While a few people are full-time professional poker players, most have to balance a day job and evening outings to play poker matches. You may spend many of your breaks at work reading up poker books or browsing websites to watch game strategies.

If you play poker professionally, you are your own boss, so only you decide when to take a day off. Secondly, the most successful professional poker players live extraordinary life. Quite often, they can travel all around the world and work from almost any place on earth.

You can win real money in cash games and tournaments\n\n PokerStars' real money cash games and tournaments pay out in cold, hard cash, meaning that you can sometimes win a tidy sum once you have honed your skills, and if Lady Luck is on your side!

We employ some of the toughest and most secure systems to protect the integrity of your account, but any account is only as secure as its weakest link, which for many people is their password. Your password can be up to 20 characters long, and lengthier passwords are usually stronger.