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Payment methods:
Switch, solo, delta, Visa, Mastercard, Neteller, Firepay, Direct wire transfer, Central Coin, Bank Draft, Cashiers Check
Cash outs
Cash outs are processed within 24 hours. They are then subject to the usual processing time of the player's bank, approx. 3-4 working days. Withdrawals to online payment accounts should appear as soon as it has been processed- this is pretty much standard thoughout the industry
Site Traffic
A rough average number of players seated at tables at any one time is:
06.01-12.00GMT: 10500
12.01-18.00GMT:
18.01-00.00GMT: 10200
00.01-06.00GMT:
Available Games
The following games are all available to play on 32 red with both play money and real money ring games or tournaments.
Hold’em
Omaha
Omaha H/L
Stud
Player points scheme
Players accumulate FPPs by playing in raked cash games, multi-table tournaments and Sit & Go Tournaments that include a tournament fee.
1. Earn Points for Cash Game Play
One (1) Frequent Player Point (FPP) is awarded for playing in each raked game when the rake reaches:
- $0.50 for fixed limit games with stakes $0.50/$1.00 and lower
- $0.75 for fixed limit games with stakes $1/$2
- $1.00 for pot limit games, no limit games, and fixed limit games with stakes $2/$4 and higher
2. Earn Points for Tournament Play
Five (5) FPPs are awarded for each $1 in tournament fees paid.
For example, in a tournament with $20 buy-in and $2 tournament fee, each player will be awarded 10 FPPs.
Partial Frequent Player Points are always rounded up to the nearest whole number.
For example, in a $5 buy-in Sit & Go tournament with only a $0.50 fee, 3 FPPs (instead of 2.5) will be awarded to each player in this tournament.
FreePlay tournaments do not award FPPs. These tournaments are completely free to play and as such are not part of the PokerStars FPP program.
There are several great ways to turn your Frequent Player Points into cash or prizes - but their versatility leaves open additional possibilities for the future.
1. Enter Special Tournaments
The PokerStars Frequent Player Points program makes it easy for you to play in some of the biggest and most prestigious poker tournaments in the world. Throughout the year, we offer FPP super-satellite tournaments to such prestigious events as the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour Championship.
2. Enter Cash Tournaments
PokerStars has designed several regularly scheduled tournaments around the FPP program. These tournaments allow you to buy-in using only Frequent Player Points, but they pay cash to the winners.
Daily Satellites to Sunday $250,000 Guaranteed Tournaments
Entry: 500 FPPs
Date: Twice Daily
Time: 2:15 PM Eastern Time and 10:00 PM Eastern Time
Sit & Go Tournaments to Sunday $250,000 Guaranteed Tournaments
Entry: 500 FPPs
Date: Always Available in the Sit & Go Tab
Weekly Limit Holdem FPP Tournament
Entry: 50 FPPs, with a prize pool of $250.00
Date: Each Saturday
Time: 4:00 PM Eastern Time
Monthly Limit Holdem FPP Tournament
Entry: 200 FPPs, with a prize pool of $1,000.00
Date: Last Saturday of Each Month
Time: 4:00 PM Eastern Time
3. Purchase Gifts
To reward your play on our site, PokerStars offers a range of exciting items from PokerStars baseball caps to 500-chip sets of clay poker chips for use in your home game. The concept is simple...after you accumulate enough points for the item you desire - simply visit the FPP Store(accessible via a button in the Cashier Window) and tell us what you want. We'll deduct the associated number of FPPs from your account and ship the item out to you within 4-6 weeks. It's that easy! .
Tournament fees and ring game rakes
Tournament Fees are usually 10% of the buy-in amount for instance
a $30 buy in would incur a $3 fee shown as $30+$3
The rake is defined below . No rake taken if there isn't a flop ("no flop no drop").
Fixed Limits
$.02/$.04 and $.05/$.10 - No Rake
$.25/$0.50 to $1/$2
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Number of players
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$5 Pot
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$10 Pot
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$15 Pot
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$20 Pot
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Max Rake
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2-10
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$0.25
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$0.25
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$0.25
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$0.25
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$1.00
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$2/$4 to $100/$200
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Number of players
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$20 Pot
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$40 Pot
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$70 Pot
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Max Rake
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2-3
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$0.50
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$0.50
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-
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$1.00
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4-5
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$1.00
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$1.00
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-
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$2.00
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6-10
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$1.00
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$1.00
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$1.00
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$3.00
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Pot Limit & No Limit
$.01/$.02 to $3.00/$6.00
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Number of players
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Rake per Pot
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Max Rake
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2-3
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$.05 for each $1.0 in Pot
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$1.00
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4-5
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$.05 for each $1.0 in Pot
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$2.00
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6-9
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$.05 for each $1.0 in Pot
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$3.00
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Other Information
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Summary
No refer a friend program makes this site unattractive to webmasters. However players abound in this poker site with plenty of games going on if somewhat limited in variety. PokerStars offers some of best tournaments available on the web, including the $1,000,000 World Championship of Online Poker
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