Pokerstars has become the largest poker room online since it started in 2001. US players are accepted. They host some really big tournaments and offer satellites to all the major live poker events. They also run the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) which is the largest online poker series on the internet. Not only do they offer good variety of games but they also support a team of professionals who include WSOP Main Event World Champion, Joe Hachem, and Daniel Negreanu among others.
Software
The software can be played on Mac as well as PCs and it has some really interesting functions beside the regular features. Players are able to access data and statistics on many aspects of their game and write notes on certain players. You are able to multi-table and play 8 tables at the same time and any number of tournaments. Players are able to customize their graphics in a lot of ways, including the size of the tables, themes for each table, images and player avatars.
Traffic
Pokerstars is one the most trafficated room available right now. In fact, on December 30, 2007, Pokerstars entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the most players online at the same time – 151,758. They have around 15-20,000 cash game players and a further 100,000 tournament players at any one time during peak hours!
Available Games and Stakes
Pokerstars offers all the popular varieties including Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo, Razz and Five Card Draw. These games come in fixed limit, no limit and pot limit. Shorthanded and heads up tables can be played too. Stakes in their games range from $0.01/$0.02 to $200/$400. There are some rare game like 2-7 Triple Draw, 2-7 Single Draw and Badugi, as well as mixed games like H.O.R.S.E. and H.O.S.E.
The competition in average is pretty soft but if you move up to the higher stakes, there can be really though competition.
Support and Money Payment Options
Pokerstars has customer service support 24 hours a day every day of the week. They have a FAQ section of their website, if you do not find an answer there you can contact their support team via email. One downside is that they do not offer livechat but their mail responses are pretty quick
They offer a variety of payment options to choose from. Very secure transfers via 512-bit RSA key encryption to give the customers security. Some of the the options include eCheck, Click2Pay, Paysafecard, WebMoney and check.