About PokerStars

PokerStars is by far the market-leader in the online poker industry. The poker room has been in business since 2001, making it one of the longest-running poker sites in the world, and has grown exponentially ever since.

As well as being the busiest poker room with the widest variety of games, PokerStars is also the home of the biggest weekly online poker tournament — the Sunday Million — and hosts massive online festivals like the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), MicroMillions, Turbo Series, and the biggest of them all, the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP).

When the old Full Tilt Poker collapsed, PokerStars acquired Full Tilt's assets for $731 million, allowing Full Tilt's customers to be repaid. This was in June of 2012. Two years later, in 2014, the Canadian corporation Amaya Gaming acquired both PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker for an astonishing $4.9 billion.

Games Offered at PokerStars

There is a wide variety of cash games and tournaments available at PokerStars, including game variants like:

• Texas hold'em
• Omaha and Omaha hi-lo
• five-card Omaha and 5-card Omaha hi-lo
• five-card draw
• seven-card stud and stud hi-lo
• razz
• 2-7 single draw
• 2-7 triple draw
• 8-game mix
• courchevel and courchevel hi-lo
• H.O.R.S.E.
• badugi
• fast-fold variants of hold'em and Omaha

Zoom Poker @ 200 hands per hour

Zoom Poker is PokerStars' entry in the fast-fold or Speed Poker game. The software is slick and the action is very very fast. All rules are the same as a traditional no-limit hold'em or pot-limit Omaha cash game. But in Zoom Poker you will be dealt more than 200 hands per hour! You can also re-enter the pool, playing 2 Zoom tables at once for double the action.

How does it work?
Instead of being seated at one table with the same opponents, in Zoom games you enter a pool of players. When you fold a hand, you are instantly whisked away and placed on a new table with new opponents and a new hand is dealt. You can fold at anytime, even before it's your turn to act, then you'll be immediately sent to a new table with cards in the air. Opponents at your old table will not see that you've folded until the action gets to your avatar, by which time you could have been dealt two or three more hands.

This is the fastest way to play poker on the internet, and should see you log tons of volume, clear bonuses and climb up the VIP scheme quicker than ever before.

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Pokerstars VIP Club

PokerStars' VIP is recognized by players as the top most rewarding frequent player program in the business. Players who achieve Supernova Elite will receive milestone bonuses, free entry into the WCOOP main events, and VIP Store discounts for major international tournaments. They will also earn FPPs at a faster rate than all players.

*Note VPPs are awarded based on a player's actual contribution to the pot, VPPs are not distributed equally by all players in a pot.

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Software and Extra Features

It's simple, everyone agrees, PokerStars software is the best in the business. Canadians have been enjoying this site for years.

• PokerStars Mobile — play cash games from anywhere via Android or iPhone device
• New Feature — fold and show one or both cards to an opponent before folding or show one or both cards before mucking after winning
• Tournament History — easy to track you or your friends' tournament results
• Preferred Seating — play at the same seat at each table to make multi-tabling easier
• Over 20 table themes to choose from
• Fully customizable lobby with dozens of options to make playing multiple tables much more easy

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