Key Takeaways
- Players would effectively receive about 20% more points playing these games, a bug that existed “for a period of months.” a rep confirmed.
- “There was indeed an error in VPP awarding at our $0.05/$0.10 NL Omaha Hi/Lo pool for a period of months, up until quite recently.
- Belyakov originally posted on the Russian forum without revealing the details of this bug, asking players for input on how best to “reveal” the data and potentially receive a reward for spotting the bug.
- Though originally told by a support rep that there was no bug, Belyakov has been promised “a token of our appreciation” by PokerStars.
The Russian online poker community spotted a pretty big leak on certain PokerStars’ PLO tables late last week—they were paying out 8.5 VPPs instead of the usual 7.
