Hall Of Fame
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PokerStars shine through with the 2006 induction to the GOM Hall of Fame.
PokerStars (www.pokerstars.com) is the world’s most innovative online poker site. It was the first site to introduce features that became industry standard, such as sophisticated multi-table tournaments, integrated game statistics, players’ notes, personalized images, time bank for tournaments and big-bet ring games, satellite tournaments, multi-table sit and go tournaments, and much more.
PokerStars also offers a daily blog, keeping players constantly updated on all worldwide tournaments.
To date, PokerStars has dealt over six billion hands and run more than 25 million poker tournaments, awarding well over $5 billion in prize money. With the world’s largest poker tournament room, with over 5 million registered player accounts, PokerStars’ support team has to be truly dynamic in order to cope with those kinds of numbers. So help and assistance are available around the clock from people who know and understand the game of poker and the importance of impeccable customer service.
The PokerStars.com site is also one of the most secure. It uses industry-leading security software to ensure the integrity of the system, including encryption, card shuffle randomness and preventative measures against cheating and collusion. Money covering players’ balances is held in segregated accounts managed by the Royal Bank of Scotland, ensuring that PokerStars can fulfil its obligations to players at all times.
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Tough Act to Follow
Early in 2006, PokerStars.com became the first poker website ever to reach the 100,000 simultaneous player mark. That watershed achievement marked the largest poker event in history. Every week, the PokerStars.com Sunday Million is played, which is the largest weekly tournament on the planet with a $1 million guaranteed tournament prize pool.
Also an official member of the World Poker Tour, and the title sponsor of the European Poker Tour (EPT), PokerStars is the recognized poker tournament frontrunner. The EPT is a series of televised No Limit Texas Hold ‘em tournaments held in the finest casinos of Europe. Season Two of the EPT drew 2,009 players from around the world, generating an overall prize pool of €9,824,000. The final event, the €10,000 buy-in 2006 Monte Carlo EPT Grand Final, had 298 entries and a prize pool of €2,980,000. Season Two featured seven sell-out events in Barcelona, London, Dublin, Baden, Copenhagen, Deauville and the Grand Finale in Monte Carlo. The EPT Season Three is currently under way, and is bigger than ever with all tournaments to date having sold out.
They are also the title sponsors of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, which took place in early January 2007 at the Atlantis Resort and Casino in the Bahamas for the fourth year running. In the fall, PokerStars hosts the world’s largest online tournament, the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and they also sponsors major events around the globe, such as the World Cup of Poker and other exciting tournaments.
During the last three years, PokerStars.com sent more players to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) than any other source or website. A whopping 1,623 entrants (more than 20 percent of the field) qualified to play in the 2006 WSOP via PokerStars satellites. After all, it’s the site where the 2003 and 2004 World Series of Poker champions won their entries into the WSOP. The 2005 world poker champion, Joe Hachem, has also been an active player at PokerStars since 2001. After winning the Main Event, he joined 2003 WSOP Champion Chris Moneymaker and 2004 WSOP Champion Greg Raymer, as official representatives of PokerStars.com, thus fortifying the company trademark, “Where Poker Players Become World Champions.”
Now, due to an influx of hundreds of thousands of GOM readers voting in the 6th GOM Readers’ Choice Awards, PokerStars have been entered into the coveted GOM Hall of Fame. To enter this elite club, the winning site needs to collect the highest number of total votes across all the categories and simultaneously win at least one Gold Award.
This year, Pokerstars ran away with the big prize, the Top Poker Site of the Year award, and just narrowly missed out on the Gold for Best Poker Tournaments. Overall though, Pokerstars received more votes than any other site across all 20 categories, and all of us at GOM proudly welcome Pokerstars to our Hall of Fame. This truly enforces PokerStars’ statement that it is the Top Poker Site in the world at the moment. With the voting figures for this year’s awards so much higher than any preceding year, and more than we ever anticipated, we look forward to another sensational and successful year in 2007. We’re also eager to work with all our partners to further establish Gambling Online Magazine as the world’s leading online gambling publication.
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Top Poker Site
With the 2003, 2004 and 2005 WSOP Main Event winners (Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem respectively) making up part of the PokerStars team, it’s no wonder this is the online poker site where the best come to play.
PokerStars was the first site to introduce features that became industry standard such as sophisticated multi-table tournaments, integrated game statistics, players’ notes, personalized images, time bank for tournaments and big bet ring games, satellite tournaments, multi-table sit-and-go tournaments, and much more. To date, PokerStars has dealt out over seven billion hands and run more than 35 million poker tournaments, awarding well over $7 billion in prize money. With numbers like that, it’s no wonder PokerStars is the world’s largest poker room, with over seven million registered player accounts.
PokerStars’ support team is unique, as help and assistance are available around the clock from people who know and understand the game of poker and the importance of impeccable customer service. There are plenty of places you can play poker on the internet, but PokerStars, a registered legal business located in San José, Costa Rica, is the only one where they’ve put together a dedicated and professional service team and the best software with the most features to keep you playing at your best. Indeed you’ll be treated like the poker star you are and you always play against other real poker players from around the world. There is absolutely no charge to participate in the play-money poker games. In fact, they encourage you to try them, especially if you’re new to cardroom-style poker.
Indeed, PokerStars.com is a fun, safe place to play poker with people from around the world for real or play money. PokerStars prides itself on having the best software, tournaments and support in the online poker industry. Their staff works very hard to make your online poker experience as enjoyable as possible.
The PokerStars.com site is also one of the most secure. PokerStars uses industry-leading security software to ensure the integrity of the system, including encryption, card shuffle randomness and preventative measures against cheating and collusion. Money covering players’ balances is held in segregated accounts managed by one of the leading European banks, ensuring that PokerStars can fulfill its obligations to players at all times.
In February 2006, PokerStars.com became the first poker website ever to reach the 100,000 simultaneous player mark. That watershed achievement marked the largest poker event in history. Every week, the PokerStars.com Sunday Million is played, which the largest weekly tournament on the planet with a $1 million guaranteed tournament prize pool.
PokerStars is also an official member of the World Poker Tour, the title sponsor of the European Poker Tour (EPT) and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. In the fall, PokerStars hosts the world’s largest online tournament, the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). PokerStars also sponsors major events around the globe, such as the World Cup of Poker and other exciting tournaments.
Further separating PokerStars from the rest of the field is their extraordinary giveaways. They teamed up with Aston Martin Racing late last year and gave away the exclusive Aston Martin DBS, the same model that the world’s most famous secret agent 007 drives in the new James Bond movie, Casino Royale.
PokerStars is proud to offer the most popular poker games from cardrooms around the world such as Texas hold ’em, Omaha and Stud. Real money limits range from $0.01/0.02 to $100/$200. To download your free poker software and check out the action on PokerStars, go to pokerstars.com for all your online poker needs. Registration is not required to view any poker games, so why not check it out? Play poker with the best, play with PokerStars!
With the 2003, 2004 and 2005 WSOP Main Event winners (Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem respectively) making up part of the PokerStars team, it’s no wonder this is the online poker site where the best come to play. PokerStars is also an official member of the World Poker Tour, the title sponsor of the European Poker Tour (EPT) and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. And in the fall, PokerStars hosts the world’s largest online tournament, the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). PokerStars also sponsors major events around the globe, such as the World Cup of Poker and other exciting tournaments. So their tournament presence and size is unmatched.
To date, PokerStars has dealt out over seven billion hands and run more than 35 million poker tournaments, awarding well over $7 billion in prize money. With numbers like that, it’s no wonder PokerStars is the world’s largest poker room, with over seven million registered player accounts.
Further separating PokerStars from the rest of the field is their extraordinary giveaways. They teamed up with Aston Martin Racing late last year and gave away the exclusive Aston Martin DBS, the same model that the world’s most famous secret agent 007 drives in the new James Bond movie, Casino Royale.
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