March 9, 2016
Online poker provider Pokerstars is gearing up for another massive internet tournament, announcing that satellites have begun for players to qualify for a massive 100,000 players, million-dollar free roll event to be held March 17 this year. In a press release, the company advises that players are being given two chances to qualify into the […]
March 1, 2016
Austrian players using the French-regulated version of Pokerstars at Pokerstars.fr have been advised by the company that effective March 1st the site will be closing its virtual doors to Austrian players. In a message to Austrian players, the online poker company advised: “We are writing to inform you that, due to the latest change in […]
February 26, 2016
Big news breaking late Thursday in a press release from parent Amaya Inc., is that Pokerstars has been approved to offer New Jersey online gambling fans all the action they can handle from March 21 this year. Pokerstars was last operational in the United States – under different ownership and management – in 2011, exiting […]
February 17, 2016
A press release from Amaya Inc late Tuesday advised the world that it plans to merge subsidiaries Full Tilt and Pokerstars into “one market-leading poker product.” “This platform migration will allow Amaya’s development and technology teams to focus on improving one market-leading platform rather than two, leading to a better gaming experience for all; improvements […]
February 10, 2016
Online poker giant Pokerstars continued to implement its overall strategy of creating a more recreational player-friendly environment this week, announcing that regular heads up cash games are to be replaced by heads up Zoom products in order to reduce the impact of “predatory” behaviour by professionals. Regular heads up players were told in email communications […]
February 9, 2016
A 25-year-old Russian professional poker player with an interest in economics (and that’s all he’s prepared to reveal about himself) scored two notable firsts on Pokerstars this week – the first Spin&Go big win of 2016, and the fastest million dollar win so far, according to the Pokerstars blog. Using the handle Rainman751 the pro […]
January 26, 2016
Amaya’s communications chief, Eric Hollreiser has somewhat belatedly published his company’s perspective on the meeting with aggrieved players held on January 18. His view of the event follows the publication of Daniel Negreanu’s version of the Montreal gathering and the 2+2 forum briefing posted by the players themselves (see previous reports). Using the Pokerstars blog, […]
January 25, 2016
The title of the 2+2 forum briefing by a player delegation following a grievance meeting with Amaya execs says it all: “We Deeply Regret That we Are Not Bringing Back Any Good News.” The meeting earlier this month saw Pokerstars players Dani Stern, Isaac Haxton and Daniel Dvoress travelling to Montreal to face Amaya execs […]
January 22, 2016
The meeting of a high stakes player delegation with Amaya top management this week (see previous reports) piqued the interest of many in the industry, but thus far there have been no official statements – joint or otherwise – from either party on the outcome of the discussions. Explaining that they are bound by non-disclosure […]