened the virtual doors to their online poker room way back in 2001 and have since then been able to corner the market as one of the biggest and most reputable poker rooms online. Back then the site opened with only free games available but a couple of months later they had upgraded the site to feature real money games. Poker Stars has developed a reputation over the years for excellent online poker tournament room and has also seen players from its membership going on to win the Main Event at the annual World Series of Poker. Poker Stars lives up to its reputation as a top quality online poker room, the site itself looks the business, it has a mind boggling number of users, the most comprehensive list of poker variations available for play and an excellent customer service team to boot.

You won't find as complete a list of poker variations as you have on Poker Stars anywhere else. The site offers They obviously offer the current favorite among poker players, Texas Hold'em, but Poker Stars also offer the following games: 2-7 Triple Draw, 5 Card Draw, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, H.O.R.S.E., H.O.S.E, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo and Razz.

As mentioned above, Poker Stars is one of the largest online poker rooms going, during peak play hours the site attracts over and above 100,000 players who are taking part in excess of 15,000 cash games.

Bear in mind that Poker Stars has a reputation for having some pretty capable players, the competition is indeed stiff at Poker Stars however the enormous popularity of the site inevitably means that a sizable percentage of the players logged in and playing at any given time will vary from complete beginners all the way up to pros.

Poker Stars has developed itself as a center for online poker tournaments and this is definitely the case. Just the sheer number of players online at any given moment should give you a clue as to just how many tournament games are available on a daily basis at Poker Stars in the way of free rolls, satellites, scheduled tournaments and also the Sunday Warm-up, the Sunday Million, there is literally too much tournament action available to list it all here. The fact that there are so many people online at any given time ensures that there is a tournament for your level of ability and you wallet, pretty much whenever you want to play. In general, the majority if the tournaments going are of low to medium buy-ins, play is generally loose and there are plenty of opportunities to build on your bankroll.

Poker Stars not only uses some of the best software in the industry, it also has developed a reputation over the years as being much more reliable than some of the other poker rooms online. This is of course largely due to how long Poker Stars have been going for and also due to the fact that the poker software at poker stars has gone through extensive beta testing. Not only is it smooth and fast and is available in a number of languages. It also provides encyclopedic statistics to players regarding among other things average size of pot, players per flop and hands being played per hour. All in all it is a very attractive software package and well worth trying out.

Poker Stars is currently giving away a 100% sign up bonus for first deposits of up to $600 and also regularly give away generous re-load bonuses, usually 20% up to $120 in order to keep their regulars sweet. Players are also able to get and redeem Frequent Player Points that will get them free entry into Poker Stars tournaments or even buy stuff at the Poker Stars FPP Store. There is also a VIP club that can be entered providing you have the right amount of frequent player point.

Deposits: eCheck, VISA (Delta, Electron, Gift and Prepaid), MasterCard (Gift and Prepaid), Neteller, Diners Club International, ClickandBuy, Moneybookers, Solo/Maestro/Switch, cashier's check/money order/bank draft (minimum deposit of $100), local bank transfer, ELV, online bank transfer, Paysafe card, WebMoney.

Withdrawals: Visa, Neteller, Moneybookers, ClickandBuy, WebMoney, check, couriered check, direct bank transfer.

Customer support is provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by e-mail only. Responses are received in minutes for the majority of inquiries and the quality of responses is excellent. Poker Stars has some of the most competent customer support representatives in the business.