PokerStars.com also known as pokerstars net is the most popular online poker site in the world, and also features a poker game that can be downloaded onto both Windows and Macintosh. The site offers "training" games which users can play for free with "play money" along with an option to wager against other players with real money. It launched in September of 2001.
A number of professional poker players and tournaments are affiliated with the site. Poker Stars is a partner in events such as the European Poker Tour. Players can even chat live on the service with participating professional poker players, including Chad Brown, Barry Greenstei, Joe Hachem and Daniel Negreanu.
The Sponsored Tournaments
PokerStars Big Game
A new show premiered June 14, 2010 on the Fox Network The show, called The PokerStars.net Big Game
The show will have some of the best names in Poker playing poker for one hour. the show will bring in a PokerStars player to join the pros.
Pokerstars will give this player which they are calling a loose cannon $1000,00 to play with. He will be able to play and will keep the winnings. The loose cannon can even return the following week.
The show will start taping in May of 2010 and aired on June 14, 2010. The games are held in Las Vegas, Nevada and the show has in game interviews with the stars of poker.
Basic PokerStars Gameplay
PokerStars offer ten different varieties of poker game, including Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha and Five Card Draw. Depending on the specific game, players can wager anything from a few pennies to several thousand dollars. The site's weekly "Sunday Million" tournament has a buy-in of $215 and a guaranteed payout of $1.5 million.
The rules of playing poker on PokerStars.com are the same as any other poker game. There are 5 basic commands a player can use:
Check: The player is remaining in the game without raising or folding
Bet: The player places down an initial wager on the hand
Fold: The player does not wish to bet and removes themselves from the hand
Call: The player wishes to match the bet that has been placed on the hand and proceed
Raise: The player adds to the current wager, requiring other players to match the new amount in order to proceed with the handhttp://www.pokerstars.com/poker/games/rules/
Pokerstars.tv at Pokerstars.com
Pokerstars.com also has a Pokerstars.tv link where you can watch online poker shows and see high stakes players in action. The TV portion of the site also has interviews with top players and a reality show that follows some players who are on poker tours. On this TV page Pokerstars.com also features the profile of a professional poker player like Vanessa Rousso.http://www.pokerstars.tv/
There are more than 20 channels on Pokerstars.tv. There are channels for the Spring Championship of Online Poker, the North American Poker Tour, the European Poker Tour, the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure and more than 15 other channels.http://www.pokerstars.tv/poker-channels These channels have regularly scheduled poker programming.http://www.pokerstars.tv/docs-pokerstarstv-schedule.html
How to Play Badugi
PokerStars.com players, including Gavin Griffin and Daniel Negreanu, introduce the basics of the game of badugi.
PokerStars.com
A tutorial on how to make money on Poker stars by playing a tournament. The narrator speaks about the fact that you do not have to have to play hardcore, just playing to stay in the final five players. This video will give you tips and ideas of how to play to make money.
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World's largest online poker site
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Records
Largest online poker tournament (149,196 players)
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Over 40 billion hands dealt
