Largest online poker site today. - Download PokerStars here and you know you're playing at the largest poker site in the world. Established in 2000 with a huge player base (on average between 40,000 to 100,000 players online at any one time) you'd be hard pressed to not find a game at PokerStars. The game choice is huge with plenty to offer everyone at all stake levels.There's even a good choice of games in poker variations other than Texas Holdem, if you fancy a game of Omaha, Draw, Stud or even HORSE then you need to download Pokerstars today and check out what you've been missing.

PokerStars appears to be mostly geared towards the USA market which only really matters in the big money guaranteed tournaments. Although the Sunday Million (now with guaranteed prize pool of $1.5m) starts at 9.30pm UK (4.30 New York), it has a massive field of over 6000 entrants and doesn't usually finish until 6 or 7am UK (1am - 2am New York). Not really an option for most Europeans who have to go to work monday morning. The Nightly $100,000 MTT doesn't even start until 2am UK (9pm New York). It seems however that PokerStars have been listening to their European players and have recently introduced a weekly Sunday Warm Up - $750k guaranteed which kicks off at 5.45pm GMT (12.45 ET), you can enter this tourney through a satellite from only $3 - great stuff PokerStars!

Tournaments. PokerStars can always be relied on to have plenty Sit and Go's and multi table tournaments to suit your fancy whenever you pop in. Apart from the aforementioned weekly $1 million, $350k and nightly $100,000, there are plenty of guaranteed tournaments running 24/7. I had quite a comical time trying to join a $5 Sit and Go, the table was always full by the time I clicked the register and 'ok' buttons - some Ninja mouse clicking is required to sit down! They also have a healthy tournament program in Omaha, Razz and HORSE. As an official sponsor of the LAPT, APPT & EPT and a member of the WPT, there's a full program of live game satellites.

EPT (European Poker Tour) Season 5 is underway, the schedule is on our blog along with further details. The first stop on the tour was Barcelona, Spain this September 10th to 14th where the champion, Sebastian Ruthenberg beat a field of 619 to walk away with the huge $1,941,401 winner’s prize purse. Satellites are running until 21st September for the next leg of the Tour, The Victoria Casino, London, England being held October 1st to 5th. So there is still time for you to qualify for EPT London online and on offer is a $14,600 prize package which includes tournament buy in, hotel and money for expenses. There is also a High Rollers Event being held for 100 players 5th to 6th October with a buy in of £20,300 – bit much for your bankroll? Don’t despair, you can still sit down with the big boys, Satellites for the High Rollers Event £1m Showdown are running now for a mere 50FPPs!

A late addition to the EPT 5 Schedule has been announced – PokerStars are inviting you to play, for the very first time, in EPT Budapest, Hungary. The Event is to take place in the Las Vegas Casino, Sofitel, Budapest, Hungary October 28th to November 1st . To buy in direct to the Event in Budapest will cost you $4,350.or play for one of the prize packages up for grabs to this inaugural EPT event worth $9,250. The prize package will pay for your buy in, hotel and expenses. Further details of EPT Budapest can be found on our Blog.  For both these events the satellites run all day, every day with buy ins as low as $2.22 or 111 FPPs (Frequent Player Points) and sit n go’s have buy ins starting at $7.50 or 500 FPP. Access all these satellites through the PokerStars lobby / Events / EPT or use the Event Filter.

NEWS: PokerStars have announced that they have added $250,000 to the prize pool for EPT London, this makes the 1st prize a guaranteed £1m.

There are satellites running now for the second event in the 2nd Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) – push the boundaries and play poker in The Paradise Walker Hill Casino, Seoul, N Korea – now that is playing an away game! MTT satellites start at $2.20 or 50 FPPs or join a Sit n Go Steps for as little as $7.50 or 500 FPP’s. Whichever route you elect to take you will be playing for a $6,000 prize package which includes tournament buy in, hotel and spending money. You can buy in direct to the Main Event for $2,870, if your bankroll will take it, to ensure you are one of the 250 capacity players. The next stop on the Tour is The SkyCity Casino, Auckland, New Zealand to be held October 9th to 12th.

Got some FPPs (Frequent Player Points) hanging around? Put them to good use, join the fabulous monthly $1Million Turbo Takedown. At least 1 in 3 players will end up in the money but aim to be the first and get the prize purse of $100,000, this is a fantastic way to turn your FPPs into lovely cash! Held on the last Sunday of every month at 7.30pm UK (2.30pm New York) you can buy in direct for 5,000 FPPs, if that’s too many points to spend on one tourney then why not join one of the satellites running around the clock where the buy ins start from 10FPPs.

Cash games. PokerStars is one of the few poker sites where a high stakes player has a good choice of tables even out of peak hours. There's also plenty of choice in game variations, apart from the most popular Texas Holdem, they have active tables in Omaha, Omaha Hi / Lo, 7 Stud, 7 Stud Hi / Lo, Razz, 5 card Draw, 2-7 Triple Draw, HOSE and HORSE.

Promotions. There is no reload bonus currently on offer at Pokerstars. However they have recently begun offering date specific reload bonuses and when they are available we will list them here.

Competition. As you would expect at such a large poker room there are players at Pokerstars at every level, right from the complete beginner to the hardened professional. It can be quite easy to find some soft games - remember the higher the player / flop percentage displayed in the cash lobby, the softer the game.

PokerStars.com Bonus details. 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 Marketing Code) and then a second code for when you make your first deposit (the Bonus Code). Full details of where to enter the code are on our PokerStars Bonus & Marketing Code information page.

First you need to use your PokerStars Marketing Code DIRPOKER. Download PokerStars here and use the PokerStars Marketing Code when you first sign up for entry to all of our future special events and promotions.

Also use the PokerStars Bonus Code MDM in the cashier when you make your first deposit for a 100% up to $50 bonus, plus entry into a $100k "Win a Share of the Million Dollar Men" tournament of your choice.

Use BOTH Pokerstars codes for maximum bonus!

Refer a friend. There is no refer a friend program at PokerStars.com at present.