When it comes to game selection, no one can accuse PokerStars or FullTilt of lacking in variety. Both Stars and Tilt have a tremendous selection of cash game variations, most of which are well supported by the player base. Its one thing to offer a poker game, it’s a whole different story to have the players to back the game, as many of us have surely discovered playing poker at smaller online poker rooms or even live at a casino.

Both PokerStars and FullTilt do a fantastic job of providing Texas Holdem action, with games forming and running constantly throughout the day and night. Waiting lists are often common during peak and off times, especially for the more juicy cash tables on Stars and Tilt.

Stars and Tilt additionally host a decent selection of games for the Omaha players, with Omaha Hi/Lo, as well as the more traditional Omaha variation of poker ready to take your action. While FullTilt may hold a slight edge in Omaha action overall, Stars’ Omaha game availability is more than enough for an Omaha player to find more than a few good games. The same case can be built with Seven Card Stud. Both Tilt and Stars offer Stud variations of cash games and have enough traffic to offer the game regularly.

Razz players are best served waiting until closer to evening time for a good selection of games on either Stars or Tilt. However, during the evening hours, Razz games are available in bulk. Thus, it is not difficult to find a good Razz game during peak time in either poker room. Poker players looking for variations of draw poker however are best served heading to PokerStars. FullTilt is absent draw poker games, while PokerStars offers a nice selection of five card draw poker cash games, as well as 2-7 Triple and Single Draw Lowball Poker variants. These versions of draw poker are slightly populated during the daytime hours, while picking up significantly in interest as the sun sets.

Both PokerStars and FullTilt have an interesting selection of mixed poker games, where different variations of poker are played within the same game, changing every round. H.O.R.S.E., as well as H.O.S.E. are available at both PokerStars and FullTilt’s cash game areas respectively. Additionally, FullTilt offers a selection of mixed games variations of poker, which include 7-Game, HA, HEROS, HO, HOE, OA, OE, as well as SE. PokerStars offers PLH/PLO games, as well as 8-Game, Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo, and Mixed Holdem.

It is worth noting that PokerStars has decent traffic throughout the day on their H.O.R.S.E. tables, PLH/PLO tables as well as their 8-game tables, while the FullTilt players support H.O.R.S.E. and 7-game through most non-peak times. The other mixed game variations are offered but supported by appropriate player bases intermittently.

While both online poker rooms offer a plethora of cash game poker variations, PokerStars indeed has the slight edge when it comes to more of a variety. The draw poker variations offered at Stars are enough to propel PokerStars slightly over the top in determining which poker room offers the best variety of cash games on the web.