Screenshot of the Pokerstars GUI at a real-money table game.

PokerStars is the largest online poker cardroom in the world.^[1] Image File history File links Pokerstars_Screenshot. ... Image File history File links Pokerstars_Screenshot. ... Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. ...

PokerStars' satellite tournaments produced the 2003 World Series of Poker champion, Chris Moneymaker, as well as the 2004 champion, Greg "Fossilman" Raymer. Those two now act as spokespeople for the cardroom, as does 2005 World Series of Poker champion Joe Hachem, also a regular player on the site. In March 2007, poker room manager Lee Jones announced his retirement, effective April 1st.^[2] His successor has yet to be named. An amateur poker tournament in progress. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The WSOP logo The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world. ... Christopher Bryan Moneymaker (born November 21, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American poker player who won the main event at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP). ... Gregory Raymer (born on June 25, 1964) [1] is a professional poker player. ... Joseph (Joe) Hachem (pronounced Ha-shem) (Arabic: جوزف هاشم) (born 3 November 1966 in Lebanon) is a Lebanese-Australian poker player. ... This article is about the poker author. ...

Launched in September 2001, PokerStars is owned by a Costa Rican company, Rational Enterprises. With its company headquarters on the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, PokerStars is also licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission in Canada. Since relocating to the UK Crown dependency, PokerStars has been the subject of financial media speculation regarding a possible IPO or merger with a publicly listed company. Analysts estimated its market value would be approximately $3 billion (US), which would have made the company one of the world's largest privately held gambling companies.^[3] Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Relief map of the Irish Sea. ... The Kahnawake Mohawk Territory (Kahnawá:ke) is an Indian reserve on the south shore of the St. ... The Isle of Man is situated in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland, and the bailiwicks of Jersey and Guersey are situated in the English Channel to the west of the Cotentin Crown dependencies are possessions of The Crown in Right of the United Kingdom, as opposed to... An initial public offering (IPO) is the first sale of a corporations common shares to investors on a public stock exchange. ...

PokerStars overtook PartyPoker as the world's largest online poker room at around the time the U.S. Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. Many sites, including PartyPoker, immediately suspended business with U.S. gamblers, while others, including PokerStars, did not.^[4] On May 19th 2007, PokerStars dealt their 10,000,000,000th hand.^[5] Party Poker interface Party Poker is the most popular online poker site. ... The Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 (or SAFE Port Act, Pub. ...

PokerStars is the headline sponsor of the European Poker Tour. PokerStars sponsored an event on the World Poker Tour called the PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure. The World Poker Tour no longer stages this event, so it is now a stop on the European Poker Tour. In 2005, eGaming Review named PokerStars.com the "Best Poker Operator of the Year". The European Poker Tour (EPT) began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold em popularity. ... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... The Caribbean Poker Adventure is an annual poker tournament. ... eGaming Review Magazine is a UK-based gambling magazine focusing primarily on online gambling business and regulation topics. ...

PokerStars offers eight varieties of poker games: Texas hold 'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo (8 or Better), Stud, Stud Hi/Lo (8 or Better), Razz, five-card draw, and deuce to seven triple draw. HORSE and HOSE, "mixed games" that rotate through several of the above, are also offered.^[6] Players can participate in real money games ranging from $.01/$.02 (micro limits) up to $1000/$2000. Texas hold em involves community cards available to all players (pictured here on the left). ... Omaha hold em (or Omaha holdem or simply Omaha) is a community card poker game (flop game) similar to Texas hold em, where each player is dealt four cards and must make his best hand using exactly two of them, plus exactly three of the five community cards. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Five-card draw is often the first poker variant learned by most players, and is very common in home games although it is now rare in casino and tournament play. ... // This article refers to standard poker hands only, otherwise refer to non-standard poker hand In poker, certain combinations of cards, or hands, outrank other hands, based on the frequency with which these combinations appear. ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ... Plastic hoses. ...

The home of the World Championship of Online Poker, the largest online poker tournament series in the world, PokerStars has over ten thousand players playing real money ring games daily, plus thousands more playing real money tournaments or free-play games.^[7] During peak operating times, this often adds up to over 100,000 players online simultaneously. PokerStars.com's play money players mix with those logging in from PokerStars.net, a free play-only site without real money games. The site also hosts the Sunday Million, a weekly tournament (generally with a $215 buy-in) with a guaranteed million dollar prize pool. On July 8th, 2007, PokerStars debuted a new weekly event, the $11 buy-in Sunday Hundred Grand, which regularly attracts the tournament maximum 20,000 players, making it the largest participated-in real-money poker tournament ever. This total surpassed the previous record of 10,894 players who participated in the May 20, 2007 Sunday Million tournament. ^[8] The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is an online poker tournament series sponsored by PokerStars. ... Ring games, also called cash games, are live poker games played with real chips and money on the line, usually with no predetermined end time. ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

PokerStars sponsors several professional players, including Moneymaker, Raymer, Hachem, Bertrand Grospellier, Isabelle Mercier, John Duthie, Katja Thater, Lee Nelson, Luca Pagano, Steve Paul-Ambrose, Vanessa Rousso, Victor Ramdin, Noah Boeken, WSOP bracelet winners Barry Greenstein, Humberto Brenes, Bill Chen, 1983 WSOP champion Tom McEvoy, Daniel Negreanu, and Andre Akkari.^[9] Bertrand ElkY Grospellier is a pro gamer and poker player from France. ... Isabelle No Mercy Mercier (born 5 August 1975) is a professional poker player. ... John Duthie (born 13 May 1958 in Yorkshire) is an English television director turned professional poker player and promoter based in London. ... Katja Lady Horror Thater (born 1966 in Hamburg, Germany) is a professional poker player and horse breeder. ... Lee Final Table Nelson, M. D. (born January 19, 1943 in the United States) is a retired New Zealander doctor and now a professional poker player, based in Auckland. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Steve Paul-Ambrose, (born 1983), is a poker player from Ontario, Canada. ... Vanessa Rousso is a law student at the University of Miami and a professional poker player. ... Annand (Victor) Ramdin (born May 28, 1968 in Georgetown, Guyana, South America) is a professional poker player, based in The Bronx, New York. ... Noah Boeken (born January 6, 1981 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch professional poker and Magic: The Gathering player. ... Barry Greenstein (born December 30, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is a professional poker player. ... // Profile Humberto Brenes, Professional Poker Player Born: San Jose, Costa Rica in 1951 Resides: San Jose, Costa Rica Marital Status: Married, with 3 children Career: Professional poker player Poker Career Background Humberto began a career in gambling by playing baccarat but later made his way into poker, starting to play... William (Bill) Chen (born 1970) is a quantitative analyst, poker player and software designer with a Ph. ... The 1983 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ... Tom McEvoy (born November 14, 1944 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) is a professional poker player and author. ... Daniel Negreanu (born July 26, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional poker player. ...

Notes

1. ^ Poker 2010
2. ^ CardPlayer.com: Update: Lee Jones Writes About Departure
3. ^ London Times: Pokerstars plans for $3 billion float
4. ^ CardPlayer: PokerStars Will Keep Serving American Customers
5. ^ Pokerstarsblog: justine0003 wins PokerStars' Ten Billionth Hand and $100,000
6. ^ List of games offered by PokerStars
7. ^ Poker Site Scout: Online Poker Traffic Report
8. ^ Pokerstarsblog: Sunday Million Results for May 20, 2007
9. ^ List of Team Pokerstars members from PokerStars site

External links

• Official site
• Play money site