HOW TO PLAY POOKER

Why travel to distant casinos when you can play in the world’s largest poker room from the comfort of your own home – PokerStars! You can play all of the following games through the downloadable card room: Texas Hold’em, Omaha Poker, Omaha High/Low, Seven Card Stud, Five Card Draw, 2-7 Triple Draw, 2-7 Single Draw, Seven Card Stud High/Low, Razz, Badugi, HORSE, 8-Game Mix, Holdem/Omaha and Poker Tournaments.
Click on any of the poker games listed above for a detailed description of that game's rules. If you're a new online poker player, we recommend that you read the basic poker rules section before joining a table. Also check out PokerStars glossary of poker terms.
PokerStars is proud to offer a wide variety of multi-table poker tournaments in all of the games we offer, as well as Limit, Pot Limit and No Limit games at the free poker tables.
Like a traditional Las Vegas poker room, if a table that you want to play at is currently full you can request to be put on the waiting list. Only when you're playing online, getting on the waiting list for a poker table is as easy as clicking a button. Once a seat becomes available at the poker table, you will automatically be asked if you want to sit down and join that game.
At PokerStars, no matter which table you decide to play at, you will always be playing poker against real people. Your fellow players may live down the street or halfway around the world, but at PokerStars everybody is part of the same community!