PokerStars Rocks on 16 Aug 2012
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In my personal opinion, PokerStars is the best poker site on the Internet. PokerStars’ willingness to repay Full Tilt players located outside of the US only reinforces my opinion that it’s a reputable organization that respects poker players in general, not just those who play on its websites. I also admire PokerStars’ willingness to constantly improve its bonuses and promotions. I just noticed that if a person uses FTR’s links, they get
PokerStars’ Welcome Bonus AND $1,000 in monthly freerolls and money-added tournaments. What other online poker site would do that? None that I’ve come across.
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msnl review on 10 Aug 2011
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Software is great and simple, easily the best
around at the moment.
At 2nl and 5nl there are always plenty of tables
available, it never takes more than a couple of
minutes to have 10 tables loaded up.
As for fish, lol, it's ridiculous how easy it is. Been
playing 6m at both 2 and 5nl and the quality of
the average player is horrific. Definitely a good
place for beginners to build their roll.
Never used the tech support so can't
comment
and regardless of points etc I miss rakeback.
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Pokerstars Review on 09 Aug 2011
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Pokerstars is hands down the best site out. Best software, best customer support, biggest player pool. Ring games since black friday have gotten mildly softer then before. Pokerstars handled black friday as perfectly and as professional as they could, they paid out their US players promptly and maintained strong contact with there player base throughout the process. Apparently all it takes is the DOJ to seize your businesses to finally end the Pokerstars
vs Full tilt old debate. Pokerstars is always activity trying to improve and please its users, coming up with software updates and new bonus's. Many will tell you Pokerstars is easily the #1 poker site on the net, if you do a little research I think you will come to the same conclusion.
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Post Black Friday on 08 Aug 2011
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The games have definitely tightened up and even at 2NL it's quite possible to go to an hour without there being anything more than a 3-man flop and this is a massive difference compared to some of the games when it was open to U.S. players. But the games aren't difficult to beat as long as focus and standard play is used and they are certainly trying to increase action by their promotions. Not the no-fold 'em hold 'em of old, it's still both a really
nice place to play software wise and a good room to learn how to play against different styles.
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The Fish have come to play on 06 Aug 2011
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In the wake of Black Friday I decided to pull my BR off my regular site for security reasons. I had a little $ left at Stars from before so I decided to donk around for practice.
Now, I've decided to stay and rebuild because it has been so profitable. All the American nit-regs are gone. The games are super soft. I have been playing at 5nl and its playing like 2nl. If you want to play against loose-passive players, then go to PS.
Everyone knows
that PS has great software and the customer support was always impressive imo. The lack of rakeback is a downer but the action and fish pool more than make up for it.
August has a special VIP promo so take advantage if you can. If you are a non-American player, then Stars is probably a good site to set up shop. Now go forth and profit...
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Pokerstars Review on 05 Aug 2011
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Very helpful support who sort out problems quickly. Decent action at most times of the day and a solid interface. They handled the "Black Friday" mess well imo. Easily the best site around.
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The Trustworthy Pokesite. on 05 Aug 2011
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Customer support is second to none, any queries I have had have been dealt with reassuringly fast, politely and professionally.Cash outs options are clear, slick and again reassuringly fast.
The same goes for the software. Its amazingly slick. The whole Pokerstars experience leaves you in no doubt, your in the hands of the best poker room on the planet.
Always leading and listening to customer feedback.
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Best of the Best on 15 Mar 2011
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I moved from Bodog to Pokerstars just because Pokerstars is a bigger site and its a better opportunity to make more money. Players are much better on this site and less likely to go allin with top pair. They are also more aggressive and play back at you. Its a good thing though because you'll learn a lot more from playing against tougher players. I like the interface because its clean and changeable. There are a lot of options you can set. The
VIP system offers nice bonuses such as free tournament entries and more points, and the point earning system is almost as good as rakeback. Good variety and volume of games in SNGs, MTTs, and cash games. Its very popular in the U.S. and internationally.
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Who doesn't play here? on 21 Jan 2011
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Seriously, why does this site even need a review? This has to be the best place to play. I just wish they had rakeback. But with the lower rake and the enourmous player base this is the place to be.
The new Home Poker Tourney club is incredible. I just wish I could get more of my friends on it.
Everything about pokerstars is superb. when I have emailed them questions, I get a response almost instantly.
when I have ordered stuff from the poker
store I recieved my schwag in great condition, and fast.
they keep updating there software and it keeps getting better and better. It is so easy to use.
If your a multi tabler they have plenty of tools to make it easy for you.
Hands down the best place to play.
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PokerStars Review on 20 Jan 2011
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PokerStars has send 3 of the 5 last WSOP-Main-Event-Champions or signed them up afterwards. Thats a unique Record!
The year before lastl also about 20% of the WSOP Main Event Players won a Seat at PokerStars!
You can also play Badugi, 8-Game or RAZZ at Pokerstars.
What i also like very much at PokerStars, they don´t take Rake in Micro-limit Cash Games!
The responsiveness of Support is very good but you just can reach them by E-mail, no
Live-Support.
PokerStars is, in my Opinion, one of the best available Pokerrooms!
Hope you liked my little Review and wish you a nice day!
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Great poker site. A must site!!! on 20 Jan 2011
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If you do not have pokerstars, its time to download it now. Easily
the best site for tournament poker. They even have 1 cent tourneys and freerolls to help build bankrolls if your strapped for cash.
Alot of action. Not just nl holdem, but alot of actiion in 7 card, draw poker, badugi, triple draw, omaha.
Best site to play for double ups. Why play free chips when you can play a freeroll on pokerstars and try to win a bankoll.
Alot of great promotions
and easy to deposit with many options.
Great money added private tourneys like FTR tourneys can really help build a bankroll.
Site negatives: not many negatives as the site has great support, hand history, notes, stats.
If you plan on playing in a stars freeroll or a tourney with a
huge field. Be prepared to play for 4 to 5 hours.
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Best poker room online on 01 Jan 2011
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Simply the best room on offer today. Accepts members from
the US, and has the largest number of players which means
you can always find a game and that there are heaps of fish
about. The software's awesome, intuitive and works on both
mac and windows with no hassle at all.
Cashed out plenty of times without any drama, and PokerStars
support has always been incredibly fast and really friendly
with anything I've sent them. So much so that
they're easily
the best support I've ever dealt with online, including
everything poker and non-poker related.
After playing at several different poker rooms over the last
few years, I'm extremely happy to call PokerStars home.
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SCOOP! on 30 Apr 2010
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SCOOP 2010 starts this weekend!!
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Great Site on 19 Nov 2009
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PokerStars is by far the best internet
poker room!!! Some people think this is
stupid but you can play for play chips
and sell them (google it) and then go
from there. Its not hard to win play
money expecially if you read the
strategy section from flopturnriver.com.
I mean it takes time to become a winning
poker player, but its possable. I sold a
million play chips twice started with 5
bucks each time and both times turned
the 5 into a grand and then
cashed out.
Its a excellent way to build from
nothing, they also have freerolls. I
could go on and on about why its such a
great site to play at. If you love poker
you will love this site!!!
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Pokerstars Rocks on 14 Sep 2009
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I have played on many different sites
dating wayyyy back to world live poker
if anyone recalls that, and Pokerstars
is the best....
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Poker Stars pretty decent bout 4/5 in my opinion on 13 Aug 2009
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I basically agree with RonnieFL, many
users are very aggresive, though i do
like the interface, and its easy to
change the style if it doesnt suit you,
though the classic view is probably the
best as it is easy to understand. Lot of
perks for money players and quite a few
for ''fake money'' players also with
tournaments that get u invites paid for
by pokerstars to ''real money''
games. Also as im sure all who are
reading this o they offer many deals
where
they match your first deposit and
also give cash rewards in some casses
for transfering friends even small
amounts of money.
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Pokerstars review on 04 Aug 2009
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Pokerstars have a lot of bonuses for
their players(FPP,
VPP).You can buy dress, electronics and
other things with your
bonus, that is given to you, just for
that you are playing
there(on cash money of course)).So for
me Bonus/Promotions
are 5 (BEST).
Player on Pokerstars are agressive(when
I`m playing they
are) and that gives a 5 to Poker Room
Action.
Don`t know why, but I don`t really like
Interface on
Pokerstars, and still don`t like
it and
i think I will never like it.)
My friend had some problems on
Pokerstars.com(me not) and
solve them quickly.I also heard a lot of
about this room and i
think, that they won`t be so popular if
their Technical/Customer Support would
be bad.So I think Its 5.
THAT`S ALL FOLKS!
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WCOOP! on 30 Jul 2009
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WCOOP 2009 is announced, you can qualify
for FREE on PokerStars and become a
World Champion!
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pokerstars on 17 Jun 2009
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i am lovin it
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Easy and complete on 28 May 2009
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Great place to play poker! Good for
starters with their micro buy-in sits n
go´s and tourneys.
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I like it!! on 14 May 2009
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It's an easy site to use if you want to
learn different games, and play some
free hands before you put in your
money.
because of the many freerolls, you often
find yourself in the middle of a folding
frentsy. people who sign up but never
actually play for real.
This is one of the sites I trust with my
money because winnings can easily be
transferred to my personal account.
Many fish but when your playing for real
money and the higher stakes than you can
play by the rules.
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PokerStars is awesome on 13 Mar 2009
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I used to like playing online poker with
live3dpoker.com software. This is the
only software I use now.
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Pokerstars! on 06 Mar 2009
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Pokerstars is a great site. Biggest
poker site in the world. Very
professional looking IMO. Many many
different games to play and there are
people of all skill levels.
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Great! on 26 Feb 2009
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200K people on Pokerstars. Great
customer support, easy to use, and there
are some fish out there. Only problem is
on your initial deposit you cannot get
more than $50.
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Seriously on 27 Jan 2009
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For sure PokerStars takes poker very
seriously. We´ve´nt used many poker
softwares, but PS was our choice, since
it offers lotsa tournments, including
freerolls with cash payment, and
practical interface. The filter window
needs some improvements, for it lacks
usability, but it´s ok. Unfortunatly the
fields are very huge even in paid
tournments, and the power of chips are
stronger than technic, most of the
time... Perhaps because of its
popularity,
PokerStars are full of not
serious players...
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One of the best on 14 Mar 2008
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This site is amazing. It's very easy to
use and see the rooms that you want. The
customer service is fantastic. The bonus
stuff is done really well.
The only problem I find is the players.
A lot of players will call with pretty
much anything at anytime. I play mostly
"heads-up" games, but again for the
most part, fish.
Other than that one complaint, it's a
great site.
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#1 Poker site on 19 Oct 2007
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PokerStars is the class of online poker.
The customer service and security on
this site is outstanding. They only
have e-mail support but it's pretty
fast and more importantly, they have
competent people responding unlike a lot
of other rooms.
They have the most traffic out of any
poker room so you should be able to find
fish around but they probably do have
some of the better playing in the online
poker world.
The bonuses are great when they
are
available, it clears pretty fast and you
have 6 months to do it.
The software too is by far my favourite
and they are constantly updating it and
making improvements.
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Can't Collect Winnings on 18 Sep 2007
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Pokerstars or Jokerstars does not let US
players cash out.
I had a $1800.00 cash out PS said US
Postal Service returned undelivered do
to wrong POBOX which was correct ( get
my mail from all other sites ) but not
PS. I have tryed 2 more time with same
outcome no payments recieved, but will
credit my PS account back that amount. I
sure would hate to win a big tourney
payoff
US PLAYERS SHOULD BEWARE OF POKERSTARS
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PokerStars Update on 16 Jan 2007
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I feel an update is in order for this
site. Why? The interface has come light
years since I first started playing here
in 2005.
You can resize the windows to any size
you want. It will also save window
size/position/location, so if you are a
multi-tabling action junkie you only
mess around with getting all the windows
just right once.
There has also been a major facelift
with themes and deck styles. The tables
can have many different looks.
You'd
really have to see that for yourself.
Another reason I thought this site needs
an update is because the player base has
jumped tremendously. I can't possibly
say what their average player count is,
but logging in around 7p ET, I usually
find between 70-80k.
I think this site has the best
tournament selection of any site I have
seen. If you are into tourneys this site
is probably what you are looking for.
I don't know about their responsiveness
to collusion as I tend to play tourneys.
However, their response to my questions
about a tournament ticket and setting up
a private tournament arrived in less
than fifteen minutes.
There are fish on here, but as most of
my experience has been here, it is hard
for me to compare. I played cash games
on Party Poker for awhile and the play
here seems slightly better, on average.
Their bonuses are pretty standard.
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Pokerstars is good on 06 Aug 2006
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Good Interface, Many Players for great
24hr. action. Great customer support,
yet they are lacking in bonuses and
promotions. Also, they have the hardest
players and tables on the internet. If
you are looking for a good, clean site
to improve your game, try pokerstars!
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Three reasons to play poker on 04 Jul 2006
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IWANNAWIN:> I wanna win money !!
First of all, all people I know play for
one of three reasons:
1. to have fun
2. to become the best player around
3. to win money (at least they say so; I
doubt all of them really win, and think
that at least in some cases it is an
excuse for wifes/girlfriends/... to have
fun)
To have fun and to become the best one,
Stars is the best place around, period.
When playing "to win money", things
are more complicated
though. To start
with, one needs to learn how to play,
and to learn there is no better place
than Stars. Even for seasoned players,
while playing on Party definitely helps
your bottom line, it hurts your ability
to play (just as if German soccer team
would play only with Togo, Trinidad and
alike, they would degrade in a few years
at most). So "to win money" the best
is probably to keep some kind of balance
between Party and Stars (and if you are
REALLY good, who knows - maybe next WSOP
bracelet is shining for you, not to
mention a huuuuuuge pile of money in the
middle of the final table :-) ).
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I DONT UNDERSTAND!! on 29 May 2006
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I dont understand !! I wanna win money
!! Let me start this out with i am about
to join poker stars for only the mtt
action cause of what i have read about
pokerstars! But what i dont get is how
all these ppl are talking about how
pokerstars is so great because all the
players are better?? Huh? Say whaaat?
Why would i ever play at a site with
better players (ring games)? I want the
fishiest players sitting at my table! I
wanna sit at the tables with
a real high
average pot size! I have played about 5
different sites now and always seem to
find myself back at party poker hands
down the most profitable place online
IMO!!! Reading all the posts in this
review is reminding me of all the debate
on moving up in levels because u cant be
the fish at the smaller levels. IMO If
you cant beat the smaller tables where
more fish swiw you arent good enough to
play better at the higher levels!!! Now
im not saying one cant move up levels
and be more sucessful because that
happens all the time BUT!! What i am
saying is that i think to be where i
wanna be at in playing poker is to be
able to beat all levels because your
play is that adaptable!! SO in closing
back to my question why play agianst
better players? To learn? Sorry id
rather get paid in process of becoming a
more skilled player!!
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Only play at Pokerstars on 21 Feb 2006
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I don't know if people care, but many
of these reviews mention the # of
players online, and how Party has the
most. Recently I have seen as many as
80,000 on Pokerstars, usually during
evening hours it is more like 60,000.
There may be more fish on Pokerstars
nowadays than when a lot of these
reviews were first written! 9-player $5
SNG's usually have 2 or 3 strong
players and 2 or 3 complete idiots.
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Fish are all at a Phish show on 20 Feb 2006
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Tournament action is amazing... HUGE
variety of SnG action as well as an
amazing selection of scheduled
tournaments from freerolls to beat the
champ headhunter bonuses. Ring games I
have found to be full of good players.
Micro games are great for beginners
(.01/.02 NL was great place to learn ins
and outs) although I find in these rooms
the fish hang out (there seems to be no
other place they are found in great
numbers)
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Excellent on 12 Dec 2005
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This is by far the best site out there.
Hands down. No questions asked. period.
Anyone serious about the game of poker
plays here, and it is a true joy to sit
down and play a great game of poker the
way it should be played. After all of
the countless sites i've played at I
can finally play a game of poker where 3
people are not all in on the first hand,
or there is a raise EVERY cycle, or
consistently raising 15 times the big
blind. Now some may
say this is a
disadvantage and that you want to play
against fish. Well I strongly disagree.
Poker is a beautiful game and if you
want it played right, play here.
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Best Site Out There on 12 Dec 2005
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For solid players, this is the best site
out there tournament action is a must if
you play here.
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really good site on 02 Dec 2005
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This is my favorite site.
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Best Tournament Site on 22 Oct 2005
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Poker Stars is the site that really
changed my game around. I had played on
Party Poker originally and lost some
money playing some fishy rookie poker,
pretty much matching the style of play
of the majority of people there I played
with. Pacific Poker was similar but I
had read a couple of books by then and
my game had definitely improved, but I
would get frustrated by the extremely
loose aggressive play of a few people
and start playing bad poker
matching bad
plays with more bad plays. Finally I
found Poker Stars and my game improved
immensely. Players are much more
predictable, definitely better but this
forced me to improve my game to match.
This is when I finally started making
money on the Sit-n-Go's, probably about
$1000 in the last few months. Not a lot
but at least my account is going in the
up direction while my game improves as
well. NL Hold-em Tourney's are my
favorite and this definitely the best
place for small and large tournaments of
any kind. Once you become a shark
perhaps you can then go and prey on the
fish on Party Poker, but if you are
fairly new and truly looking to improve
your game, I highly recommend Poker
Stars. They don't have the initial
sign-up bonus that other sites do,
however the do regular "player
appreciation" and other types of
redeposit bonuses. Best site out there
in my opinion.
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Always a challenge on 08 Sep 2005
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For 6 months, I have been a player at
PokerStars. I am now used to the folks
who go All in with garbage the first few
hands and think they are unbeatable. Of
course... someone will get them. Then
there are the sitters... (mostly in the
play money games) These folks sit out
during the whole game and suddenly come
to life at the final table with a puny
stack and are gone just as fast. Since
these 2 things are predictable, one can
develop a strategy.
Take
those 2 things away and you get a
superb software, GREAT poker players
thet will challenge you to the end,
incredible customer support and with the
Frequent player points you can enter
tournements worth a lot of money.
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Poker Stars Owns on 01 Sep 2005
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I have played them all and keep coming
back to stars for the better action.
The tounry are the best, and the ring
games are profitable for good players..
The fish factor goes away at around 1/2
NL and 3/6 limit. 2/4 NL and 5/10 limit
games are very well played. The tounry
stats on PS are not matched anywhere.
You always know your position and all
other sats. And if you want good
support, no question PS is the best..
You can have answers back in min, not
hours.
Good Luck all..
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Crazy bettors on 27 Aug 2005
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the ones who make it a crap site
stay in on 7 4 offsuit they go to river
on every hand
so yes you can make money but the other
morons
who stay at any level and go to river
kill any leading good hands
the ones who call an obvious Flush on
flop and
continue to river runner runner to get a
boat !
I lost AK - flop AK2 turn A river 2
to a 22
but that player had REASON to bet and I
call that a
Good hand
the network goes down
for 1 or more
players
so disconnects suck!
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1500 chips on 25 Aug 2005
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Pokerstars has a big advantage over
Party Poker/Empire Poker and most other
poker rooms, and I haven't seen it
mentioned in any reviews. At Pokerstars
you start a tournament with 1500 chips,
vs. 1000 for Party Poker. As a result,
skill is more likely to be rewarded
because you have to play a long time
before you worry about being blinded
out. On Party Poker, if you lost a few
hundred chips, you're short stacked and
the blinds creep up very quickly.
In my
opinion, the starting chips alone make
Pokerstars tournaments far superier to
Party Poker.
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Classiest Pokerroom on 11 Aug 2005
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Pokerstars is the classiest online
pokerroom you'll find: it's a virtual
Bellagio. The table appearance and cards
are aesthetically nice. The personalized
logos can be blocked, to keep a clean
look, or kept visible depending upon
your choice. The software has never once
been a problem for me. The action on
this site is perfect. There are tons of
SnGs, tons of daily & weekly monster
tourneys and satellites, and the ring
games are always busy. Personally,
I
steer clear of the ring games because I
feel there is a significant amount of
collusion, which is further benefited by
the fact that there's only 9 players at
a N/L table. The low/mid stake SnG's
are soft and fun. I have never had a
problem, but I've heard that the
customer support is very strong. The
strength of play on this site is a bit
exaggerated; there are lots of terrible
tourney players, but at least 3 of the
final 4 players in a SnG will be good.
Pokerstars has recently started 20%
deposit bonuses again, which is a nice
feature for an established site with no
need to give handouts. The fact that you
can accumulate points by playing in
tourneys and not just ring games makes
the bonus worthwhile.
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Perfection on 04 Aug 2005
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I love this site and that is all there
is to say. Other big site advertise with
annoying ads like Popups but all you
ever see of PS advertising is the odd
banner here and there. The software can
be used very easily and there are a lot
of fish. Theres nothing wrong with this
site is is Perfect!!!
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Not too shabby on 02 Aug 2005
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I decided to try PS based on word of
mouth from several friends. I had been
playing on Pacific Poker and was going
ballistic over all the software
problems. I have quickly come to love
PS. The card shuffler seems to be more
normal, which drowns the fish. The
software doesn't disconnect, so monster
pots I win per hour allow me to make a
larger profit. There's not much to
gripe about really. Yeah, the graphics
are lame and the bonuses aren't as
good
as other sites. But, I can make money
easily and that's all that counts.
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My Favorite on 21 Jul 2005
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Poker Stars is by far the most
comfortable and best looking site.
There are no cheesy characters seated in
chairs or pic of empty chairs. (What's
the point of chairs on-line?) You
upload your own pic, and can block
annotying pics of others (or their
kids).
Interface is excellent. The only
connection problems I have had were due
to my own connection, not their servers.
Like I said, the asthetics are superior
to all other sites. There is also
an
option to show bet amounts for those who
complain about having to mouse-over the
chips. Poker Stars is designed to look
like an on-line poker room, not some
cheesy immitation of a smokey live game.
Very user -friendly indeed.
ACTION - The action is great. Contrary
to reports of 10,000-15,000 players, it
is actually not unusual to have 30,000
on-line at once.
Tech Support - Every question or problem
I have ever had has been immediately
dealt with and responded to. I was even
able to pull-out of a tourney I
satellited to and sign up for a Round 2
at a later date.
FISH - If Poker Stars had the fish the
other sites do it would be heaven. But
then it wouldn't be Poker Stars.
Don't play here if you are new or
looking for easy money! This is the big
leagues of on-line poker. You play here
(yes to make money) but also to sharpen
your skills against the best talent
possible. There are fish here, but not
as many, and players are infinitely more
sophisticated than at other sites.
Poker Stars is a tough site to win at,
but its players are viciously loyal. I
guess it's just more fun to play
against real competition.
Bonuses - Poker Stars used to offer no
bonuses. Now they do occassionally.
Not the best site for bonuses, but they
don't need to be. It's a site like no
other.
Best site for real competition/Worst
site for fishing.
And now a note to you Poker Stars
regulars. There are some new rules on
avatars:
1. No more sunsets and blue tree-lines.
Go on-line, download an image, and use
that. Everyone and their dog uses the
images that came on their new computer.
It's not cool.
2. Pictures of one eye are played out
(yes, even if it is a red or glowing
green eye!)
3. Quit using pictures of your kids!
It's annoying, not cute and there are
plenty of pervs on-line - You don't
want pics of your children floating
around.
4. Guys, for your own protection, quit
using pictures of you and your
girlfriend. She may think it's
special, and you may think it makes you
look like a stud, but what really
happens is we immediately identify you
as an insecure chump with an ego that
can be expolited. It's an embarrasing
tell. Lose it.
5. Finally, we know you are not Tom
McEvoy or Chris Moneymaker when you are
playing in $1+.20 tourneys and
free-rolls. (Not to mention, we all
know their real screen names.) Stop
using their pics. It's not
intimidating, you just look stupid.
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Tough on 08 Jul 2005
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A lot of action and great tournament
play, but unfortunately there are not
many fish. I play .50/1 NL and it is
much harder to make money consistently
compared to Party Poker. There are far
less bad beats, but because the play at
high levels is SO strong many very
skilled players can make more money by
playing lower limits. I only play Party
skins now for ring games and keep some
money at Stars for the occasional MTT.
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PokerStars Rocks on 05 Jul 2005
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you all are idoits if u think this game
is rigged.."oh i see lots of 4 of a
kind ect ect" thats because u see alot
of hands....and for seems like u get
beat on the river? ITS POKER!!! Yes this
game is hard to make money..but if you
are a skilled player with some luck you
can easyily go in there one day with 3
bucks and come out with 100k+ in a
couple of days(asuming u enter satellite
to a 500k game and win both of em) This
site is always great for
learning
poker..its easy to just rip apart my
friends when we play now..there is
getting less and less "Fish"
everything else rocks
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Best Tournament Site on 04 Jul 2005
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I came here to play tournaments and they
have the best tournaments by far with a
reasonable amount of fish at the $5 SNG
SNG
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riverstars?? you're a fool on 28 Jun 2005
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"well great game but seems to work win
few hands lose few hands to be fair on
the river makes me laugh all time as u
can almost say what cards come out but
overall good gaming wouldnt risk real
cash lol too many sitters and hands seem
to well obvious.just moaning lol"
I have been playing in pokerstars for
about 8 months now, and i think that
this person's review should be totally
and completely disregarded...think about
it...he didn't play for
real money!
He's playing with tables full of people
playing WAY too loose because there's
nothing to lose. This person's
thinking skills are about as flawed as
his grammar skills. The only thing I
don't like about pokerstars however, is
that a lot of the games are very hard.
There aren't many fish on this site.
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Poker Stars on 20 Jun 2005
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I've been playing Poker Stars
exclusively for the past 6 months. I
personally love the interface, very
professional, and I love that you can
have your own personal avatar. Brings
personality to the tables, and helps get
some conversation going. I started
playing ring games, but I would not
advise this for anyone. Collusion is a
big part of ring games in online poker.
Stick to the SNG's if you want to get
experience and make money. Once I
switched
to SNG's I've been making
money ever since. There are alot of
above average players in the $5 SNG's,
so you really need to hone some skill
and stay disciplined to keep your head
above water. My only complaint is the
lack of bonuses. But look at it this
way. It's by far the best site, with
the best players, they obviously don't
need bonuses. And anyone who calls it
"RiverStars" comes from the Phil
Helmuth Bitter School of Bad Beats. It
happens to everyone, no matter where you
play.
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The best place to have fun playing on 13 Jun 2005
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Guys, please stop this nonsense about
rigged sites. The only (proven) way
sites stole player's money is much
simpler than making biased shuffle -
PokerSpot was the most prominent
example. I'm 100% sure that _none_ of
the big rooms is intentionally rigged;
as for Stars' - I had doubts about them
at some point (after a bad beat streak
obviously) and asked them to send me the
whole history of my play there; when
I've got it, I made all kinds of
statistical
analysis with it (and I have
a degree in maths) - and came up with
nothing beyond statistical expectations.
So until somebody will provide a
mathematical proof (rather than
emotional "he got one-outer, it should
NEVER happen, at least not to me") - I
won't even consider such a possibility.
Face it, guys - bad beats is an integral
part of poker. And those who cannot deal
with it, just should not play poker,
ever - there are other ways to have fun
in life.
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Way too many fantastic hands on 23 May 2005
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I started playing Poker Stars after
having a very successful three months of
low-limit playing in a brick and mortar
casino in Florida. I grew suspicious of
this site after I saw what I considered
an inordinate amount of spectacular
hands like 4-of-a-kind almost every time
I played. Indeed, two nights ago I
recieved two 4-of-a-kind fives within a
half hour of each other. At a tourny
last night, I witnessed a royal
flush---followed on the very next
hand
by a four-of-a-kind and 15 minutes later
my Ace high flush was beaten by a
straight flush. Today I played for one
hour at a low limit table and witnessed
a four of a kind, and once again, my ace
high flush was beaten by a straight
flush.
When I played nearly every day for three
months in Florida, I witnessed a grand
total of one straight flush and seven
fours-of-a-kind. I just can't believe
all the fantastic hands I see on Poker
stars are random. I left Party Poker
for the very same reasons although I did
not see anything as dramatic as I did
last night at Poker Stars.
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Simple and Clean on 23 May 2005
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It just works and is easy to get on and
easy to find your way around the site.
Room names are strange and take some
getting use to. Customer service is
quick and clear. Players are generally
nice and fast, not too many that are
idiots are last long. Games are fast
paced and varied players. Great place
to get experience and to meet all types
of competition. Tried several of the
others and just felt at home here.
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POKER......"STARS?" on 23 May 2005
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I've been a regular (daily) player
on this site for two months now, and
manage to make a little cash on the
micro-limit tables here. At the .02/.04
tables the wild gamblers are abundant
and tend to get in pissing contests with
each other. Any tables above .02/.04 get
tighter and tighter the higher up you
go. Most players here are tourney
players, and they possess decent holdem
skills. When they need $5. to play in a
tourney they swim down to the
aquarium
and try (some desperately) to make it
quick.....it shows. The only reason I
keep a bankroll here is because it is a
great place to get a warm-up before I go
to the easier sites. Pokerstars players
will keep you on your toes. If you can
make it here, you should have no trouble
elsewhere...
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Nice place to learn Omaha High/Low on 17 May 2005
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since it offers the "big" tables of
Omaha High/Low games.
Starting from 2000 chips, I have 5 mil
now just in a matter of a month. Lot of
fun.
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great site on 08 May 2005
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EXCELLENT site... doesn't get any
better!! Favored hands actually win
when expected...a far cry from the other
sites... And WOW ..what a surprise... it
actually takes skill to win on
Pokerstars... Who would ever have
thought?
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Torn Also on 28 Apr 2005
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I am also torn. I feel there are much
better players on this site. As a
result, it does seem harder to make the
cash. I have however had , what seems
to be, way too many "caught it on the
River" loses. Does anyone have any
feelings either way about computer
generated opponents on this site? I
heard a rumor about that kind of thing,,
does it really happen?
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The Worst on 06 Apr 2005
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PokerStars, the worst on-line casino I
know of.
Don't ever listen to the ones who
applauses PokerStars in this forum. Most
of what they say are not true.
Card shufflings are not natural random,
but are probably fixed. Certain players,
to me, maynot be real players. I mean
real "human". Tournements not quite
many as others claim. Connection is
often slow. And the one thing I still
don't get it is it takes instanly to
tranfer fund from Neteller to
PokerStars,
but takes 48 hours to
transfer back if you want to cash out.
One thing I like here is PokerStars
offers fast games as well as "no-all-in
games". Besides, tournments for private
groups available.
I never come back here again.
The rating stars are default, I don't
rate.
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Poker Stars!! on 21 Mar 2005
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WOW!! That is all I can say about Poker
Stars, it is amazing! I have improved
my poker game so much since I started
playing on Poker Stars, I don't think
it is a coincidence that the last two
WSOP Champions (Raymer and Moneymaker)
came from Poker Stars. I would recommend
this over any other poker site although
it is a little harder to make money, but
that is because the competition is
better!
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Too tough here on 23 Feb 2005
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Been playing at Stars for over a year
and just can't make consistent money
here at NL ring games. The play here is
too tough, however it has made me a
better player. I can tear up other
sites with the play that I've learned
here at
the micros. There is always an ample
supply of games and tourneys at the
levels I play. The interface is great
and the lobby has all the useful info.
I've
only ever witnessed 1 server crash.
Support has
been great whenever I've
contacted them, very helpful. No
initial bonus and very rare reload
bonuses.
To summarize: great software, great
tourneys, professonal players.
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blah on 19 Feb 2005
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Great for tourneys, support, and ease of
money transactions, but absolutely
nothing else. I play all my ring games
at Party and make about 1000 bucks a
month, but I can't consistenly gain a
profit on ring games at Stars. There
are always plenty of SNGs and MTTs at
every buy-in so I play all my tourneys
there.
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Poker Stars by a Landslide on 29 Jan 2005
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If are looking for true to life poker
games and the video poker juiced action
you'll find at Party Poker and it's
associated skins, this is the place for
you. Don't be lured by bonuses, VIP
points and gimmicks, you're better off
trading all that for honest games. No
wonder the pros play there.
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Poker Stars on 19 Jan 2005
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I started off playing tigergaming poker,
and poker stars just added a whole new
element to online poker and its just
awesome
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Poker Stars on 12 Jan 2005
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Not many fish, the ones you met don't
stay fish long or go broke
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Simply the best on 22 Dec 2004
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After trying all major ones, I'm
currently playing exclusively Stars.
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Stars is best on 18 Dec 2004
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Stars wins hands down in 2 categories -
improving player skills (well, for those
who don't beleive it - remember where
last 2 WSOP champions came from), and
having fun from playing the game. Action
is very good, interface is good, support
is one of the best, current 1B bonuses
are exceptionally good. Not that much
fish though (well, you can't get
everything in one place).
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Pleased. on 08 Dec 2004
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I have played on Poker Stars for about
8-9 months now. I am fully satisfied
with the web site and software, but as
some may contest it is difficult to find
the fish sometimes. Tourneys is most
definently where the money is to be
made. $25 and up on sit&go will get the
dummies out (that will call a raise with
K 8 os), But is just right if your a
solid player. I usually place every time
and normally win a few hundred dollars a
week. Happy Hunting.
Remember,
stay out of ring games here
and focus on tourneys only, If money is
what your after.
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Pokerstars.com on 07 Dec 2004
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I have just switched from another online
poker room. The reason for the switch is
the numerous tournaments they have. I am
trying to stay out of ring games and
play tournaments solely. I think the
site has a lot to offer. It is very
professional in its lobby. However, I do
not like their actual poker rooms. By
this I mean the overall appearence. It
is like looking at a nice Italian
Restaraunt and then going inside and
eating chef-boyardee. Their software
seems
a little outdated and could use a
make-over. I also do not like the 9
player max. It is not hard finding a
table with what you want at all. Their
Tech support is very quick with their
response. And as everyone else has said,
people are a little tighter at
pokerstars. I think the tightness of
players is just a result of many good
players playing poker like it is
supposed to be; and not a game where you
try to get lucky, but skill is used
instead. No matter where you go there
will be fish. Whether it is at a $10 buy
in at pokerstars or a $1000 at the Los
Angeles Poker Classic, there will always
be a few fish in the sea. Some of those
fish Really suck,i.e. getting beat by a
K2 when they runner runner the boat.
Pokerstars.com does not really give any
bonuses.
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Poker Stars Tournaments on 11 Nov 2004
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They have the best tournaments on the
Web. If tournaments are what you want
PokerStars is it.
They have a wonderful variety of low
stakes penny games, and high stakes
games.
There is enough players that you will
usually be able to find an active table
for the game you like best (not always
though).
The action is only OK.
The software and user interface is
superiour.
The support is fantastic.
I believe that it is more difficult to
cheat or collude
on this site than
others (they have "no-all" tables and
they have support staff who try to
monitor games).
I have played on Empire, PokerStars,
Tiger Gaming, Paradise and PokerRoom.
If you want to play only one site, I
recommend PokerStars - I do think that
you should play more than one site
though.
If you are looking for Freerolls, you
should have a few different sites going.
I no longer play for no money much but
will still play the odd free-roll when I
am on a bad streak but need a fix.
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Poker Stars Review on 25 Oct 2004
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well I might have to reconsider my
previous review of PS since most
everyone here thinks that it is too hard
to make money on that particular site.
Personally I like the interface but I do
find that it takes rooms a little longer
to fill up as opposed to Paradise.
I've never played on Empire or UB but
from what I am hearing, Stars is a
difficult site to profit on....
I've been doing fairly well with the
turbo SnG's and made it deep
in the
occasional multi's....but to be quite
honest I would prefer to play against
seasoned players as opposed to
fish....at least the experienced players
respect the raise.
But maybe it is time to shop around a
little for another site. Ive just
stayed with Poker Stars because I like
the two table 18 player turbo
tourneys....but the consensus here seems
to be that it is the most difficult site
to profit on
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Pokerstars is great (in my humble opinion) on 23 Oct 2004
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I love Pokerstars. It seems to be the
best set up, most proffesional site out
there, in my opinion. Even though there
are plenty of good players on
pokerstars, the recent WSOP publicity
has caused an insurgence of fish at low
limit SNG tournies and ring games. I no
longer play on any other sight...sign up
bonuses only happen once, and pokerstars
has frequent "deposit bonuses" for
existing players...great sight, great,
quick support, great tournies.
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Torn about this site on 08 Oct 2004
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INTERFACE: Hate it. Very distracting
to me for whatever reason. Also am not
a fan of the full tables only seating 9
people.
ACTION/EASE OF GAME: Although there is
plenty of action at many tables there,
to me it gets boring fast as I have
found more tight players here than any
other online room. Even multi-tabling
gets boring for me here adn that is not
usually the case for me at all anywhere
else. I have yet to happen upon a table
where it
was actually "fun". I am
ahead at this site but it is just plain
boring. I do, however, like the SNG's
and the Turbos that they offer. Also,
the 1500 starting chip amount for
SNG/Turbo's is absolutely a saving
grace for this site in my opinion.
TECH/CUSTOMER SUPPORT: I have not had to
deal with support so I cannot comment
here. i will give it a 3 based on not
having yet had any experience with
them.
BONUS: I have yet to take advantage of
any bonuses at this site so I cannot
comment. Alsthough, they doo not offer
an inital signup bonus which is a huge
minus.
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PokerStars Review on 15 Sep 2004
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If you're main goal is to win fast
cash, this isn't the place for you. On
the other hand if your main goal is to
learn, and improve your game, then this
is the perfect place for you.
The players here are good. You won't
find too many fish here compared to
other sites because the fish realize how
good players on this site are and they
just leave.
While many complain about the interface
being ugly, it has a professional and
clean simple feel
to it.
Customer support is top notch. They
will answer/solve any questions or
problems you have with professionalism
and with liability.
Unfortunately the site does not offer
sign up bonuses, and it rarely offers
bonuses at all. However, on certain
occasions they will dedicate a lot of
prize money such as their anniversary
celebrations.
Overall this place is for players who
are dedicated onto improving their game.
It's not a coincidence that two world
series of poker champions are from
Pokerstars.
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PokerStars Review on 27 Aug 2004
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PokerStars is the place where we have
our FTR tournaments.
I've been getting used to being awarded
bonuses when signing up with new rooms
so I was pissed when there was no signup
bonus.
The Micro-limits are cool when you're
in a rut and you don't want to stress
over the cash swings. There's been some
talk on the forums about the lack of
fish at PokerStars.
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PokerStars Review on 26 Aug 2004
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Not quite as fishy as PartyPoker and
EmpirePoker for the ring games.
Micro-limits are great for beginners.
Multi-table tournaments are fun,
PokerStars is the leader in this area -
the tournaments are competitive and
great practice. Ability to customize
private multi-table tourneys is awesome.
But it's a lot of work to make money
consistently over there.
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PokerStars
PokerStars
PokerStars is the home to the last four Main Event Champions at the annual World Series of Poker – Peter Eastgate (2008), Joe Cada (2009), Jonathan Duhamel (2010), and now Pius Heinz (2011). Joe Hachem (2005), Greg Raymer (2004), and even Chris Moneymaker (2003) have all counted themselves as part of the PokerStars family at one point or another. 
