PokerStars with Daniel Negreanu
PokerStars Review
PokerStars is the biggest poker site in the world with over 35 registered million players worldwide, 70 billion hands dealt and a tournament starting every second. Highly regarded as the best poker software, PokerStars has the largest variety of games and award winning 24/7 support. PokerStars is also home to the world’s largest online poker tournaments and qualifies more players for World Series of Poker, the Asia Pacific Poker Tour and the European Poker Tour than any other internet poker site.
When it comes to the poker industry’s leading lights in the field of tournaments, they certainly don’t come much brighter than PokerStars. PokerStars offers an unparalleled range of single and multi-table tournaments to suit all budgets and levels of player – and their regular guaranteed tournaments are undoubtedly some of the best available anywhere on the net. Naturally at the top of the pile is the PokerStars Sunday Million, however, the action doesn’t stop there as PokerStars also offers the $750,000 guaranteed Sunday Warm-Up, the Sunday 1/4 Million and the Sunday $500k in a bumper day of tournament action. However, in spite of all the value-added tournaments that PokerStars has to offer, any serious online poker player will tell you that it’s a site’s range of sit-and-gos which comprise the bread-and-butter of their daily offering – and PokerStars certainly have that base covered with a truly comprehensive selection of games.
Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP)
SCOOP is one of the biggest online poker tournament series anywhere online. The schedule covered a huge range of poker games, including Hold’em, Omaha, Stud, plus mixed games like HORSE and 8-Game. What’s more, each event had three different buy-in levels: low, medium and high. This means that all players could take part and become the next SCOOP Champion, no matter what level they play or the size of their bankroll.
The 2011 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) has finished with $43,165,800 awarded in total. Big winners included Main Event Champions fittungen (Low), Goldenboys (Medium) and Lrslzk (High). There were 114 new Champions crowned in total, each taking away a special edition watch and a huge cash prize.
World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP)
PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker is a series of tournaments that brings players from around the world together to compete for WCOOP bracelets and of course, millions in cash prizes. It is the largest online poker series in the world.
Online poker records were smashed as the 2010 World Championship of Online Poker played out as the biggest online tournament series ever staged. With a grand total of 62 events over 23 days, an incredible $63,157,150 in prize money was awarded. The $5,200 Main Event attracted 2,443 entrants, creating a massive prize pool of $12,215,000, and it was POTTERPOKER who took it down, winning $2,278,097 - one of the biggest prizes ever given any for winning a poker tournament, while second and third place players joeysweetp and Russian_nuts both collected over a million dollars each.
2011 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) action starts September 4, with 62 events and $30,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools. It’s the series where fortunes are made and new stars of poker are born, and anyone can play. If you think you’re ready to become a world champion, qualify exclusively with PokerStars satellites now.
Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP)
The Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) is the brand new tournament series that brings you a schedule packed full of exciting, fast-paced turbo events. The line-up features Hold’em, Omaha, HORSE and more, played across different formats including Hyper Turbo and 3x Turbo tournaments. TCOOP is the online tournament series for players who like their action fast. It runs from January 19-29, 2012, with a guaranteed prize pool of $10,000,000 awarded over 50 events. The schedule includes Turbo and Hyper Turbo tournaments, with buy-ins ranging from $5.50-$2,100. The highlight is the $1,500,000 guaranteed Main Event.
PokerStаrs Home Gаmes
Imagine having your own online Poker Club, for just you and your friends - where you can arrange your own private poker games whenever you want! It’s called Home Games. It’s free to use. And it’s really easy to set up. Now you can take the experience of home games online! PokerStars Home Games lets you create and manage your own private poker club to play online poker games of your choice, with just your friends, on your schedule.
Creating a club is easy – just pick a club name and invitation code. You’ll then be presented with your own exclusive poker lobby that you can customize with private Home Game tables and tournaments of your choosing.
Inviting friends is simple – just send them the club ID and invitation code, then accept them as members when they join.
Scheduling games and tournaments is moments away – just choose the game type and buy-in level, then set the date for your online Home Game. The system will automatically notify your club members of the scheduled game.
Special Features
PokerStars offers players many special features including; poker table themes, poker player images, opponent poker notes, player statistics, hand history, game lobby sorting options, table re-sizing, table focus choices and internet connection status displays. It’s also available for Mac users.
PokerStars qualifies thousands of players to the biggest live poker events on the circuit every year, including the North American Poker Tour (NAPT), European Poker Tour (EPT), Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT), UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT), World Cup of Poker (WCP) and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). PokerStars also send more players to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event than all the other poker sites put together.
Games offered:
Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Hi- Lo, Five Card Draw, 2-7 Triple Draw, Razz, HORSE, HOSE. These games are available as cash games, tournaments and Sit & Go’s.
PokerStars Bonus
100% First-Time Deposit Bonus
Make your first-ever real money deposit using the code ‘STARS600’, and PokerStars will give you a 100% bonus up to $600. You can make up to three qualifying deposits in 90 days (up to a total of $600) - the perfect way to take full advantage of the 100% bonus. Once you’ve made your deposit(s), you earn the bonus by playing on PokerStars and collecting the number of VPPs equal to 17 times the bonus amount. The bonus is released in $10 increments, each released into your account as you clear the needed VPPs (170 VPPs for every $10 increment). You have six months after your first deposit to earn all the VPPs needed to release your bonus.
DEPOSIT / WITHDRAWAL
Moneybookers,
Neteller, VISA / VISA Delta / VISA Electron
/ Gift and Prepaid VISA†, MasterCard / Gift
and Prepaid†, Diners Club International,
Solo / Maestro, Cashier’s Check / Money
Order / Bank Draft – minimum deposit $100,
Local Bank Transfer, ELV, Online Bank
(selected countries), paysafecard, eChecks.
LANGUAGES:
English, Bulgarian, Cesh, Danish, German,
Spanish, French, Italian, Hungarian, Dutch,
Portuguese, Norwegian, Polish, Russian,
Romanian, Slovenian, Finnish, Swedish,
Ukrainian, Croatian.
Countries Excluded; USA.
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