[iceberg]

I've been checking out PokerStars over the last couple of days. I'm not too crazy about the graphics, but the play seems reasonable so far. It has a large player base at about 70K to 80K players. Being a micro player, I like the $0.10 plus $50 added Turbo tournaments. I've won a couple of bucks playing their $0.10/0.25 NLHE ring games.

How tough is it to earn the sign on Bonus?
How has ev1 else been making out at PS?
Out with PartyPoker, and in with PokerStars ...

[sunnypoker]

playing 0.1/0.25 , and 0.1 buyin tourneys (0.01 rake), it will take forever to clear the bonus

[iceberg]

Noooo, your pulling my swanger. I already have 5oo500 FPPs (LOL).
JK. What levels/games do you recommend?

[dovla]

stars is good site.. i'm now searching the way to deposit there (because they are not accepting money bookers, and credit cards from here are not accepted everywhere).

i like blind structure on multi table tournaments there, and this is the main reason i will continue to search for the method to deposit there

[iceberg]

Thanks for da heads-up Sunny. I checked out the instructions and playing on a $0.50/$1.00 NHE will get me 1 FPP when the rake is greater than $0.40. The rake at Stars is 5%, so the pot has to reach at least $8 in order to get 1FPP.

Comparing this to Party, you would get 1 RH when the rake is greater than $0.50, which is 10%. They don't rake the pot unless it get to at least $5. All you have to do is get dealt a hand in order to be eligible.

Soooo Stars is harder to accumulate FPPs, but you get raked less. I prefer Party's stucture better. I did hit a nice hand tonight. Top set on the flop, with one opponent who capped the betting with me on the Turn and River. My set turned into a Full house on the Turn. So far, so good.

[canuckle83]

100% up to $1000 bonus, damn thats hot, plus with the lower rake i can play at $1/2 LIMIT to clear this massive bonus =P

thank you pokerstars !!

[iceberg]

That seems to be a good level (1-2 LHE) to play at to clear the bonus. I like the relatively fast play on their ring games. Lucky for me, I have 6 months to clear the bonus.

[iceberg]

It's official ... PokerStars is a lovely, lovely site. I just finished 500 RHs in two weeks on the Limit tables and got awarded the Sign of Bonus. Their cashouts are weird. They deposited my original cashout ($50 in my case) back to my wallet (Neteller), then they review any monies above that. I got the remainder of my request about 6 hours after my initial request. I just found me a new HOME Homies.

[cemfredmd]

PokerStars has been good to me for quite a while. Between this forum and another forum league I play in, my play has improved quite a lot. Add that to playing on PokerStars, and I have found that playing the $5 SNG and some of the qualifier rebuy tournaments (usually the $2 or $3 ones), has been very profitable. I deposited $50 about 3 months ago, and my bankroll there is right now at $260. I would suggest it for anyone that has a strong game. I would suggest staying away from the turbo SNG, too much of a crap shoot, since you have 18 people in most of them, and the blinds go up way to quick. If you are on there an looking for a cash game, look me up and let me know through chat. I am CEMFromMD on PokerStars. CEMFredMD on Poker.com and Full Tilt.

[iceberg]

I am looking at the bright side of that "Law" being passed. It brought me to PokerStars and there are Fish-a-Plenty. In the $3 Turbo SnGs, nobody raises and people are gettin blasted by trips and garbage two pairs. It's great.