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All new real money players at PokerStars, including mobile players, are entitled to a Welcome Bonus. The bonus consists of a 100% match of the first deposit up to $600. However, if the first deposit is less than $600, the player has the option to make two more deposits within 60 days and still get the full bonus amount. Of course, you can always deposit less money and take a smaller bonus.
The bonus is cleared by collecting VIP Player Points (VPPs) by contributing to the rake in ring games or paying the fees for buying into tournaments. During the course of your play, the pending bonus is released in $10 increments. A total of 300 VPPs is needed for each $10 increment to be released. You have four months to clear the bonus in its entirety. Players who already have an existing account with PokerStars are not entitled to a new Welcome Bonus for downloading the mobile app.
Our PokerStars mobile review found that there is no shortage of banking options at the site, which is exactly what you would expect considering that its players come from all over the world. Most of these methods can be used for both deposit and withdrawal. For your added convenience, you can do your banking directly from the mobile app.
Deposit limits vary with the account and with the deposit method. If you wish, you can also restrict your own weekly deposit limits. Withdrawals are usually processed within 72 hours, after which the time for the money to become available varies, but with most methods is within 3 to 10 business days. Regardless of banking method, advanced encryption technology is your assurance that all of your personal information and financial transactions are completely protected.
On some sites, mobile players can only play one game-hold ‘em and more often than not for micro to low stakes only. PokerStars mobile players have no such restrictions. If low stakes limit or no limit hold ‘em is what you want to play, fine, but if not, you have the same broad selection of games and stakes to choose from as PokerStars players logged on to their home computers. There are also both ring games and tournaments that don't require any real cash at all because they use play money.
If you would like to play for real money, clicking on the quick seat button will enable you to make your selection and get seated at a table right away. There are three steps to the process.
Besides all of the usual varieties of poker you can play on this site, PokerStars offers another unique game called Zoom Poker. The game is similar to Fast Forward Poker offered by PokerStars but even faster. As soon as you fold your hand, which you can even do out of turn, you are immediately moved to a new table. The format is offered in both ring games and tournaments, including heads-up games.
Our PokerStars mobile review found that, no matter what game you are playing, and no matter what time, there is always plenty of traffic on this site. While usually this is a good thing, during some peak times like during the Sunday Million Dollar Guaranteed Tournament, there can be so much traffic that play on the site is slowed down.
The "Sunday Million" taking place every Sunday at 14:30 ET, is, in fact, the world's biggest weekly poker tournament, with not only a $1M guaranteed prize pool, but also a first place prize of $150,000. You can either win your way in via satellite or buy in directly for $215.
If you want to get a little practice before the big tournament, you can also play in the Sunday Warm Up, a $500,000 guaranteed tournament with a first place prize of $70,000+. This tournament takes place at 11 a.m. and also allows you to either buy in directly for $215 or qualify by satellite.
Besides these two tournaments, you will find a full schedule of smaller tournaments on Sunday and every other day. Sit and Gos are also very popular.
You might think, based on how big this site is, that it would be filled with fish, but that is not really the case. The competition will be soft at the lowest levels, but as you move up in stakes, the competition becomes tougher. Even what you might consider fairly low stakes, for example, $1/$2 no limit games, are filled with serious grinders, making these games slim pickings for beginners. The stellar reputation of the site, along with the outstanding tournament schedule, including higher buy-in tournaments, also attracts many pros and semi-pros. The biggest tournaments, like the Sunday Million, still appeal to a lot of recreational players.