Poker Stars provides an excellent range of all the most popular poker games.  Players to this internet poker site can enjoy the perennial favourite, Texas Hold'em.  Omaha , Omaha Hi-Lo, 7 Card Stud and 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo are also available.  No Limit and Pot Limit varieties are available.  Stakes start low and increase, ranging from $0.01/$0.02 to $100/$200.

The sign up bonus at Poker Stars is less than what poker players will find at other internet poker sites, but this is made up for in other ways.  The bonus offer is 100% up to $50. 

There is a loyalty program at Poker Stars which has proven to be very popular with players.  Poker Stars merchandise can be acquired through players participating in poker games, multi-table poker tournaments and Sit'n'Go tournaments.  5 points are earned for ever dollar pain in tournament fees. 

Poker Stars places more emphasis on tournaments than promotions, but does occasionally run freeroll qualifiers to larger freeroll games with substantial cash prizes.  This poker room also offers a refill bonus.

Poker Stars offers the best tournaments in the industry.  The site's Sit'n'Go tournaments begin at $1 and rise to $5000 - and there are many players for both ends of the spectrum.  Poker Stars has many qualifying tournaments to the world's top poker tours/series/conventions.  In 2005 1 200 Poker Stars tournament winners went to WSOP.  Poker Stars tournament schedule is jam-packed 24/7 with single tables, satellites, heads-up tables and multi-tables. 

Poker Stars has traffic to die for.  Peak times see 150 000 real money players at games, making this internet poker site the leader in the industry.  Players will find looser competition at other poker sites, but the real toughness here is in the high stakes games.  Extremely knowledgeable and often celebrity poker players inhabit these games aggressively. 

Players playing at Poker Stars will be exposed to top class poker software.  Poker Star's software is easy to figure out and there are a number of customizable features such as player notes, avatars, hand histories and player statistics.  The graphics are exciting and clear and add to the player's experience.  Poker Stars has always placed a high emphasis on the speed of the software and this has proven to be a very successful tactic with the players.  The lobby is one of the best in the business.

Poker Stars has a number of deposit and withdrawal options for online poker players.

Deposit methods are eChecks, ePassporte, UseMyBank, MoneyBookers, NETeller, Visa, Visa Delta, Visa Elektron, MasterCard, Diners Club International, Solo, Maestro, cashier's check, money order, bank draft, wire transfer, ELV, PaySafe Card and Citadel.

Withdrawal methods are Visa, NETeller, CentralCoin and check.

Poker Stars is multi-lingual with the software available in English, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Dutch, French, German, Finish and Hungarian.

Poker Stars has a top class customer service team that is contactable 24/7.  The customer support is noted to be amongst the best in the industry and players can contact the call centre via email, phone or live chat.