Poker Stars is the world’s largest online-poker site and most famous for its excellent tournament selection. Poker Stars hosts the unofficial World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP,) and PokerStars Sunday Million attracts thousands of players every week. Whatever tournaments you prefer – stakes, game type or format – you’ll find it at Poker Stars 24/7. The site also hosts many satellites to World Series of Poker every year.

Rating total (8/10)

Software (7/10)

Poker stars operates an independent poker site with its own software. It’s very stable and suffers from virtually no down time, but the graphics and sounds might feel a bit outdated. However, if you just want a smoothly running poker site and not a lot of fancy effects, Poker Stars has everything you desire.

Player Traffic and Game Variety (10/10)

When it comes to player traffic, Poker Stars is second to none. The traffic stats speak for themselves: 155,000 cash-game players and 25,000 tournament players during peak hours. The game variety is also great. Poker Stars offers Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Seven-Card Stud, Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo, Five-Card Draw, Horse, Hose, Razz and Triple-Draw Lowball 2-7.

Competition  (7/10)

The view flop percentages at Poker Stars are usually a bit lower than in the average poker room. This obviously means that the games are tighter and not as profitable. But there are always new less-skilled players opening new accounts, so Poker Stars has its fair share of dead money.

Tournaments (10/10)

Poker Stars is the #1 tournament poker site. You can play all sorts of sit-and-go and multi-table tournaments with varying buy-ins and poker variations. There are also unique events like Sunday Million, World championship of Online Poker and satellites to large live events like the WSOP.

If you play tournaments, you must have a Poker Stars account.

Bonus (6/10)

If you’re looking for a sizable bonus, Poker Stars might not be your first choice. When you create a new account, you’ll only get 100% up to $50.

Quick facts

U.S. Players:                        Yes               

Network:                             Poker stars                          

Jurisdiction:                          Isle of Man                                                                      

Established:                          2000             

Auditor:                               PWC                                  

Bonus Info

Sign-up bonus:                     $50

Bonus match  :                     100%

Referral bonus:                     $0