On January 1, 2006, PokerStars launched a unique VIP system. All players of the room received FPP-points, which could be exchanged for various goods in the VIP-store. For a long time, the PokerStars loyalty program remained the best for players, until the poker room changed its management, and with it the poker room's policy.

To better understand in which direction an industry leader is developing, one should look at the past. Here's how the PokerStars VIP system has evolved over the past 11 years.

1st March 2006: FPP Points at PokerStars

Every player at PokerStars earned Frequent Player Points, aka FPPs. By playing cash hands or registering in tournaments, the player pays the rake. The more rake, the more FPPs were given by PokerStars. And the higher the VIP level, the more profitable it was to exchange FPP points for money.

FPPs were exchanged in the VIP store. Points could be exchanged for money, tournament tickets or valuable prizes, among which were clothes with the PokerStars logo, poker books, a set of chips, electronic devices, etc. The most expensive item was the Porsche Cayman S-class. By the way, he was the first to exchange 5 million FPP points for a Porsche by Dario Minieri. And in 2011, Cossette Spencer set a new record by buying Porsche twice for FPP.

Perhaps some of the Russian players could have done this earlier if FPP were taken for customs clearance of the car.

March 1, 2009: Special conditions for regulars

It was a great year for the regulars. When the Scheinbergs were at the helm, changes in the PokerStars loyalty system really meant improvements. In March 2009, the following changes were made:

• Reducing the number of runway points to achieve Silver, Gold, Platinum statuses
• Increase of the guarantee in VIP tournaments by $ 25,000 (up to $ 75,000) and by $ 10,000 (up to $ 30,000)
• Special bonuses for Supernova. Now all Supernova could buy $ 2,000 for 50,000 FPPs without accumulating an extra 10,000 VPP

Concierge services have also changed, which all players who have achieved Supernova status could use. The “concierge job” was that the player could send PokerStars a check to buy whatever he wanted, and the room would transfer $ 500 to the player's account for every 31,000 FPPs.

This service was needed so that players could buy goods that are not in the VIP store. With such a situation, FPP glasses could easily become a separate world currency, given that regulars wanted to pay alimony, taxes, purchases with glasses private dance in a strip club, the services of a psychologist and a Buddha statue on the aura.

Fun fact: the player under the nickname "blego151" traded FPP for a new horse. No, we do not mean Porsche, which was written about just above. This player bought a real live horse and gave it the name "Midnight Gambler". Apparently, the guy liked to skate at night.

Concierge services from March 1, 2009 were provided no more than three times and no more than once a month. And the total amount of the check must be at least $ 500. That is, a player could buy a crate of beer and pay for it with FPPs if the crate was worth more than $ 500. And, of course, the concierge could only be used for legal purposes.

For example, with FPPs, with the help of the concierge, "bouh" bought an African safari, and "Bigjoe2009" used FPP as a deposit to buy a house.

Actually, everything was exactly that, and for a long time the PokerStars VIP-system did not give a chance to other rooms. If a player could fill Supernova, there were no other rooms for him. And every year Starz's incentive system really improved.

January 1, 2010: Getting VIP statuses just got easier

The changes in 2010 affected the receipt and maintenance of VIP statuses. It became possible to earn "Silver" for 750 VPP points instead of 1,200, and Supernova could be saved by gaining 7,500 VPP, not 10,000. Increased the number of VPPs for $ 1. A new reward system, Vip Stellar Rewards, also appeared, providing 19 bonuses with a total amount of $ 1,000. There were also announced new VIP freerolls with a prize pool of $ 1 million for Supernova (Gold and Platinum could qualify for this tournament via satellite).

January 1, 2011: Increased VPP system for micro-stakes, Milestone Cash Credit for 1 FPP

In 2011, all micro-stakes players received a great gift: starting January 1, NL2 players were able to accumulate VPPs 167% faster. SNE (Supernova Elite) players began to receive $ 20,000, reaching 1,000,000 VPP + discounts on the offline series. And, most importantly, the cost of Milestone Cash Credits has changed to 1 FPP instead of 50,000 FPP.

And a new $ 200 1 FPP bonus has been added to VIP Stellar Rewards. That is, the total amount of the VIP Stellar Rewards bonus was $ 1,200.

January 1, 2012: Changes to the VPP system

2012 has started very active for PokerStars and all players. PokerStars switched to VPP scoring from the "dealt" method to the "weighted contribution" method. Previously, VPPs were divided equally among the participants in the distribution, but now they are distributed in proportion to how much money each player has contributed to the pot.

Public reaction: loose-aggressive players appreciated the innovation, and tight ones went on strike.

January 1, 2013: New Chromium Status and Hall of Fame

The changes in 2013 were perhaps among the most non-revolutionary. A new Chrome status has been introduced between Bronze and Silver so other players can also enjoy the PokerStars VIP system. For Chrome, weekly freerolls with a guarantee of $ 5,000 and a freeroll for $ 100,000 were available.

As for the other changes, it became even easier to obtain "Silver" and "Gold". To do this, since 2013, it was necessary to get 500 (less than $ 100 rake) and 2500 VPP (a little more than $ 400 rake).

Since 2013, PokerStars' most dedicated and loyal players have been inducted into the VIP Club Hall of Fame. All players with 5 million and 10 million VPP points are now enrolled in the VIP club. In addition, each player of the VIP-club was presented with a gift of a Tag Heuer watch with personal engraving in a solemn atmosphere.

Players who reached 10 million VPPs also received a PokerStars manager's phone number for urgent matters.

Tipping Point: In the summer of 2014, Mark Schreinberg sold PokerStars for $ 4 billion to Amaya Gaming. After that, hard times began for all the regulars.

January 1, 2015: SNE Players Lost Free Tickets

The changes in 2015 were, in a way, the first wake-up call. All Supernova Elite members have had their free $ 5,200 tickets to the main online series WCOOP, TCOOP and SCOOP taken away.

In general, the January changes were more like an announcement. The regulators had a premonition that PokerStars would no longer be the same. Players will face tough times ...

January 1, 2016: Rakeback Decrease and VIP Levels

2016 started off with bad news for many players. The new PokerStars management has made sweeping changes to the loyalty program:

• Introduction of a "simple and straightforward VIP-step system". The regulators did not agree with this formulation, and indeed did not consider the old system extremely sophisticated and complicated.
• Reduced rakeback. As explained in the official letter from PokerStars: "Effective January 1, 2016, we have revised the reward system to limit the motivation to play for the sake of the rewards themselves." Therefore, the maximum rakeback for players earning over 200,000 VPP has stopped at 30% since 2016. Maximum Supernova rakeback = 28%.
• The emergence of Star Coins. Now all rewards are converted to Star Coins at the rate of 1 Star Coins = $ 0.01. That is, now all bonuses are bought for these coins. $ 25 = 2,500 Star Coins, $ 100 = 10,000 Star Coins and $ 1,000 = 100,000 Star Coins.

Remember Milestone for 1 FPP, where an SNE player could additionally receive more than $ 100,000? Now these bonuses are gone. As well as there are no quarterly freerolls for Supernova with a guarantee of $ 1,000,000. The VIP club hall of fame is now gone, as well as the concierge.

And so that players will once and for all forget about the old days of luxury and wealth, from January 1, 2017, the Supernova Elite status was abolished. Supernova status became monthly.

The reaction of the players was unequivocal - a protest. Internationally, opposition to the new PokerStars leadership has been led by Talal Shakerchi. The players agreed on the need to play less on PokerStars, support the massive sit-out promotions and withdraw the bankroll from the room. The players installed protest avatars on social networks.

Are the regulars' measures crowned with success? Obviously not. Some of the regs jokingly took a diploma from the mezzanine and blew the dust off it, someone opened a newspaper with vacancies at the factory, someone fled to other poker rooms. Still, PokerStars remains the largest poker room in the world ...

What's next for us this summer at PokerStars?

It is not yet clear what the new loyalty program will be. She is currently being tested in Denmark. It is known that chests with random prizes will appear for players. The poker community awaits with nervous trepidation the final details of the new VIP program.

This is how the chests themselves look.

The indicator of the collection of reward points for opening a certain type of chest, as well as the status of the boost bar, are as follows:

After you have completely filled the reward points set indicator for opening the chest. After pressing the button to open the chest, a window opens in front of you.

This is what the chest looks like before opening it:

And this is how it looks after you have watched the animation.

Translation of the Official Stars Rewards FAQ

Q: What is Stars Rewards?
A: Stars Rewards gives you the opportunity to receive monetary compensation as well as additional winnings for your gaming activities.

Q: How can I join this program?
A: Stars Rewards is available to everyone, without exception, all you have to do is find the Stars Rewards widget in our software and click the “start” button to join the program and start earning extra loyalty points.

Q: How exactly can I earn extra loyalty points?
A: In poker, a player earns 100 loyalty points for every $ 1 of rake paid in both cash games and tournaments. The player does NOT earn points while playing pot-limit and no-limit cash games with blinds of $ 5 / $ 10 and above, in this type of game as 8-games with blinds of $ 20 / $ 40 and above, as well as in other limit games with blinds $ 20 / $ 40 and above.

Q: Why did I receive a certain reward from the chest?
A: Rewards are personalized and based on your gaming preferences, giving you the best chance of enjoying the game you know and play the most. You will also receive StarsCoin in chests.

Q: How do I calculate the real value of my chest?
A: The rewards of the chests drop out randomly, so it is impossible to calculate the real value of the chest. However, chests have a certain probability table, with the help of which you can calculate the frequency of dropping out prizes, depending on different types of chests. Each chest also gives you the opportunity to win a cash prize with the maximum set value. Below is a table with the probabilities of winning prizes. I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the table shows only the probabilities for regular prizes. It does not include additional top prizes that are offered on a regular basis.

Q: How does the top prize payout system work?
A: Stars Rewards offers many top prizes on a regular basis that you can win in addition to your regular chest rewards. In some cases, larger chests may offer larger prizes.

Q: How do I determine how many reward points I need to earn to complete my progress bar?
A: The accrual of your reward points depends on the type of your chest, the indicator of which you are trying to fill in the course of the game. The rate of accrual is also personalized and based on your profile data. Some of the factors that can affect the rate of accrual are your most frequent game type, net deposits, and recent activity.

Q: Can I speed up or skip the animation for opening chests?
A: Yes, just click on the screen with your cursor to go to the end of the animation and see what reward you have received.

Q: What are the differences between the 6 types of chests?
A: The larger the chest, the more valuable it is. While the rewards for all chests are random, large chests not only give you more valuable prizes on average, but they also give you the chance to win the top prize with higher odds.

Q: What is StarsCoin?
A: StarsCoin is the currency you get from chests. This currency can be used to buy items in our store, to buy tickets for some events of the offline series, or exchange them for cash or bonuses. $ 25 cash costs 2.500 starscoin, $ 100 for 10.000 or $ 1000 for 100.000

Q: Does StarsCoin burn?
A: StarsCoin will expire if you do not earn any Reward Points within the next 6 months. For example, if you earned at least 0.01

Q: Is my scoring progress bar burning out?
A: Yes, your progress bar is completely reset if you do not have assets for a full 3 calendar months... The boost will also be reset until you get a new one when you start playing.

Q: Does an open chest burn up?
A: Yes, you have 3 months before your chest burns down. After 3 calendar months, it will no longer be possible to open the chest.

Q: How often can I get a boost? Does the boost option burn out if it is not used?
A: Players get the opportunity to boost the progress bar of reward points every 8 hours after the previous boost was used. The boost is reset if you are inactive for 3 calendar months.

Q: What interest rate rewards based on my rake?
A: Stars Rewards is not a traditional volume-based rakeback program. Stars Rewards offers randomized rewards within chests as well as personalized reward requirements.

Q: If I take part in only one type of game activity, does this mean that I will receive rewards only for this activity?
A: The vast majority of the time you receive rewards directly related to your gaming activity. If your area of ​​play is banned in your region (for example, sports betting or casino), or you simply stopped participating in a certain type of game at will, then you stop receiving rewards associated with that constant activity.

Q: What happens to my VIP status?
A: VIP statuses will expire as soon as the Stars Rewards program starts.

Q: Why am I not getting the X award?
A: Some rewards may not be available in your region. For detailed information about prohibited types of rewards in your region, contact the PokerStars support service.

Q: Can I opt out of receiving Stars Rewards Rewards?
A: Players cannot opt ​​out of receiving Stars Rewards Points. However, you can hide the scoring indicator at the poker tables in the client settings.

What is the actual value of the chest?

Despite the fact that PokerStars writes that "it is impossible to calculate the real value of the chest", we will calculate their approximate "value" using the probability table.

It should be borne in mind that prizes can be credited not only in money, but also in "rewards related to your gaming activity" - perhaps it will be tickets to tournaments, or free spins in a casino.

	Chest "Red"	Chest "Blue"	Bronze Chest	Chest "Silver"	Chest "Gold"	Platinum Chest
$ EV chest	$0,13	$0,40	$1,05	$2,71	$6,91	$21,42

There are only a few days left before the Stars Rewards program is launched in the Russian Federation!

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PokerStars offers good bonuses for both regular players and beginners. Old-timers of the room can increase their bankroll thanks to regular promotions and interesting games, and beginners - immediately get a worthy help for the game, having received a reward for their first deposit!

What first deposit bonuses does PokerStars offer?

PokerStars has a First Deposit Bonus program that allows new players who sign up at any time to increase their starting bankroll. Currently, there are two bonuses in the room on an ongoing basis with different terms of use. To receive one of these rewards, you must specify the appropriate PokerStars bonus code when making a deposit.

What are the PokerStars deposit codes valid in 2018?

Bonus code STARS600

Traditional bonus PokerStars code upon deposit, continuing in 2018. The principle of the code is simple: make your first deposit with a bonus code STARS600 and receive the full amount of your deposited funds as a reward! The minimum reward is limited to the minimum deposit in the room - $ 5, and the maximum bonus threshold is $ 600. Even if you deposit, say, $ 900, you can still receive no more than $ 600 in bonus.

The amount of the award is divided into equal shares of $ 10; if the sum is not a multiple of ten, then the remainder of the division forms the last fraction. For example, if you made a $ 117 deposit at PokerStars, your bonus is $ 117 and is "packaged" in 12 servings: 11 servings of $ 10 each and 1 serving with $ 7.

PokerStars requires wagering each of the shares of the first deposit bonus. In other words, you need to play for real money in any games of the room, you can even place bets in the casino. To win back one serving for $ 10, you need to score 200 points VPP(VIP Player Points) - Simply put, 20 VPP for 1 bonus dollar.

VPPs are awarded for the rake you paid (this is the commission for playing at PokerStars). In tournament games, you get 5.5 VPP for $ 1 of rake. At cash tables, the VPP system for $ 1 rake depends on which limits you are playing at. Here's an example for micro stakes:

• $ 0.01 / $ 0.02 - 10 VPP;
• $ 0.02 / $ 0.05 - 8.5 VPP;
• $ 0.05 / $ 0.10 - 7 VPPs.

You can play first deposit bonuses at PokerStars within 120 days. If you didn't have time, then you can't do it later.

The bonus applies to the first three deposits, which were made within 120 days from the date of the promotional code at the first deposit and in the amount does not exceed $ 600. In other words, you can make the first deposit, for example, $ 100 (mandatory with the bonus code STARS600), and then, within 120 days, deposit twice more $ 250 each and wager $ 600 in total!

Bonus code THIRTY

Bonus conditions with code THIRTY at PokerStars are simple as it doesn't need to be wagged! You just need to make a deposit of $ 20 or more with the THIRTY code, and the room will reward you with $ 30 dollars in the form:

• $ 10 to the account;
• $ 20 Spin & Go tournament tickets - each worth $ 1.

The bonus is divided into six parts, $ 5 each, each of which will be credited to your account one by one within six days: in the first three days, 5 tickets for Spin & Go will drop, on the fourth day - 5 dollars on the account, the next day the remaining 5 tickets will come , and on the sixth day - another $ 5.

PokerStars pays out this deposit bonus with no wagering requirement, however we advise you to play at least a little in the room for real money during the reward crediting period so that PokerStars makes sure that you will use the bonus for its intended purpose and not for fraudulent purposes. Otherwise, the room has the right to refuse to pay you a bonus.

As you can easily understand, this reward is less than the $ 600 that can be obtained for the STARS600 code, and not all beginner players are ready to deposit $ 20, however, the absence of the need to wager the reward attracts many newbies. Which of the two bonus codes to choose is up to you!

Note. Spin & Go tickets are valid for 3 weeks from the date of enrollment - be sure to use them!

How to enter the code for the PokerStars deposit?

1. Go to the "Cashier" section (large button in the upper right corner of the client program lobby).
2. Choose a payment method. A window will open for specifying payment details.
3. Enter the bonus code in the special field.

The field for entering the PokerStars bonus code is here

Other bonuses for the first deposit at PokerStars in 2018

PokerStars deposit promotions

Often, one or another first deposit bonus at PokerStars can be received as part of the current promotion. In such cases, tournament tickets or some kind of prizes for completing a poker task are usually relied on as rewards, sometimes an increase in the score.

Explore the deposit promotions at PokerStars and choose the one that suits you! The room conducts them often, attracting a new audience to the next poker quest, a new poker format or new tournaments.

However, experience shows that in most cases the rewards offered by PokerStars in deposit promotions are in the bottom line less profitable than permanent bonuses by codes STARS600 and THIRTY.

Bonus code FREE20

In previous years, the poker room had a bonus code FREE20 for a long time. Using it, you could get $ 20 to your account without wagering for a $ 20 deposit. The bonus code FREE20 for deposits on PokerStars in 2018 is not valid.

PokerStars re-deposit bonuses

From time to time, there are promotions in the room that allow you to get a re-deposit bonus on PokerStars (any according to the account, even the first one). This is beneficial for the "veterans" of the room, who made their first deposit a long time ago. Track the PokerStars promotions valid in 2018 when making a deposit and carefully study the conditions: does it say that the deposit should be the first.

There is currently a bonus code in support of the live series of PokerStars in Sochi - SOCHITICKETS... For this code you will be given tickets to freerolls, with which you can start the selection for EPT Sochi, which will take place on March 20 - 29, 2018 in our Sochi! The bonus code is valid until 20:30 Moscow time on March 4th.

Does PokerStars pay no deposit bonus?

No, there is no no deposit bonus at PokerStars in 2018 and has never existed before. However, you can get some privileges from the room if you fulfill the special conditions during registration (see below).

What bonus codes can I enter when registering at PokerStars?

And then, finally, it happened. In a press release and mailing list, the poker room is promising "amazing instant prizes," including WSOP satellite tickets, direct tickets to the PokerStars Festival and PokerStars Championship, and cash. Sounds really exciting!

However, the reality is a little more complicated. You need to earn a certain amount of bonus points, and for this you will receive a chest. In fact, the promised prizes are in the chest. For four chests a day, you will be promoted to the next level. There are six of them: red, blue, bronze, silver, gold and platinum. The higher the level, the tastier the prizes. Now let's open the table of the prize drop frequency:

That is, at the easiest level - let's say you teach your grandmother to play poker - with a 99.99% probability, there will be no more than $ 0.65 in the chest. Worse, in 88% of cases, the grandmother is waiting for no more than $ 0.13.

The chance of getting the biggest prize is only 1 in 10,000. However, if you are lucky with the platinum chest, there may be a whole thousand dollars. The current table, by the way, is already a revised version. At the start of the program in Denmark and Italy, the distribution of prizes was not so even.

So how much rake does it take to open this cherished platinum chest? Even to hell with him, with platinum, at least the simplest, red? To get one red chest, you need to earn at least 100 points. There are no exact numbers, we quote the rules:

The number of Stars Rewards Points required to claim a gift depends on a variety of factors and may vary for each player. These are factors such as the volume of the game, gaming preferences, the ratio of deposits and withdrawals, etc. These factors and their influence on the required number of points can change over time, depending on your activity.

For every $ 1 of rake, 100 points are awarded. At the same time, rake is not taken into account in games with high limits. Tables are considered high $ 5 / $ 10 and above, as well as 8 games and all other limit games from $ 20 / $ 40. But points are awarded for casino games and sports betting. Every 8 hours you can get an "acceleration" - you will receive twice as many points for the collected rake. Hello good old Happy Hour.

As a result, after the new “loyalty” program was launched, it turned out that players receive an average of 4% rakeback. Here's what they write for 2 + 2:

I reg, I usually play $ 0.01 / 0.02 Zoom or $ 0.25 spins. And for my 240 points (that is, $ 2.40) they gave me ... $ 0.09.

Hit $ 2.40 and got 11 cents, haha.

My first chest was silver, 243 coins and 160 points were given for $ 68 rake. Awarded so rewarded.

But why is this all? This is because "most players often only play a few times a month and PokerStars wants them to receive rewards as well." Another quote: "To celebrate the launch of our new loyalty program, we hid $ 1,000 rewards in over a thousand random chests - that's $ 10,000,000 in tickets, bonuses and StarsCoins!"

If you are in the same shock, recall. Someone has already left, someone is just going to, and someone is planning to stay playing on PS.

Heming
For me, as a person who is not going to and does not want to finish with poker, but on the contrary, is still eager to move on, everything is not so bad. Will the "zero" go or go down, the low-plus regions will think about leaving. Ultimately, it all comes down to the balance of power at the table. Even if we leave everything as it is and completely remove the RB, say, on the Zoom 200, I will stay. The field suits me. Rakeback has never been a significant part of my profit. The main thing is how many fans there will be in the conditional reg and the level of the game of the regs themselves. For me, the main thing at this stage is to improve the skill, and then in the scorched desert of poker rooms you will be able to choose the best from the worst.

Many are now in disarray. But there is no point in standing still. , and if in doubt, where to go,. Well, remember that GipsyTeam players get access to exclusive promotions and bonuses, round-the-clock support and other "little things" that make up a comfortable game.

And if you play a lot, write to skype vip500plus- This . We will select a room for you, help you with the software and make sure that you get a comparable rakeback in another room.

Good news for former PKR players

If you had an account on the closed PKR and there was some money, PokerStars is ready to return this money to you. More precisely, transfer to your PokerStars account the entire amount that remained in your PKR balance as of May 11, 2017. If you didn't have an account on PS, the room offers to register - and hopes that you will stay in it, despite everything you read above.

Stars Rewards- a new loyalty program Poker Stars, which came in the summer of 2017 to replace the awards for VIP-statuses. With Stars Rewards, players can earn rewards in person and for every game they play!

How does the new system work and how do you receive rewards?

When you play for real money, you earn Stars Rewards Points.

Having collected a certain number of points, you become the owner of the gift. This is a virtual chest full of personalized prizes... For every dollar paid in rake, you will be credited exactly 100 points.

If earlier your rewards were determined by the earned VIP status, now the dignity and number of prizes depends on the level of the gift you have filled yourself. Currently these levels six.

The exact number of points for each gift depends on the level of the gift you want to receive, as well as on the history of your game at PokerStars.

Beginners need to score less points than regulars playing at higher stakes. So, to fill the smallest gift - red - with rewards up to $ 50, for newly registered players, 150 points are required.

The following factors affect the number of points for earning gifts:

• recent gaming activity;
• your preferred game formats;
• history of deposits made.

Please note: Stars Rewards Points will slowly but surely be credited to you for any real money game of poker and other Poker Stars products, including casinos and sports betting!

You can track the progress of earning the next gift on a special scale, which is displayed in the client program to the left of the field with the balance (earlier this place was used to display the process of the scale for overcoming the next level of VIP status in the step-by-step VIP program of PokerStars). As you get closer to the next gift, this bar begins to turn red.

Note. For 1 pound sterling paid, rake is given 130 points, for 1 Canadian dollar - 80 points, for 1 euro - 110 points.

What rewards are provided by the new system and how often can I receive them?

Each virtual chest has personalized content tailored to the gaming preferences of the user who won the gift. The gift may contain:

• StarsCoin coins;
• tickets to tournaments (including Spin & Go);
• tournament money;
• free spins in the casino;
• instant bonuses.

If you do not play at all, say, Spin & Go, then tickets for it will not be included in your gifts.

As noted earlier, there are 6 different types of gifts available in the game, and for each type there are 8 possible sets of prizes for a certain amount:

1. Red Gift - from $ 0.07 to $ 50;
2. Blue Gift - from $ 0.21 to $ 100;
3. Bronze gift - from $ 0.53 to $ 250;
4. Silver gift - from $ 1.33 to $ 500;
5. Gold Gift - from $ 3.44 to $ 750;
6. Platinum Gift - from $ 10.37 to $ 1,000.

When you earn this or that gift, you will randomly get one of the eight possible sets of prizes for this chest: for example, a bronze gift with tournament tickets and money to the account totaling $ 5.3.

ATTENTION: you can earn an unlimited number of gifts every day!

In addition to the earned chest, you can get a special super reward. It also drops out randomly, but provides significantly larger prizes than regular chests. The higher the level of the gift you earn, the larger the super reward will be and the more chances you will receive it!

What is the likelihood of my reward being dropped in a specific tier gift?

See the table for a complete list of gift rewards and chances of getting them.

The likelihood of a prize	Prize amount
	Red gift	Blue gift	Bronze gift	Silver gift	Golden gift	Platinum Gift
21,99%	$0,07	$0,21	$0,53	$1,35	$3,44	$10,37
20%	$0,08	$0,25	$0,64	$1,62	$4,12	$12,44
18%	$0,09	$0,29	$0,74	$1,89	$4,81	$14,52
15%	$0,12	$0,37	$0,95	$2,43	$6,18	$18,67
13$	$0,13	$0,41	$1,06	$2,70	$6,87	$20,74
7%	$0,39	$1,23	$3,18	$8,10	$20,61	$62,22
5%	$0,65	$2,05	$5,30	$13,50	$34,35	$103,7
0,01%	$50	$100	$250	$500	$750	$1.000

How to upgrade to the next level of gifts?

Each type of gift is a kind of old VIP-statuses. You start by earning red gifts, but you can move to a higher level, and then you will receive blue gifts, and if you play even more actively, you will reach bronze and other levels.

To go to the next level of chests, you need to get four gifts current level per day from 7 am Moscow time to 7 am the next day... Please note that to earn gifts of the blue level and above, you will need more points than for the red level: the higher the level, the more points you will have to earn.

There is also such a nuance when filling prizes: if the last three gifts were filled on different days (in other words, if you earned one gift in one or several sessions), then the requirements for points on the progress bar will be adjusted in accordance with your activity, so that PokerStars could provide you with the opportunity to receive chests on a regular basis!

Is it possible to earn gifts at PokerStars faster?

You can speed up the process of earning gifts by using boosters that double the amount of points earned. Let's say you have a 20-point booster. After earning 20 points and using the booster, you will receive 40 points as a result.

New booster will be given after 8 hours after using the old one.

Other Stars Rewards nuances and conditions

• All gifts and boosters are valid for three calendar months from the date of receipt, after which they are irreversibly reset to zero.
• Check the “My Stars” section of the toolbar on the right for how long you will be able to use your rewards. If you do not play for real money on your account for three months, your progress bar will also be reset.
• StarsCoins are saved in your balance. Their purpose remains the same as it was before the launch of StarsRewards: purchasing goods in the VIP Store (now the StarsRewards Store), registering in some tournaments, exchanging coins for real money. However, StarsCoin will be reset to zero if you do not earn any Stars Rewards Points within six months.
• The balance of StarsCoins, Tournament Money, Instant Bonuses and Free Spins can be viewed in the Cashier section.
• PokerStars reserves the exclusive right to change the Stars Rewards Terms and Conditions at any time. In addition, the poker room may refuse you to receive rewards if it suspects that you are playing cheatingly or want to receive rewards without playing for real money.