In a week that has seen a lot of interesting poker stories hit the airwaves, Poker Stars has certainly made some people sit up and take notice with their most recent bonus offering. The main reason that people have taken notice at this bonus is not so much the fact that the bonus is impressive, but more that Poker Stars is the one offering it.

The bonus is worth 100% up to $600 and has replaced the previous $50 signup bonus that Poker Stars has been known for offering. As part of being the world’s largest online poker site, people have come to accept the fact that Poker Stars would be stingy with the bonus offerings. Apparently, those people were wrong. Not only has Poker Stars increased their first time deposit bonus, they have increased it by an amount that is absolutely staggering at this point in time.

Why have they done it? One can’t entirely be sure, but it is quite possible that Poker Stars is worried about losing that number one spot to Full Tilt Poker. Full Tilt Poker still has the overall more impressive team of professionals and they have the new software package that has drawn a lot of media attention in recent days. Poker Stars needed to do something to get back into the game and introducing the $600 signup bonus does seem like a good idea. The lack of bonus money was the main criticism of Poker Stars and this $600 bonus with a 6-month release period is something that should definitely address it.

At the same time that the signup bonus was released, Poker Stars also released a reload bonus offer. People taking advantage of this reload bonus can get a bonus amount worth 50% up to $300. That is an impressive amount of money because it allows you to deposit the same amount as you would for the signup bonus in order to get the maximum amount of money. Between the signup bonus and the reload bonus, Poker Stars is most definitely poised to make a serious run at being the media attention getter in the online poker world this week.