PokerStars New Jersey Online Poker Review Bonus Code for January 2024

PokerStars utilizes Stars Rewards, a personal rewards system for the players across its network. Rewards realized are based upon how often and how high of stakes players play. The Star Rewards system:

• Keeps track of player rewards progress through the “My Stars” tab on PokerStars NJ.
• Players progress by collecting reward points–by playing real money poker games.
• Players unlock the next reward, by filling the “Progress Bar.”
• Once a player’s Progress Bar is full, it will unlock the next “Chest.”
• Inside the Chest awaits Free Play money, tournament tickets, and/or StarsCoins which can be used at the Rewards Store.

The objective of moving the player’s Progress Bar forward is to collect Rewards Points. Players receive these points for a myriad of different activities, but the main source of Rewards Points will be playing at PokerStars poker room. Players receive 100 Rewards Points for every $1 they pay in cash game rake or tournament fees. The Chests are a very important part of the rewards system at PokerStars. These chests contain varying rewards and players will not know what rewards they have reaped until they open the chest.

Chest parameters include:

• Blue Chest: rewards from $0.36 – $6.00
• Bronze Chest: rewards from $0.72 – $12.00
• Silver Chest: rewards from $1.80 – $30.00
• Gold Chest: rewards from $6.00 – $100.00
• Diamond Chest: rewards from $15.00 – $250.00
• Black Chest: rewards from $42.00– $700.00

Unopened Chests will expire after three months, so be sure to open them as soon as possible.

There are always cash games available with different types of games and varying stakes levels. PokerStars has a healthy player base and the most popular games will have plenty of cash game tables for player to choose from.

Cash games at PokerStars start as low as $0.01/0.02 and max out at $25/50 for No-Limit and Pot-Limit games, but $100/200 for fixed-limit games. Other than the most popular game, No-Limit Hold’em, PokerStars also offers games including: 

• Pot-limit Omaha
• Fixed-limit Omaha
• No-limit Omaha
• Seven-card Stud
• Razz
• Five-card Draw
• Pot-limit Omaha Hi/Lo
• Limit Pot-limit Omaha Hi/Lo
• Pot-limit Five-card Omaha,
• Stud Hi/Lo
• No-limit Five-card Draw
• Limit Five-card Draw
• No Limit 2-7 Single Draw
• Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

One of the biggest draws for players to use PokerStars is the number, type, and levels of tournaments. Tournaments have buy-ins from as low as $0.10 up to $500. Guarantees for tournaments range from $50 to $25,000.

Popular Multi-Table Tournaments (MTTs) on PokerStars include:

• The Daily Bigs (buy-ins from $5 to $30)
• The Hot Turbos (turbo MTTs with buy-ins ranging from $5 to $50)
• KO Fever – daily Progressive Knockout tournaments
• Change-Up – four daily tournaments with a different game format for each

Any day is a good day to play tournaments of PokerStars, but Sunday is the day that shines the brightest, with Sunday Warm-Up, Sunday Special, Sunday Storm, and Sunday High Roller tournaments offered weekly.

PokerStars NJ incorporates about half a dozen online tournament series each year in New Jersey. Tournament series and tentative dates include:

• Winter Series (January)
• Turbo Series (February)
• NJSCOOP (March/April)
• Summer Series (July/August)
• NJCOOP (October)
• MEGASTACK (players must qualify for live events)

On January 1, 2024, PokerStars debuted interstate tournaments with shared player pools, joining NJ players with Michigan players. The first tournament promised $100,000 (with a buy in of $100) and the second tournament guaranteed $50,000 (with a buy in of $50).

Players can fund their accounts in a couple of ways, including cash deposits at Resorts Casino at 1133 Boardwalk in Atlantic City. Other deposit methods include:

• Visa/Mastercard
• Electronic checks
• PayPal
• PayNearMe
• Skrill
• PokerStars Play+ Card

Players may also withdraw funds at Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, but may not have funds returned to Visa or Mastercard cards that funded the account. Acceptable withdrawal methods are:

• Electronic checks
• PayPal
• Skrill
• PokerStars Play+ Card

Available on iOS and Android devices, the PokerStars app functions as quickly as the desktop version and is relatively intuitive. Players can access their account information, visit their hand history, and easily find games using the “filter” games functionality. Playing PokerStars on mobile loses zero “feel” compared to playing the online version on a desktop or laptop. There have been no major complaints posted about the app.

Players MUST be in the state of New Jersey in order to play PokerStars, and they are identified as being in the state via geolocation. The app gets a perfect score as there are no immediate downsides apparent when playing PokerStars on a mobile device.

PokerStars gets a very high rating of 4.5 on a scale of 0-5. The biggest drawback is the withdrawal methods, which could include more and better options. The mobile app and the depth and breadth of cash game options and the spectacular tournament schedule are all major pluses for PokerStars. In two words, PokerStars could be described as being highly recommended. Players can spend many hours a day playing games on PokerStars.