Hello,

PokerStars is building an online museum to archive the history of PokerStars. Most importantly, however, the history of PokerStars is the history of our players and customers - over fifty million players who play for high stakes, medium stakes, low stakes, and play money. Consequently, we would like your assistance in sharing any stories, especially if you have any images, video or other media that you would be willing to share in our online museum.

Perhaps you have a screenshot of an interesting hand from a few years ago... or a picture from a live event that you attended as a result of PokerStars. Perhaps you have a story of some notable service that you received, or a friendship that developed from the tables. We want to read these stories, and to archive these memories for posterity on our website.

If you have a contribution that you would like to share with other players, please send us an email to history@pokerstars.com (images, video, and audio are especially welcome) so that we can share your memories on our online museum.

Sincerely,

Michael J
PokerStars Communications Team

burned

Processing payments to players as jewelry purchases etc? Did pokerstars do that or was that full tilt only I don't remember positively. I know Ultimate bet and ap used to put through credit cards as books, supplies etc. When poker became a grey area for usa facing sites like Party Poker withdrew its interests while Pokerstars looked for loopholes as not to lose out financially.

Pokerstars continued to service USA players until the gray area that pokerstars used to operate under was defined by the DOJ . Sites like Merge , Lock poker and Everleaf filled the void left by Pokerstars and USA players are left to ponder what happened to the good old days of online poker that left paid players without muss or fuss.

Pokerstars is the online model USA needs to adopt when online poker is one day hopefully legalized in the USA.

I forgot to add, Pokerstars an online pokersite that actually had player funds segregated and when that fateful day for USA came players got their moneys quickly .

Thanks RaineTech, we have a copy of that one.

A story I would like to share happened during 2003. In college all our friends played against each other during class In the computer lab. The next day a sign was up. Pokerstars not allowed. All the college students thought we where computer hackers but we told them its no different than people playing solitaire. How the stigma has changed in the last 10 years.

Hah, I figured. It will of course be the most historical day in online poker history though. Other than the day pokerstars opened I suppose.

I have a copy of the check you guys mailed me, even though your backs were to the wall.

Multiply that by the appropriate large number, and find a way to visually represent that with a collage of checks, or stacks of Benjamins on a poker table.

obv

also, the guy who was waiting for the bb in some nl2 table when a humongous prize milestone hand hit. forgot that guys name, but that was awesome.

May 9, 2001

lold hard

I believe it was PS that made a thread one time with a bunch of the hilarious emails that they received over the years.

You guys seem to use a bit of fun with some of the obviously joking bad beat emails. Perhaps a section in the museum with some of the most ridiculous emails and funniest responses would be appropriate.

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Historically, you've changed the game I've always played (for the better) several times.

In 2006, I believe, you added turbo speed heads up sngs. Previously, there were only regular speed games. Turbos were a faster pace and more enjoyable for the average player. A minority talked about how edges were gone and the game was just "a stupid flip." But soon it was obvious that these changes grew the game and the impact was a more popular and profitable heads up sit and go world.

Around 2011 PokerStars adopted the hyper turbo structure. It was almost the exact same pattern. A minority was vocal about this reducing the game into "no profit flips," yet more and more players decided they loved this structure, the game grew, and despite a global slowdown, players were making more money than ever in this game.

get some cold water for that burn.

PokerStars is the best company ever.

Since PS owns FTP will there be history from FTP as well?

Also that PS rep who sent that_pope the personal msg on the PS client

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...&postcount=254

that was awesome.

Confedrate or something like that iirc. Would suck for stars to pour more salt in his wound by putting his big moment in a museum.

Yep: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh....php?p=8809015

obv "i wont million" has to be part of the history.

Poor guy haha wow years later and I would still be sour about that

That Confedrate guy, hahahahaha

PokerStars opened on September 11th 2001. That's a pretty historical day for a variety of reasons.

Slayer released there new album, with a pretty sick title for that day:
God Hates Us All

if humor is accepted.

Boomswitch gif

Jay-Z's The Blueprint also came out Sept 11 2001

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28...pport-1207822/