Item: PokerStars Europe
Rating: 3.9
Author: TopPokerValue

PokerStars.EU Network Review

Thanks to combined traffic from France, Spain and Portugal, PokerStars.EU is the 3rd largest online poker network in the world. However, unlike on PokerStars.com, the traffic on PokerStars.EU is much more localized. As a result, if you play online poker outside of the peak hours, you will notice a much larger dip in traffic with PokerStars Europe (with low hour traffic dropping to as little as 15% of peak hour traffic).

PokerStars Europe combines the traffic from @PokerStarsFR, @PokerStarsSpain, and @PokerStarsPT, making it the 3rd largest online poker network! Click to Tweet

All 3 PokerStars Europe sites utilize the top notch PokerStars software client. Advance action buttons and smooth animations make for a fast game, and multi-table play is well supported. All three sites also offer mac poker software, as well as Android and iOS, allowing you to play on a smartphone or tablet.

Although PokerStars once had the most recognized poker loyalty rewards program, they have since scrapped the Supernova program and replaced it with the generally hated PokerStars Stars Rewards, which targets recreational players.

PokerStars.EU Cash Games

	Active Tables (Full Table):
	NL Hold'em		€0.01/€0.02 - €0.05/€0.10

	Active Tables (6-Handed):
	NL Hold'em		€0.01/€0.02 - €5/€10
	NLH (Zoom)		€0.01/€0.02 - €0.50/€1
	PL Omaha		€0.01/€0.02 - €0.50/€1
	PLO (Zoom)		€0.02/€0.05 - €0.10/€0.25
	PLO Hi/Lo		€0.01/€0.02 - €0.02/€0.05

	Active Tables (Heads-Up):
	NLH (Zoom)		€0.10/€0.25 - €1/€2

If you enjoy 6-handed cash games, there is plenty of action on PokerStars Europe! Not only can you play PLO and PLO8, but the range of stakes available for these games, as well as No Limit Hold'em, is impressive.

However, although PokerStars.com are well known for offering more variations of real money online poker games than any other site, this variety does not exist on the PokerStars Europe network. If you enjoy full table or heads-ups cash games, your only option is No Limit Hold'em. This is rather surprising considering how much traffic PokerStars.EU has.

Rake on PokerStars Europe is very high for stakes up to €1/€2 (and is only average for higher stakes) for both full table and 6-handed cash games. Rake is extremely high for heads-up cash games! However, if you enjoy playing Zoom Poker, the rake is slightly less.

PokerStars Europe Tournaments

PokerStars Europe offers many online poker tournaments. Although PokerStars.EU do not have a tournament to compare to The Sunday Million on PokerStars.com, they do have plenty of very large tournaments. The Sunday Special has a guaranteed prize pool of €125,000, and The Classic (€10 buy-in) regularly gets more than 10,000 entries each Sunday.

Like most poker sites, a large percentage of tournaments offered are satellites. Seats won via satellite poker tournaments can be exchanged for tournament dollars, which can only be redeemed to buy into other tournaments. This option combined with the fact that most players fail to adjust from a strategy designed to accumulate chips to one designed to survive to the money, creates a very profitable opportunity to grow your poker tournament bankroll with reduced variance.

Poker Stars Europe SNGs

	Sit & Go (SNG) Formats:
	Single Table (ST)
	Multi-Table (MT)
	Bounty (B)
	Fifty50 (F50)

	Active SNGs (Full Table):
	NL Hold'em (MT/B)		€5
	NL Hold'em (ST)		€0.50 - €1

	Active SNGs (6-Handed):
	NL Hold'em (ST)		€0.50 - €3
	NL Hold'em (B)		€1 - €4
	NL Hold'em (F50)		€0.50 - €10

	Active SNGs (Heads-Up):
	NL Hold'em (ST)		€0.50 - €250

Despite being the third largest online poker network in the world, PokerStars Europe has surprisingly little traffic for Sit-and-Go's. Perhaps this is due to the higher than average fees (although PokerStars.EU charges decent fees for Turbo SNGs).

Originally, PokerStars offered Double or Nothing tournaments, but they quickly changed the format to Fifty50 since this format is far less punishing for maniacs (who win more when they get lucky) and finishes in half the time (since grinding to the money is no longer a sound strategy). Since then, the PokerStars network has made many more changes designed to make the site more appealing to weaker players at the expense of the consistent winners. The worst part about the change from the old Double or Nothing format is that PokerStars increased the fee even though the tournament completes in half the time!

	NL/PL: 1¢/2¢ - up to 8¢/16¢		22
	NL/PL: 10¢/20¢ - up to 50¢/$1		11
	NL/PL: $1/$2 - up to $5/$10		44
	FixedL up to: 2¢/4¢ - 10¢/20¢		88
	FixedL: 12¢/25¢ - up to $1/$2		1010
	FixedL: $2/$4 - up to $10/$20		1010

	NL/PL: 1¢/2¢ - up to 10¢/25¢		11
	NL/PL: 15¢/30¢ - up to $3/$6		33
	NL/PL: $5/$10 - $50/$100 >$3/$6		88
	FixedL up to: 2¢/4¢ - 25¢/50¢		11
	FixedL up to: 50¢/$1 - $5/$10		11
	FixedL: $10/$20 - $100/$200 >$5/$10		66

	NL/PL: 1¢/2¢ - up to 10¢/25¢		66
	NL/PL: 15¢/30¢ - up to $3/$6		11
	NL/PL: $5/$10 - $50/$100 >$3/$6		11
	FixedL up to: 25¢/50¢ - $2/$4		44
	FixedL up to: $3/$6 - $15/$30		44
	FixedL: $20/$40 - $100/$200 >$15/$30		22

	Regular: up to $10		11
	Regular: $11 - $200		11
	Regular: >$200		11
	Turbo: up to $5		44
	Turbo: $6 - $40		11
	Turbo: >$40		11

	Regular: up to $3		77
	Regular: $4 - $15		77
	Regular: >$15 - $100		11
	Turbo: up to $3		99
	Turbo: $4 - $15		99
	Turbo: >$15 - $100		1010

PokerStars Europe Review

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Contents

Rake, Full Table
7.8 7.8
+

Rake, 6H-Max
5.8 5.8
+

Rake, HUHeads-Up
4.4 4.4
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Tournament Fees
2.9 2.9
+

Sit & Go FeesSNGs, Full
8.6 8.6
+

Sit & Go FeesSNGs, 6-Max
9.1 9.1
+

Sit & Go FeesSNGs, HU
6.8 6.8
+

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PokerStars.EU Cash Games

Active Tables (Full Table):

Active Tables (6-Handed):

Active Tables (Heads-Up):

PokerStars Europe Tournaments

Poker Stars Europe SNGs

Sit & Go (SNG) Formats:

Active SNGs (Full Table):

Active SNGs (6-Handed):

Active SNGs (Heads-Up):

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	Regular: up to $6		88
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