Poker Stars
Poker Stars is a very reliable poker room that offers much more then just poker games. It is licensed by Kahnawake Gaming Commission and a member of the Interactive Gaming Council.
The site is offered to be viewed in nine languages (French, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, English, Danish, German, Spanish and Portuguese).
Security The poker room software uses the certificates issued by the site's own Certificate Authority.
The software, downloaded by the players, uses the SSLv3 protocol. Currently using 512-bit RSA key, which is sufficient for short and medium-term (up to several years) secrets.
Every three months server private keys are being updated and secured with a safety margin, and all the shuffles at the Poker Stars are verified by Cigital and BMM International.
Special Offers - Poker Stars is planning to send more people than ever to the 2006 WSOP main event. The poker room will be giving away more than $5 million in free seats, hotel rooms and many other prizes. During the main event, the Poker Stars players will be staying in one of three fine hotels on the Las Vegas Strip.
- The Poker Stars World Cup of Poker is a worldwide competition between national teams of poker players. Players from all around the world competing with national for $200,000 cash prize.
- The site offers Player's Statistics to track various statistical data for players Internet poker play. The data can be sent to the player's e-mail and also can be viewed during the current session right at the table. The statistical data is personal and available only to the player himself.
- Poker Hand History shows all the action during the hand, as well as the cards of anyone who did not fold during the hand. It is available for a specific poker game number, a full poker tournament, or up to a full transcript of the last 200 hands by clicking on the dealer tray and selecting "Request Hand History".
- Opponent Poker Notes allows you to keep a profile on your opponents by giving players a window to write down notes about their poker play. Your notes are saved on the player's system.
- Displayed Internet Connection gives the players information about the Internet connection status of other players. The Internet connection status of any player can be viewed by standing over the player's name.
