Poker Stars made its first appearance back in 2001 when the first version of the site was made available for beta testing. At the time the site featured only play money games but soon after this real money games were introduced. Over the years Poker Stars has developed and grown into one of the biggest and most popular online poker rooms around. Not only do its regular members number into the six figure mark. But Poker Stars has also built itself up as an online poker room that specializes in tournaments. This is no-doubt helped by their massive member list, but the experience the site has gained over the years has also been instrumental in this goal. As things currently stand Poker Stars is probably the biggest online poker site devoted to tournament style play and has even had its players go on to win the World Series of Poker.

Poker Stars also features as many poker variations, all available for play, than you could probably think of and has in excess of 10,000 games running at any one time during peak hours. The competition comes in all shapes, forms and levels and so no-matter what your poker proficiency might be, you'll easily find a table to play at.

Moving on to the software, it has been in development for the best part of a decade so expect reliability, it is in fact one of the most reliable poker software suites you're likely to find anywhere. Beyond this, it looks good, runs smoothly and even supplies the player with detailed statistics such as hands played per hour and players per flop. The software is also available in a number of different languages.

Customer service has been a priority of Poker Stars for some time now so whatever your query, and whatever your manner of asking (phone, email, live chat), you will receive top quality services and quick responses whether you are a prospective new customer to the site, or one who has played there for years. The site accepts a number of different deposit methods, all of which are fully secure and safe to use.

Poker Stars currently offers players a great 100% sign up bonus for all first time deposits of anything up to $600. This means new players can get a maximum bonus of $600 worth of free money to play with providing they make the maximum first time deposit of $600. The site also grants players free entry into certain tournaments for being loyal customers, has a VIP program and allows players to collect points for frequent play that are redeemable in exchange for Poker Stars merchandise, which is quite the up and coming brand of the moment.

All in all this is an excellent poker room for beginners and experts alike, you will not be disappointed for joining.