I’ve tried them both extensively. I had the opportunity to promote Poker Stars, but declined. I really do like FTP the best, which is why I promote them.
FTP: While in a hand, if you run out of chips, you can refill you stack without leaving the game.
PS: You have to exit the table.
PS: You have to exit the table.
FTP: Free lessons from some of the best poker players in the world. Hours of video lessons. Chances to earn points for completing the lessons and taking challenges at the end of the lessons. You can spend the points in their store.
PS: No lessons. No points. No videos. No advice from pros.
FTP: Lots and lots of choices; Holdem, Omaha, Stud, tournaments, many many more options, lots of choices of stakes sizes. Lots of low stakes tables for beginners
PS: Probably the second-best online in this regard, but not as much as FTP. Espceially when it comes to low stakes options for beginners.
FTP: Very easy navigation when choosing your game (Holdem vs Omaha, etc), choosing your pot style (No Limit, Pot Limit, etc), table size, size of blinds from 2 cents to 100 dollars. They have two different systems to navigate this, and you are free to switch back and forth between the two. Very user friendly
PS: Not so much. Yes, you have choices, but they are fewer, and the navigation is more clumsy.
FTP: Nice aesthetics to the website, the poker lobby, and the poker rooms. In fact, you can choose from a variety of poker rooms.
PS: They need to hire a professional artist.
If you are a beginner and you start with Poker Stars, plan on losing. If you start with FTP, you can play lots of low stakes tables, and then the losing you do at first doesn’t hurt. Because seriously, you do lose at first. But as you develop your skills, there are many options to move up in stakes with FTP. Poker Stars? Just keep on losing and learn to love it.
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