Key Takeaways
- Many players seated at tables were disconnected and forced to sit out.
- While it first appeared to be a routing issue with a UK ISP, a PokerStars representative first reported, it later transpired taht the issue was widespread and affected dot-country sites as well as players on dot-com and dot-eu.
PokerStars representatives confirmed that an unexpected network outage affected its players globally yesterday, as players reported a string of connection issues.
Reports from players began to flood community forums around 8:30am GMT. While games continued to run, players were unable log in. Many players seated at tables were disconnected and forced to sit out.
While it first appeared to be a routing issue with a UK ISP, a PokerStars representative first reported, it later transpired that the issue was widespread and affected dot-country sites as well as players on dot-com and dot-eu.
