Poker room · Two sites compared
Sites Like PokerStars
Sites like PokerStars, judged on what PokerStars’ own record shows for poker: PartyPoker and 888poker.
Each shares at least two of the things PokerStars’ record is noted for, such as a route into live poker tours. Two are run by other licence holders; none is on PokerStars’ licence account.
By Simon Joshua, iGaming content writerPublished
The two sites at a glance
All run by other licence holders
None of the sites compared here is on PokerStars’ licence account.
Ordered by what each shares with PokerStars, same kind of site first. Not a ranking.
PokerStars: what its record shows
Every comparison below is set against this record. A line missing here is not on record, which is not the same as PokerStars not having it.
- Kind of site
- Poker room
- Poker on its menu
- Poker
- Noted for
- Live poker tour Browser play Jackpot sit & goes Omaha Tournaments
- Poker
- Spin & Go, Cash Games, All-In Poker and MTTs (its multi-table tournaments) on its poker menu, Hold'em, Omaha, Stud and Draw games, a download client and play in the browser, and Power Path, its route into European Poker Tour events
- Its menu
- Casino games · Sports betting · Poker
- Record dated
- 8 August 2026
PartyPoker: a live poker tour and jackpot sit and goes
| Kind of site | Poker room |
|---|---|
| Run by | LC International Limited Different licence holder |
| Poker on its menu | Poker |
| In common with PokerStars | Live poker tour Jackpot sit & goes Omaha Tournaments |
| Poker, as recorded | Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha as cash games, tournaments with satellites, Fast Forward tables and SPINS, a download client and a mobile poker app, and its own PartyPoker Tour |
| Its menu | Slots · Live casino · Sports betting · Poker |
| App | A poker app is described in its record |
| Record dated | 17 August 2026 and 11 October 2026 |
PartyPoker is a poker room run by LC International Limited, a different licence holder from PokerStars. Its record matches PokerStars’ on a route into live poker tours, jackpot sit and goes, Omaha as well as Hold’em and poker tournaments.
On a live poker tour, PokerStars’ record describes its route into European Poker Tour events; PartyPoker’s, its own PartyPoker Tour. Both name jackpot sit and goes: Spin & Go at PokerStars, Fast Forward tables and SPINS at PartyPoker.
If you want online games that lead to live events, PartyPoker keeps that in common with PokerStars.
Of what PokerStars’ record shows, poker you can play in a browser is not on record for PartyPoker. A silent record is not the same as the site lacking it.
888poker: jackpot sit and goes, plus Omaha
| Kind of site | Poker room |
|---|---|
| Run by | 888 UK Limited Different licence holder |
| Poker on its menu | Poker |
| In common with PokerStars | Jackpot sit & goes Omaha Tournaments |
| Poker, as recorded | Texas Hold'em and Omaha, and its own SNAP and BLAST formats, each playable as a cash game, sit and go or tournament, with a download client and a tournaments section |
| Its menu | Poker |
| Record dated | 3 September 2026 |
888poker is a poker room run by 888 UK Limited, a different licence holder from PokerStars. Its record matches PokerStars’ on jackpot sit and goes, Omaha as well as Hold’em and poker tournaments.
Both name jackpot sit and goes: Spin & Go at PokerStars, BLAST formats at 888poker. On Omaha, PokerStars’ record describes Omaha; 888poker’s, Texas Hold'em and Omaha.
If you play jackpot sit and goes, 888poker keeps that in common with PokerStars.
888poker’s record does not mention a route into live poker tours or poker you can play in a browser, which PokerStars has on record, so this comparison leaves those open.
Side by side
| PokerStars’ traits | PokerStars | PartyPoker | 888poker |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live poker tour | On record | On record | Not on record |
| Browser play | On record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Jackpot sit & goes | On record | On record | On record |
| Omaha | On record | On record | On record |
| Tournaments | On record | On record | On record |
– means the site’s record does not mention it: unknown, not absent. ✕ appears only where a site states it does not offer something.
More sites like PokerStars
These also have poker and share at least one of PokerStars’ recorded traits, without a full comparison on this page. Same order as above; not a ranking.
Online casino · Different licence holder
In common: poker you can play in a browser, jackpot sit and goes and poker tournaments.
Online casino · Different licence holder
In common: a route into live poker tours, Omaha as well as Hold’em and poker tournaments.
Sportsbook · Different licence holder
In common: jackpot sit and goes, Omaha as well as Hold’em and poker tournaments.
Who runs PokerStars
PokerStars is run by Stars Interactive Limited. In the Gambling Commission register copy of 5 October 2026, pokerstars.uk is listed as active on account 39108 (licence 039108-R-319334-026). Register entry for Stars Interactive Limited
No other brand in these records is on that licence account. That covers these records only.
Questions about sites like PokerStars
Which sites are like PokerStars?
On the records used here, PartyPoker and 888poker are compared with PokerStars in full on this page, and 32Red, Grosvenor Casinos, Coral and Unibet also share at least one of its recorded traits. They are listed because they have poker and share what PokerStars’ record is noted for, not because of who owns them.
Does PokerStars have sister sites?
None of the other brands in these records is on PokerStars’ licence account (Stars Interactive Limited, account 39108) in the register copy of 5 October 2026. That says nothing about brands outside these records.
Who runs PokerStars?
PokerStars is run by Stars Interactive Limited, Gambling Commission account 39108, licence 039108-R-319334-026. pokerstars.uk is listed as active on that account in the register copy of 5 October 2026.
Which sites like PokerStars also have a live poker tour?
PartyPoker and Grosvenor Casinos have a route into live poker tours on record, as PokerStars does. A site missing from that list may still have it: its record simply does not say.