One of the most important reasons to play on PokerStars is its VIP Club, which awards its players with a ton of excellent prizes which include cash rewards and run all the way up to a brand new car. Even in the absence of real PokerStars rakeback, getting some hands in on Poker Stars will net you VIP Player points, and these in turn will get you an entrance in what is possibly the biggest and best frequent player program in the entirety of online poker! And yes, when you compare the system to others that offer rakeback, you will see for yourself that it is worth much more than standard rakeback if you play just a moderate amount.

It goes like this. Each individual player on PokerStars starts out as a BronzeStar player, which is the first VIP level (more on that later). Play some hands and tourneys on Poker Stars and you will be generating VIP Player Points. Get some VPPs in and you will be inching towards the next VIP level. Some VIP levels are monthly, meaning that they will have to be renewed each month for an additional month of membership. Others are yearly, and will remain in place until the next February, and thereafter will keep being extended if you meet certain VPP quotas each month. The higher your VIP level, it will be easier and easier to get FPPs and the more things will be available to you in the VIP store, such as bigger bonuses etc.

Let’s get into the details of what is possibly the best loyalty program you can find online today – the PokerStars VIP Club! Before we do that though, let us break down some of the basics. Whenever you sit down on a table to wager real money on PS, whether cash games or tournaments, you will be earning VIP Player Points in the process. How high you get in the VIP club is entirely up to you, as in how high and how much you play to manage your VPP totals over either a calendar month or a calendar year. By playing real money games and earning VPP in the process you will be collecting FPP’s at a rate which is determined by your multiplier, which changes depending on your current VIP level. Frequent Player points are the heart of the PS VIP Store, and you can use them to purchase a ton of things ranging from Stress Spades to a ton of clothing garments and accessories to replenishable bonuses and even the car of your dreams. You will also be able to directly buy your way into land based events and also WCOOP and SCOOP type events using FPP’s.

The rate at which you earn VPP are like this: 5.5 VPPs per dollar and 8 VPPs spent for every Euro in tournament fees, and in cash games this will depend on how many were seated and dealt cards in a hands. In games which have 8 or more seats, you would collect 6 VPPs per dollar raked, while 8.5VPPs will be awarded for every 1EUR raked, with the ceiling being $3 or 3 Euro. In cash games which have 7 or fewer seats, the numbers are 5.5VPP per 1 USD raked and 85VPP per 1 Euro raked. The VPP awarded will then be dived between all the people who got dealt into the hand.

And first up we have BronzeStar, which is the level at which every players starts out. Since this is the lowest level, no multiplier bonus will be awarded, so it’s 1 Frequent Player point for every single VPP you get awarded. Most of the really good stuff will be either unlocked or prohibitively expensive FPP-wise in the VIP store while playing at this level, but you will still be able to spend your FPP’s on Poker Books, shirts of various kinds and also poker accessories including playing cards and dealer buttons.

The following step up the VIP club levels is the SilverStar level. Getting to this level is done by earning 750 VIP Player Points in a single month. This level is where we witness the FPP multiplier in action, which basically means that your rate of accumulation of VPPs and FPPs will now differ. BronzeStar player collect FPPs at a 1:1 rate with VPPs: at SilverStar you will now earn FPPs 50% faster, meaning that for every 1 VPP you generate, you will be earning 1.5 FPPs. Things you can get as a SilverStar include cash bonuses such up to a max of $50, a ton of branded clothing accessories and a whole host of electronic equipment and gift certificates for a large selection of stores around the globe, and of course, as a SilverStar you have access to everything BronzeStars do.

The following step up is GoldStar. Reaching this VIP level is done by reaching the 3,000 VPP milestone in a month. As a GoldStar VIP you will get a 2x multiplier, which basically means you will be earning twice as many FPPs as VPPs. You will have access to every item in the store that are exclusive to lower VIP levels, but there will also be items available that are specific to the GoldStar level, which include a Deluxe 500 piece poker chip set and the ability to purchase a few online tournament tickets for FPPs, most notably a $320 buy-in entry and a $530 buy-in entry. You will also be able to buy a few Poker Stars branded money clips, which are very useful aside from looking good.

And next up we have the final monthly VIP level, which is PlatinumStar. You will have to earn about 7,500 VPPs in any given calendar month to reach this. Arguably the best benefit available to PlatinumStars is the 2.5x multiplier which makes it very easy to generate enough FPPs to buy everything in the store, and you will get access to a host of new things in the VIP store, as pretty much every non-cash item is unlocked. Every item that is available to the lesser VIP levels will be unlocked for PlatinumStars and aside from that you will also have exclusive goodies, which include: large cash bonuses up to $650 and a variety of big screen TVs. Generating FPPs to buy things in the store becomes incredibly easy at this level: meeting the requirements to maintain your level means that you will be earning at least 20,000 or so FPPs each and every single month.

And then we have Supernova. One of the yearly VIP levels, all you need to do is earn at least 100,000 VPP’s in any calendar year. This will basically make you eligible for almost all of the money bonuses in the VIP store, including the $1500 and the $4000 bonuses which are exclusive to this level. These bonuses cost 100,000 and 250,000 FPPs respectively, and will require you to earn 10,500 and 25,000 VPPs respectively within 90 days to clear them. Of course, you can take these bonuses as many times as you want (assuming you have the required FPPs to do it) but can only clear 1 at a time. Hopefully you are starting to see how much money you will be able to make while a Supernova on PokerStars.

At this level you will also be able to purchase the Porsche Cayman S from the VIP store, but acquiring it will cost you a cool 3,000,000 FPPs, so it will be quite a stretch to do this at Supernova.  Also available exclusively to Supernovas and above is the very popular Poker Stars.com concierge service. To use it you would have to simply buy something with a total value greater than $500 and then mail the receipts to PokerStars, and get the money back in your account in exchange for FPPs. The amount of FPPs required will obviously vary depending on what you bought, but you can get in contact with the very amazing Poker Stars CS and any doubts and curiosities you may have had would be cleared.

But that’s definitely not all. If you are truly hardcore, you should definitely try to reach the Supernova Elite VIP Level. This is the very best VIP player level on Poker Stars.com and requires 1,000,000 VPPs to reach, and will unlock every single thing you can get in the VIP Store. It is also a yearly VIP level meaning it is good until the next February. In a nutshell, you just reached the top of the mountain if you attain Supernova Elite.
For every VPP you earn while SNE, you will earn 5 FPPs, signifying a 5x multiplier is in effect. On the arduous road to reach Elite, thankfully, Poker Stars has implemented a large selection of cash money bonuses which can be purchased and will be deposited immediately in your account for every 100,000 VPP milestone you reach until Supernova Elite. The bonuses you will encounter along the way on your road to SNE will amount to very close to $100,000. Without a doubt, it is a very lucrative affair to reach SNE.

Each level also has access to Daily, Weekly and Monthly VIP tourneys that you can buy-in with FPPs; more details such as the time and date are available at PokerStars.com and also in the PokerStars lobby. And to help you make your way up the various VIP levels, Poker Stars.com will be giving out a large amount of milestone bonuses for reaching a set amount of yearly VPPs. Check the site or the PokerStars client for more details.

The PokerStars VIP program is full of surprises for their players. There is a lot of money just laying there for grabs in on PokerStars, and obviously with more play you will be getting more rewards. And the additional benefits from having set figures to reach should not be overlooked, as it will keep you focused on the grind. But now that you know all this, including the amounts of money you could potentially win, what are you waiting for? If you start playing today you will still be able to make PlatinumStar this month, with the sky being your only limit!

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