PokerStars Introduces Home Games!

PokerStars Introduces Home Games!

DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, January 19, 2011/PRNewswire/ --     PokerStars.com is proud to announce the next step in the evolution of
poker: online Home Games (http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/home-games/). This
new software launch gives poker players the ability to set up private 'Poker
Clubs' and play in online Home Games together, regardless of where they are
in the world.

    Players can choose to compete in ring games and tournaments, across a
huge variety of poker variants, and at whatever stakes they want, allowing
everyone to experience the convenience, competition and fun in playing online
Home Games with people they know.

    PokerStars Home Games enables players to:

   
    - Create and manage their own private poker clubs online
    - Invite friends and family via Facebook, Twitter, email, and in person,
      to play in customisable tournaments and ring games
    - Compete in club leagues and competitions to win bragging rights and
      incredible prizes

    Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu said:

    "Nothing like PokerStars Home Games has been offered online before and
it's so easy to use. My favourite aspect of Home Games is the fact that you
can create your own club and customise it any way you want, just like you
would in a home game with friends... I love playing mixed games, and the
software allows you to choose from a wide variety of games to add to your
club."

    Join the Club

    Taking your home game online is simple and quick. Just click on the Home
Games tab in the PokerStars software and then 'Create a Poker Club' if you
want to be a manager, or 'Join a Poker Club' if you have been invited by a
friend. You can also watch the step-by-step tutorial
(http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/home-games/getting-started/) at
PokerStars.com. Once you have joined a club there are a huge range of options
to view and customise, including:

   
    - Club management tools - appoint managers, accept/remove/reinstate/
      suspend members, customise your club lobby, set length of club seasons
      and much more
    - Game management tools - customise game parameters and schedule games
    - Game schedule - list of scheduled tournaments and open ring game tables
    - Game results - view tournament results, including finish order, points
      earned, knockouts
    - Full range of poker games - choose Hold'em, Omaha, Stud, Mixed Games
      and more
    - Social media - invite friends to join your club via Facebook and
      Twitter

    About http://www.pokerstars.com:

    PokerStars.com is the world's largest regulated gaming operator and poker
site, with more than 42 million members. It's the first choice of the world's
top players, with more daily tournaments than anywhere else, and with the
best security online. More hands have been dealt on PokerStars.com than any
other site; that's over 54 billion hands and more than 330 million
tournaments played.

    PokerStars.com operates worldwide under license from the Isle of Man
government. Recent additions to the PokerStars family include PokerStars.fr
(http://www.pokerstars.fr/), which operates in France under the French
government license, as well as PokerStars.it (http://www.pokerstars.it/),
which operates in Italy under the Italian government license, and
PokerStars.ee (http://www.pokerstars.ee/), which operates in Estonia under
the Estonian government license.

Source: PokerStars.com

Scott Collins, +44(0)207-319-3052, email: press@pokerstar.com