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Largest online poker site today . - Download Pokerstars and you know you're playing at the largest poker site in the world. Established in 2000 with a huge player base (on average between 40,000 to 100,000 players online at any one time) you'd be hard pressed to not find a game at PokerStars. The game choice is huge with plenty to offer everyone at all stake levels.There's even a good choice of games in poker variations other than Texas Holdem, if you fancy a game of Omaha, Draw, Stud or even HORSE then you need to download Pokerstars today and check out what you've been missing.



PokerStars appears to be mostly geared towards the USA market which only really matters in the big money guaranteed tournaments. Although the Sunday Million starts at 9.30pm GMT (4.30 ET), it has a massive field of over 6000 entrants and doesn't usually finish until 6 or 7am GMT (1am - 2am ET). Not really an option for most Europeans who have to go to work monday morning. The Nightly $100,000 MTT doesn't even start until 2am GMT (9pm ET). It seems however that PokerStars have been listening to their European players and have recently introduced a weekly Sunday $400k which kicks off at 5.45pm GMT (12.45 ET), you can enter this tourney through a satellite from only $3 - great stuff PokerStars!



Tournaments . PokerStars can always be relied on to have plenty Sit and Go's and multi table tournaments to suit your fancy whenever you pop in. Apart from the aforementioned weekly $1 million, $350k and nightly $100,000, there are plenty of guaranteed tournaments running 24/7. I had quite a comical time trying to join a $5 Sit and Go, the table was always full by the time I clicked the register and 'ok' buttons - some Ninja mouse clicking is required to sit down! They also have a healthy tournament program in Omaha, Razz and HORSE. As an official sponsor of the EPT and a member of the WPT, there's a full program of live game satellites.



Be at the EPT - European Poker Tour IV as part of Team PokerStars, daily satellites are running now for

• EPT Prague, Czech Republic, from December 10th to 14th 2007(capacity 500)
• EPT Final Monte Carlo, Monaco from April 12th to 17th 2008

Daily qualifiers are from as little as $5.50 + 50c or 250 fpp's, the prize packages consists of your seat , luxury hotel accommodation and a generous $1,000 spending money. Watch this space, further Tournaments will be added and announced on this page.



Satellites now running for EPT in the sun, Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure, the tournament will be held at the prestigious Atlantis Resort Hotel in the Bahamas January 5th to 11th. The $12,000 prize package includes $8,000 buy in, $3,000 hotel and meals for seven nights and $1,000 travelling expenses/spending money. Satellites start from as little as 100 FPPs (Frequent Player points) or $3. Last years winner, Ryan Daut, won a fantastic $1,535,255 first prize.



The Asia Pacific Poker Tour 2007 (APPT) is now in full swing, the Tour includes live tournaments in Manila (completed), Seoul (completed), Macau, China and Sydney, Australia with more venues to be released. PokerStars is running a full program of satellites for each event.



Cash games . PokerStars is one of the few poker sites where a high stakes player has a good choice of tables even out of peak hours. There's also plenty of choice in game variations, apart from the most popular Texas Holdem, they have active tables in Omaha, Omaha Hi / Lo, 7 Stud, 7 Stud Hi / Lo, Razz, 5 card Draw, 2-7 Triple Draw, HOSE and HORSE.



Promotions . Apart from the original sign-up bonus, PokerStars sometimes offer a reload bonus, however they are not offering a reload bonus at this time.



Competition . As you would expect at such a large poker room there are players at Pokerstars at every level, right from the complete beginner to the hardened professional. It can be quite easy to find some soft games - remember the higher the player / flop percentage displayed in the cash lobby, the softer the game.



PokerStars Bonus details . PokerStars are offering a first deposit bonus of 100% up to $50. To claim your bonus, download PokerStars software and enter the PokerStars bonus code First2007 when you make your first deposit. If you download PokerStars through our links you'll also be eligible for all PokerStars PokerNews freerolls ! To redeem the PokerStars bonus you will need to collect 10x the bonus amount in FPP's (frequent player points). So if you deposit $50, you will need to collect 500 FPP's to collect your additional $50 bonus. You collect FPP's by playing in Tournaments and Cash games. For tournaments you will earn 5 FPP's per $1 in tournament fees paid. In cash games the number of points collected depends on the rake for each individual hand, you will earn 1 FPP for any hand up to $1 in rake (minimum 40c), 2 FPP's for rakes up to $3, and 3 FPP's for rakes up to $5. There is a 6 month time limit on this bonus.



Upcoming exclusive PokerStars freerolls (click here for more details):-

• Aussie Millions $12,500 freeroll
• South African PokerNews Open $7.500 freeroll
• 2x $5,000 cash freerolls

Refer a friend . There is no refer a friend program at PokerStars at present.