Pokerstars is a website that operates on its own network. According to Pokerscout.com, a website that monitors online poker traffic, Pokerstars is the highest-trafficked website, and by a wide margin.
If you can’t find the game you want at Pokerstars, then you probably won’t be able to find it anywhere else either. The games offered at Pokerstars include Texas Hold ‘Em (no limit, pot limit and limit variants), Pot Limit Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Stud (seven card and five card variants), Badugi, Razz, Draw (five card and 2-7 triple draw variants), HOSE and HORSE. Games run all the way from .01/.02 to the highest limits in the entire industry.
The software at Pokerstars is top notch. It is easy to use, and lends itself to multi-tablers. Additionally, there are a number of programs made to use with Pokerstars that allow the software to be even easier to use. Table Ninja is a popular program with players on Pokerstars, as are hot key scripts. While these programs are not officially bundled with Pokerstars, the site knows of them and fully allows players to use them.
Tournaments and SNGs are a couple of the main draws to Pokerstars. The tournaments feature the largest entry fields in the entire industry, and range from the smallest buyins to the highest. Arguably the most well-known tournament in online poker today is the Pokerstars Sunday Million. It costs $216 to enter, and Pokerstars guarantees $1.5 million in prize money. That means they expect at least a whopping 7500 players to enter. SNGs run frequently at small stakes and high stakes on Pokerstars. It is one of the only online poker sites to offer double-or-nothing SNGs. These SNGs take 10 people. Five of those entrants double their buyin, while the other five go home empty-handed. They have become a very popular game at Pokerstars.
Pokerstars offers a very solid 100% deposit bonus (up to $600 deposited). This is in line with the industry standard. Pokerstars also offers frequent reload bonuses to give even more benefit to their players.
The security at Pokerstars is an example which other poker sites should try to use. The customer support responds at extraordinarily-quick speeds, with informational and personal replies to inquiries. This is a welcome refreshment from the usual copy-pasted reply that is unfortunately rampant at most other poker sites. Cashouts are the best in the industry. Pokerstars does not charge a fee for most cashout options, and works hard to make sure that the players receive their money in a timely manner.
Pokerstars accepts US players and is one of the best online poker sites in existence.