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Pokerstars
Pokerstars is the largest online poker room in the world. Over 200,000 simultaneous players are at the tables during peak hours, which is almost three times as many as the next closest room. For the more popular tournaments and cash games, traffic is never an issue. There are literally thousands of sit-n-go tournaments that run every day, and hundreds at a time – all the time.
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Pokerstars Tournaments
If you’re looking for a great selection of tournaments, Pokerstars is unquestionably the poker room for you. They have more sit-n-go tournaments, the biggest guaranteed tournaments, and satellite & qualifier tournaments for all the major live events around the world. Satellite tournaments range from $0 up to several hundred dollars, and everywhere in between.
If you’re looking to win a seat into the World Series of Poker (WSOP), World Poker Tour (WPT), European Poker Tour (EPT), or any other major event, Pokerstars has it. They also have special regional events for smaller, local tournaments like the Heartland Poker Tour.
Pokerstars has the largest Sunday tournament schedule online, with the Sunday Million and it’s $1.5 million guarantee leading the way. They also host a $750,000 guaranteed tournament called the Sunday Warmup, and a $500,000 guaranteed tournament called the Sunday 500. That’s not all though, as they also have other Sunday tournaments with prize pools in the $100,000 – $300,000 range. Satellite and qualifier tournaments for each of these events are available, many for as little as $1 or 20 Frequent Player Points.
Pokerstars WCOOP & SCOOP
The Pokerstars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) are the biggest online poker series’ in the world. They consist of dozens of tournaments of all game varieties with guaranteed prize pools ranging from $100,000 up to several million.
The 2009 WCOOP featured 45 events and over $50 million in total prize pools (over $1 million average per tournament). The Main Event had a total prize pool of $10,720,000 and the winner took home over $1.7 million. The WCOOP usually starts in early September and finishes later in the month, with 2-3 tournaments running per day.
The SCOOP usually takes place in April, and the 2010 SCOOP should be the biggest ever. In 2009 there was over $40 million in prizes paid out, across 22 events. For 2010 the schedule will likely be expanded, and a total prize pool of $50 million or more is expected.
Pokerstars Sit-N-Go Tournaments
Sit-n-go poker tournaments are available in Texas Hold’em, Omaha, 7 Card Stud, 5 Card Draw, Razz, Badugi, 2-7 Triple Draw, 2-7 Single Draw, HORSE, HOSE, and other mixed games.
The more popular games like Texas Hold’em, Omaha, and Stud fill up quickly. Other games are slower to fill, but unlike most other online poker rooms, they do fill. Razz, Badugi, 2-7, and HORSE sit-n-go tournaments have good traffic which continues to grow.
Pokerstars Cash Games
No limit cash games at Pokerstars begin at $.01/.02 and go up to $200/400. Fixed limit games start at $.02/.04 and go up to $1000/2000. The traffic for cash games is extremely high, and even less popular games get plenty of traffic for micro to mid-stakes players. High stakes games can be found in Texas Hold’em, Omaha, and Stud games. Play Cash Games at Pokerstars.
Pokerstars offers the following game choices: Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, Razz, 5 Card Draw, 2-7 Triple Draw, 2-7 Single Draw, Badugi, HORSE, HOSE, 8-Game, Mixed Hold’em, Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo (FL & PL), PL Hold’em/PL Omaha.
Pokerstars Bonus
The Pokerstars bonus is 100% up to $600. This bonus just started in August 2009, and we hope it sticks around a while. Up until August, $50 was the only bonus Pokerstars offered. If you’ve been thinking about signing up at Pokerstars, now would be a good time to do it – while the bonus is still available. They haven’t told us when it will end, but they usually don’t tell us this stuff ahead of time…so we won’t have time to warn you.
When Pokerstars introduced the new deposit bonus, they also changed the clearing requirements for the better. Micro stakes and low stakes cash game players now earn Frequent Player Points, which means they can earn bonus money. Up until the recent changes, it was close to impossible for micro & low stakes cash game players to earn FPP’s. For more details about earning FPP’s and bonus money, read our Pokerstars bonus page.
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