Poker Stars, already a serious contender in the online poker sector has been boosting player involvement with a series of shootouts, headsup competitions, short handed tables and other innovations to keep the action fresh and thrilling.
One of the most popular of these activities is the daily and sometimes more frequent DeepStack games, where players start with over three times the amount of chips received in sit-and-gos or regular multi-table tourneys. The blind structure is more generous, too – starting at $5-$10, and escalating every half hour, it gives players more time to manoeuvre and play up to $5,000 in chips to their own strategies.
Poker Stars manager Lee Jones says “I think the very serious player, the student of the game, prefers this kind of event. It does make skill a greater factor, and of course, you pay for that in a longer time commitment.”