Why Play Poker at PokerStars?

We at PokerStars take great pride in offering the best poker playing experience available. We work hard to give our players what they want and we feel that there are several key reasons why you should choose PokerStars as your online poker home.

We Offer the Greatest Selection of Games and Limits
PokerStars is the largest online poker room in the world so there's always a seat waiting for you no matter what game or limit you choose to play. PokerStars offers Texas Hold'em and other standard poker games such as Omaha and Stud. We also offer Omaha and Stud in both "high-only" and "high-low" versions. We've added Razz (seven-card stud played for low) and HORSE (a combination of multiple poker games) to our world class selection of games.

Our no-limit Texas Hold'em games start at $.01 and $.02 blinds and go all the way up to $25 and $50 blinds. Our limit hold'em games go from $.02-.04 to $200-400. Our other games have similar ranges of limits; there's a game on PokerStars for everybody. And if you want to practice your skills and play poker for free, PokerStars is your poker home, too. We offer all the same games for free that we offer as real money poker games.

Award-Winning, Knowledgeable Support
We are extremely proud of our support staff. We have support offices located around the globe to provide you with answers to your questions around the clock, seven days a week. Some of our customer support people have been with us since the beginning in September of 2001; our customer support representatives (CSRs) are among the most knowledgeable people in the online poker business. Send any questions, concerns or comments that you might have, to support@pokerstars.com.

Software Security and Special Features
We have long had a reputation for excellence in our software. Over the years, we have developed by far the most stable gaming system available, able to handle hundreds of thousands of simultaneous players and millions of transactions each day. We are constantly striving to improve our player's experience of poker through the addition of new features, customizations and game variations. We like to be responsive to our player's needs so if you still think there's something we could improve, please send us an email to: ideas@pokerstars.com.

Our poker software contains many special features and customizations. You have the ability to choose various table themes (or even create your own), select card designs, change your Avatar, remove all Avatars, resize your tables, change your position at the table, switch off animations and sounds, keep notes on other players, chat with other players, request hand histories and other statistics, change languages and many more great things. For more information, visit our special features page.

We Hold the Biggest and Best Tournaments
PokerStars is proud to be the industry leader in online poker tournaments. We offer multi-table poker tournaments (MTTs) with buy-ins ranging from $.10 (yes, ten cents) up to $1,000, including our famed Sunday Million guaranteed. Our sit-and-go poker tournaments have buy-ins ranging from $1 up to $5,500.

We offer satellites to our own tournaments, such as the Sunday Million and the World Championship of Online Poker. We also offer satellites to our annual live event, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, which is a World Poker Tour (WPT) event at the Atlantis Resort and Casino in the Bahamas. And occasionally we run satellites to other live poker events, such as WPT and WSOP Circuit tournaments.

We Have the Best Rewards Scheme and VIP Club
Frequent Player Points (FPPs) are our way of rewarding your play at PokerStars. They're just like frequent flier miles on an airline; you get an FPP every time the pot in your cash game is raked a certain amount. You also get FPPs for playing in our multi-table tournaments and sit-and-go tournaments.
You can go to our FPP Store and buy: PokerStars clothing, poker books, poker accessories and Electronics. You can also purchase tournament entries at the FPP store, for tournaments such as our Sunday Million, $1 million guaranteed event, the World Championship of Online Poker, and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, which is a WPT event.

If you are a serious poker enthusiast, our VIP Club was created with you in mind. The PokerStars VIP Club is the world's richest poker rewards program. Watch your VIP star rise from Bronze to Supernova and reap incredible benefits along the way. As a PokerStars Player you are automatically registered in our VIP Club, simply play as normal and before you know you'll be cashing in on free poker tournaments, bonus FPPs and even free entries to PokerStars signature events.

We Offer Many Deposit Options and Quick Cashouts
There are lots of different ways you can deposit money into your PokerStars account including Credit and Debit cards, E-wallets, prepaid cards and wire transfers. For a complete list and more information, please see our real money poker games page.

At PokerStars we understand our players' needs and respond in kind. We always do our utmost to provide lightning fast cashouts using your chosen payment method.

Safety and Security
PokerStars' commitment to safety and security is second to none. We value the integrity of our gaming system above all else and use the latest in encryption and security technology. Our player's funds are kept in segregated accounts held with a leading European bank and are not used for operational purposes. For further details, please visit our integrity page.

Multi-Language Software
We are currently testing our new language features and offer a beta version of our software in German and Spanish, with other languages to follow soon. To change the language setting, go to the "Options" menu in the lobby and select "Language", then choose the language you require from the list.