Pokerstars now have 2 codes for you to use when you first sign up. First there's the code you use when you first register (the Pokerstars Marketing Code) and then a second code for when you make your first deposit (the Pokerstars Bonus Code). Use BOTH Pokerstars codes for maximum bonus of 100% of your first deposit up to $600 (£390 for UK players / €465 for European players / CAD$625 for Canadian players) plus entry into special events and freerolls! Enter the official worldwide Pokerstars Marketing Code DIRPOKER when you register for the first time for entry to special events and promotions. This new code will never expire. The diagram on the right shows you exactly where to enter the code. Select the "affiliate / marketing code" option and fill in your marketing code in the space provided. This is the third screen you will come across in the registration process. This will allow you to join all of our special promotions and freerolls. If you would like to receive email notification for these special events please join our newsletter or check back here where we will list upcoming events. As a taster, here's what is on offer at Pokerstars right now. To find out more (and it's a lot!) visit our Pokerstars Review. May 2012 Promotions at Pokerstars Get ready to play live poker in 2012 with these satellites and qualifiers running now! UKIPT Dublin, Ireland - May 17th to 21st LAPT Uruguay, Punte del Este - May 23rd to 27th It must be said that the Pokerstars Sunday Million (guaranteed) is the World's biggest weekly poker tournament, understandably,  with the 1st prize set at at least 6 figures each and every week. The Sunday Million is held at 7.30pm UK, that's 2.30pm New York, with satellites running throughout the week. Just 400FPPs or $2.20 gains entry into a special Sunday Million Satellite and the returns can be life changing.  If your bankroll will take it, bypass the satellites and buy in direct for $215.

May 2012 100% up to $600 + 8x daily $100k freerolls Pokerstars Marketing Code: DIRPOKER Pokerstars Bonus Code: STARS600 Usable for up to 3 deposits within 90 days! Visit Pokerstars

The Pokerstars 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is running from 6th to 20th May and the action is predicted to be hotter than ever. There are 40 events all with three levels to play at so this is the event where every size of bankroll gets a chance to end up in the money. Non stop satellites are running now or you can buy into any of the 40 events direct. Plus, in celebration of SCOOP 2012, players from the UK and Ireland who use the reload code MAX250 will attract a bonus of 50% up to $250.

Sit n Go players need not feel neglected at Pokerstars there's the excellent, ongoing Battle of the Planets, which is a leaderboard especially for sit and go players with $3m+ up for grabs every year. The leaderboard has eight divisions each one named after a planet in the solar system, Mercury refers to buy ins of $1 to $2.99 right through to Jupiter for high rollers who buy in at $300+. There are weekly prizes for all divisions which means that every level of player has the opportunity to win cash prizes. As well as these cash prizes the top ten finishers in all the weekly leaderboards will be invited to play in a monthly freeroll against each other with a $50,000 prize pool.

 

Pokerstars Bonus Code

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In addition to the Marketing Code DIRPOKER you should also enter the special May 2012 Pokerstars Bonus Code STARS600 in the cashier when you make your first deposit to receive your $600 deposit bonus and claim your free money.

Pokerstars have now made the generous, first deposit bonus of 100% up to $600 even easier to achieve! You can now make a maximum of three deposits to make up to the top $600 bonus value in 90 days. As an example this means that you could make three separate deposits of $200 each within the 90 days qualification period and receive the full $600 bonus. With each deposit you make you will have a full six months from the date of the deposit to earn your VPPs and release the bonus.

Don’t forget to use the Pokerstars Bonus Code STARS600 every time you deposit during the 90 day qualifying period to receive your full bonus on each deposit (to a max of 3 deposits).

This bonus code changes from time to time when Pokerstars run special promotions like first depositor freerolls. If you are signing up today but may not deposit until you are comfortable with the software then we recommend you check this page on the day you make your first deposit. We will always have the best bonus code listed here.

As an added incentive you can win free cash every day, 4 times a day for 31 days with the 100K Depositor Freerolls - each freeroll has a prize pool of $1,000. When your 100K Depositor Freeroll ticket expires reload using the bonus code 100K and you get credited with another 31 days of freeroll action. This special offer was set to finish on May 20th 2012 but, we've got good news for all players! Newsflash: For the merry month of May the100K Depositor Freerolls are being extended and doubled so that's 8 x freerolls a day with a free share of $200K to look forward to!

Exclusively for UK players who deposit in GBP - when you make your first deposit use the UK Bonus Code STARS400 for a 100% first deposit bonus of up to £400!

Danish players can now play for real money at PokerStars, use the bonus code DK100 when you sign up to ensure you get the 100% up to $600 welcome bonus.

How do you receive the bonus?

The bonus is released to your account as you play in cash games and tournaments. There are different rules on how your bonus is released depending on which currency you make your deposit in - this is to make up for the difference in value of currencies.

• US$ deposits - To redeem the US$ bonus you will need to collect 17 VPPs to redeem $1 in bonus which is released in increments of $10.
• £ Sterling deposits - To redeem the bonus in £'s you will need to collect 26 VPPs to redeem £1 in bonus released in increments of £10 .
• € Euro deposits - To redeem the bonus in €'s you need to collect 22 VPPs to redeem €1 in bonus released in increments of €10.
• Canadian $ deposits - For the CAD$ bonus you will need to collect 16 VPPs to redeem CAD$1 in bonus released in increments of CAD$10.

How to earn your VPP's

How to earn your VPP's

• For tournaments you will earn 5.5 VPP's per $1 in tournament fees paid.
• In cash games with tables of 7 or fewer players the table will earn 5.5 VPP's per $1 in rake collected
• In cash games with table of 8 or more players the table will earn 6 VPP's per $1 in rake collected

In cash games the VPPs are awarded according to your contribution to the rake, fractional VPPs are awarded in 1/100^ths.

Remember, there is a unusually long 180 day time limit on this bonus and you can claim it up to 3 times during that time.

To find out all that Pokerstars has to offer visit our Pokerstars Review.

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Pokerstars Codes last updated and verified May 2012.