Best Poker Rooms: Poker Stars (Review)

General Poker Stars offers many tournaments with prize pools of US $50,000 (Fifty Thousand US Dollar) and although they are fairly new to the online poker world, they seem to specialize in multi-table tournaments which are very popular. Their site is also popular with play money players, as they offer some fun aspects to their software. Poker Stars is a registered legal business located in San José, Costa Rica. Buy-In: The minimum buy-in is 10 times the small bet. This means you need $100 to enter the $10-$20 game. The Buy-In for the tournament is $215. Rake: The rake is 5% of the pot, to a maximum of $3. Limits: $0.5/$1; $1/$2; $2/$4; $3/$6; $5/$10; $10/$20; $15/$30 up to $20/$40 fixed limit games. Finance Deposits: Fire Pay, Pay Pal, Master Card or VISA including all fees. Withdrawals: They will credit back to your credit card the original amount you deposited. Your profit will be paid via Fire Pay, Pay Pal, or Check. Contact email: Support@Pokerstars.com
Texas Hold 'Em Hold 'em, also known as "Texas Hold 'em", is a poker game in which each player receives 2 cards dealt face down, while 5 cards are dealt face up on the table. All players play with their best 5 cards in any combination of their 2 down cards and the 5 common cards on the table. The best five-card poker hand wins. Play	Five Card Draw There is an ante and two betting rounds: Each player is dealt 5 cards face down and pays the ante. After this first round of betting, a player can draw up to 5 new cards or choose to hold 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or all his cards. A button is used to indicate the dealer. The action starts clockwise from the button throughout the hand. Play
Omaha High Omaha is a poker game in which each player receives 4 cards dealt face down, while 5 cards are dealt face up on the table. All players play with their best 5 cards but they must use 2 of their cards in combination with 3 of the cards exposed on the table. There are a greater variety of possible hands because each player has 4 down cards and this usually results in lots of action. Play	Omaha Hi-Lo Hi-Lo simply means that the pot gets split between the best high hand and the best low hand where the low hand must be an 8 or better to qualify. Otherwise it is played exactly like Omaha Hi: Each player receives 4 cards dealt face down, while 5 cards are dealt face up on the table. All players play with their best 5 cards, using 2 of their own cards in combination with 3 of the cards exposed on the table. Play
Seven Card Stud Seven Card Stud is played like this: There is an ante and five betting rounds. Each player is dealt 2 cards face down, then one round after another 4 cards face up and a final card face down. The player with the lowest exposed card starts betting a minimum of one-half the lower limit. You will always have the option of betting either half the lower limit or the lower limit for the table designated. After this first round of betting, all future betting starts with the player holding the highest hand. Play	Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Hi-Lo simply means that the pot gets split between the best high hand and the best low hand where the low hand must be an 8 or better to qualify. Otherwise it is played exactly as Seven Card Stud: There is an ante and five betting rounds: Each player is dealt 2 cards face down, then one round after another 4 cards face up and a final card face down. The player with the lowest exposed card starts betting either half the lower limit or the lower limit. After this first round of betting, all future betting starts with the player holding the highest hand. Play