How to Port Forward PokerStars

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September 19, 2018 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 2 minutes

PokerStars is a Card Game game published by PokerStars.com released in 2010.

PokerStars is a card game. Most card games are played on a gaming table with a standard deck of 52 playing cards, but some games use alternate decks like Uno. Some card games render the players cards floating in the air over a virtual backdrop, and some even go so far as to render 3d graphics and animations. But all card games usually involve turn based strategy, betting, and points.

How to Port Forward PokerStars

When you are playing PokerStars you might need to forward some ports in your router. Forwarding ports is a useful trick in gaming because it can really help to make your network connection most stable and intermittently even faster. Routers were not designed to allow incoming network requests and some games can play tremendously better if an incoming connection is forwarded through the router to the game.

Before You Forward a Port

Before you can forward a port you need to know the following things:

How to find your router's IP Address

The easiest way to locate your router's IP address is to run our free Router Detector utility. It's a part of the Network Utilities suite of tools and it's completely free to use.

How To Forward Ports

Quickly get your ports forwarded using Network Utilities. Then when you are done you can just as easily close your ports back down to keep your network as secure as possible. You can also do it manually.

The process for forwarding a port is generally:

Ports To Forward for PokerStars

The ports for PokerStars are as follows:

PokerStars - PC

  • TCP: 22, 80, 443, 26002
  • UDP:

If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and PokerStars simply follow one of these links:

That's all it takes to open your ports. Want to learn how to create more port forwards? Check out our list of games and applications.

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