PokerStars Deploys Fix for Automated Seat Reservation
Key Takeaways
  • Earlier this month, PokerStars acknowledged a problem with “seating scripts” that were effectively locking out cash game tables.
  • dismissing a seat three times within a six hour period.
  • The changes may not stop there: PokerStars has committed to considering broader changes that will “reduce the overall impact” of seating scripts.

Last week PokerStars deployed a change to its software that aims to fix the issue of automated seating scripts blocking cash game tables.

Earlier this month, PokerStars acknowledged a problem with “seating scripts”—third party tools that find tables and automatically seat the user—that were effectively locking out cash game tables.

Tools were using an aggressive tactic of reserving seats, and using the time limit PokerStars gives a user—45 seconds to take the take after it is has been reserved—to wait to see if a weaker player joined the table.