In my post on December 13th (Change of Scenery) I mentioned that I’d started playing a few hands over at PokerStars, 3000 hands later I thought I’d share some of my thoughts on the site.

At the time Chris mentioned that it was one of the toughest sites that he’d played on. So far I haven’t seen this myself but I have been exclusively playing 5c/10c limit which I think is a lot lower than the limits Chris plays in, I expect I’ll meet some tougher competition as I move up the limits or move into the no-limit games. I will admit though that you need to watch out for “rock gardens” (tables full of very tight, aggressive players) but most of the time there is plenty of easy money at the tables.

The site itself is nice, at first I didn’t like the table layout as much as Champs but it has grown on me over time and actually works very well, the lobby also is well laid out and it’s easy to find what you’re looking for.

The main selling point for me, however, is the sheer number of games and tables running at any given time, even during normally off-peak hours there is a staggering amount of choice.

So I guess you’re probably wondering how I’ve actually done in my time playing there? Well, here’s the stats:

# of hands: 3067
Hours: 53
BB/Hr: 4.66

So, I’m winning. This is a good thing, but I am still very new to the limit game and 3000 hands isn’t a huge sample to work with. I’ll be reevaluating things as I go, but for now I’m feeling good about Poker Stars…