The Department of Justice is just saying, "No," to 1500 PokerStars remittance claims. This most recent batch of claims includes a large number of affiliates who aren't likely to ever see money they earned for sending players to PokerStars in the heady pre-Black Friday online poker boom. For this unlucky group, the options for filing…
Beginning March 28, 2016, PokerStars will be implementing a host of new pricing policies that are aimed at the online poker world's prodigious shark population. The new policies include a hefty rake increase and are not particularly popular with the professional poker playing community. Some highlights from the new plan, which was announced on PokerStars'…
PokerStars.fr is bidding, "Adieu" to its Austrian based players. The move comes in the wake of a new value added tax (VAT) that's set to shave an additional 20% off the company's take. News of PokerStars.fr's Austrian exit broke earlier this week, but the decision to leave has been brewing since 2007. That's when new…
It's beginning to look as if boycotting PokerStars isn't a particularly effective tool for convincing the online poker giant to change their VIP policies. This revelation comes as he second organized boycott of the company in a month failed miserably. The most recent PokerStars boycott by high-stakes players was set to take effect on January…
Recent changes to PokerStars' VIP program were the inspiration for a recent boycott of the site by some of its biggest players. The results of that boycott were something of a mixed bag but the bottom is this, the online poker world is changing, no matter what the whales think. The genesis of the boycott…
PokerStars and its parent company Amaya Gaming recently sent out a message to their New Jersey players who had accounts prior to Black Friday asking them to please cash out as soon as possible. In an e-mail that went out out on Thursday night, the company told the group of hard luck players that the…
Before Amaya Gaming could say, "hello," to its New Jersey Gaming License, the massive poker company had to say, "Goodbye," to four of its top executives. That was a specific demand from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) before granting Amaya a New Jersey gaming license, according to a report in iGamingBusiness.com. Those…
PokerStars is taking aim at third party software products and heads up displays (HUDs) that are giving data-minded card sharks an online poker edge. The policies are part of a larger effort to make online poker sites more friendly towards casual players. PokerStars Sit & Go and Tournament Manager Baard Dahl introduced the proposed changes…
After an extended legal battle, and plenty of Jersey Shore-worthy drama, PokerStars is finally launching its New Jersey online poker product. Though there's no confirmed launch date, sources in the know (including CalvinAyre.com and OnlinePokerReport.com) suggest that PokerStars could receive its Jersey gaming license and be completely operational as soon as October 20. At least…
PokerStars' new VIP reward program is not going over very well with the VIP players it's designed to serve. Across online poker forums, players derided the new plan as a blatant, "money grab," that's made actually earning rewards excessively difficult. PokerStars officials, on the other hand, are defending the VIP program - which is still…
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