PokerStars Archive

On January 1, 2016, the PokerStars VIP Club was abruptly altered in such a way that high-stakes online poker players – the pro and semi-pro variety – got a lot less bang for their buck. The company’s transition to accommodating recreational players was not taken well by the higher status tiers, and chances are...
For years, professional poker players have become accustomed to traveling the globe to participate in the world’s largest live tournaments, like the European Poker Tour (EPT). PokerStars is hoping that same level of dedication will remain intact – if not expand – as the online poker operator prepares to rebrand its live events scheduled...
2016 was supposed to be the year – the year an online poker bill had a real chance of making it’s way through the Assembly, past the Senate, and into the home’s of Californians as a legally, state regulated activity. While probabilities certainly seemed higher than in past years, thanks to new developments last...
PokerStars finds itself in hot water yet again this week as a professional poker player has filed a lawsuit against the online poker operator’s parent, Amaya Services Ltd, for fraud, copyright infringement and other accusations stemming from the company’s alleged theft of the International Poker Rules. Marcel Luske, aka the ‘Flying Dutchman‘, is widely...
There was certainly much to be discussed at Tuesday’s scheduled Amaya Shareholder Meeting, and while the bulk of that discussion has been kept confidential, it was at least divulged that there is more than one bidder looking to take over Amaya Gaming and all of its subsidiaries, including online poker giant, PokerStars. For months now,...
Since late 2013, the Borgata Casino Resort has been striving to build a stellar reputation for its New Jersey online poker operation – one to matches its longstanding supremacy as the ‘Live poker king of Atlantic City‘. It was a relatively easy task for more than two years, right up until PokerStars NJ launched in...
Imagine walking into the store to purchase your favorite brand of coffee – as you always do – and finding the price has marginally increased. What do you do? You have only two choices. You can purchase the coffee at the increased price, willing to pay a bit more for your preferred brand, or...
PokerStars and its throng of high-stakes grinders haven’t been on the best of terms lately. A series of strikes were recently invoked by grinders who aren’t pleased with new changes to the VIP program, and now it seems the operator may be overstepping its bounds in an attempt to weed out bots. A lot...
Hot off the presses, PokerStars has announced the launch of a new mobile poker app, Jackpot Poker. The new app is available on Facebook, or for download on Android and Apple iOS mobile devices and tablets. It’s most laudable feature is that it offers SNG poker tournaments that mimic the creator’s wildly popular, real-money...