January 20, 2016
A long-running Illinois court action against Pokerstars and its parent group Amaya Gaming reached another milestone last week when the Seventh Court of Appeals supported lower court rulings that Judy Fahrner and her son Daniel, and Kelly Sonnenberg and her son Casey cannot recover money lost gambling on the internet poker companies’ websites back in […]
January 19, 2016
In what appears to be an effort to resolve loyalty program differences that have seen two boycott attempts by high stakes players, Pokerstars has agreed to meet with a player delegation in Montreal today (Tuesday) to discuss issues of mutual interest. Tweets and forum posts from Dani Stern, Daniel Negreanu, Isaac Haxton and Daniel Dvoress […]
January 14, 2016
The independent online poker monitor Pokerscout reports that the second boycott of Pokerstars by players aggrieved at changes to the operator’s loyalty program has potentially been as unsuccessful as the first. Our readers will recall that high stakes players on 2+2, WeArePokerPlayers.com and Tiltbook made a second attempt to persuade Pokerstars to relent early in […]
January 6, 2016
Players angered and disappointed by the changes to the Pokerstars loyalty program (see previous reports) launched a second boycott initiative on the first day of the new year with the intention of maintaining the stay away until Friday. Organised by WeArePokerPlayers.com, Tiltbook, Gypsy Team, and several high-stakes players, the boycott was described on the 2+2 […]
December 28, 2015
The issue of third party data mining on Pokerstars surfaced again on the 2+2 forum over the weekend as a growing number of players expressed resentment at their hands being watched and saved by software deployed by data firms, often for sale. It’s an issue that won’t go away, and in the past Pokerstars officials […]
December 24, 2015
Franklin Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wingate hit the headlines again Wednesday, granting the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s request for triple damages on the $290 million award he made against Pokerstars and parent Amaya Gaming in November (see previous reports). That could see the two online gambling companies saddled with a total of $870 million…and that’s not […]
December 17, 2015
A county level case in Kentucky that had its genesis in a failed 2008 attempt to seize the international domains of online gambling companies (see previous reports) is back in the headlines this week with the news that Franklin Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wingate recently awarded a $290 million judgment against defendants Pokerstars and its […]
December 15, 2015
The thirteenth Pokerstars Spin & Go instant millionaire has been created, with Aussie online poker player Anthony “GrindHeaps” Ashton the latest to score after playing just 33 hands in a $100 buy-in game to become wealthy in under ten minutes. Two runners up from Ireland and England were awarded $100,000 each. 33 hands of action […]
December 14, 2015
Despite the apparent failure of a recent boycott of Pokerstars mounted by high stakes players angered by changes to the company’s VIP program (see previous reports), it appears that there are some for whom the issue is still very much alive. Reports from EPT Prague indicate that a small number of the players turned up […]
December 11, 2015
The three-day early December stay away from Pokerstars staged by high stakes players disgruntled by the changes to the company’s VIP program was ineffective, according to a Pokerstars presser released this week. Communications chief Eric Hollreiser commented on the issue in a statement announcing four new $1 million free roll tournaments scheduled for next year. […]