You’ve decided to take the plunge and try your hand at online poker – but just how do you sign up for PokerStars?
As the world’s largest online poker room, playing on PokerStars is a solid choice – there are more players online, meaning the selection of games running, from tournaments to cash games, is much larger than other poker sites.
PokerStars has been going since 2001 and is the most trusted name in online poker.
Create an account on PokerStars
You can play PokerStars on your mobile or tablet, but the easiest way to start out is on your desktop or laptop, if you have one.
- Go to the PokerStars website (take note of the special PokerStars welcome bonus)
- Click on Download
- You’ll be prompted to download the PokerStars software
- Save the file and run it
- The PokerStars red spade icon will appear on your desktop
- Open the icon and click ‘Join now’
- Choose your unique user name (this cannot be changed
- Add all the personal details required
A neat gesture from PokerStars is giving you 35,000 play money chips, so you can try out all the game types for free.
Once you make your first real money deposit (click the ‘Cashier’ button in the lobby), make sure you claim the welcome bonus, then head to the poker lobby and select the games and stakes you wish to play.
Maybe you will try a large tournament against hundreds, perhaps thousands of other players. Or perhaps you will test your skill at a cash game.
We’re sure you’ll find plenty to like when you sign up for PokerStars, which offers lots of variety and tries hard to look after players with lots of promotions and fun offers.
The poker site also has a sister site, PokerStars Casino, which offers a full range of slot games, table games and a large live dealer casino collection.
If PokerStars does not sound like your cup of tea, you can try PartyPoker, one of the other largest and oldest online poker rooms in the business.
There is 888 Poker, too, which has a snazzy new platform that works especially well on mobile. And you can play William Hill Poker for something different.
Good luck at the tables!
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