PokerStars Implements Sweeping Policy Changes to Third Party Tools PokerStars Implements Sweeping Policy Changes to Third Party Tools
Key Takeaways
  • Online poker giant Rational Group, parent company of PokerStars and Full Tilt, has crafted a new policy on acceptable and prohibited use of third party programs which impacts some of the most widely used tools by online poker players.
  • Various software providers, including Hold’em Manager, have already implemented changes that reduce the functionality of their software to stay within the new bounds expected on PokerStars.
  • Other third party tools are now completely prohibited, and may be forced to withdraw from their products from the market entirely.

Online poker giant Rational Group, parent company of PokerStars and Full Tilt, has crafted a new policy on acceptable and prohibited use of third party programs which impacts some of the most widely used tools by online poker players.

Various software providers, including Hold’em Manager, have already implemented changes that reduce the functionality of their software to stay within the new bounds expected on PokerStars.

Other third party tools are now completely prohibited, and may be forced to withdraw from their products from the market entirely.