- GGPoker has blocked public tournament databases like SharkScope from displaying tournament results on its platform.
- The move, aimed at protecting less experienced players, took effect from September 1st.
- GGPoker also launched a new feature, “Tournament Honours”, highlighting player achievements in tournaments.
- Despite the timing, GGPoker insists the SharkScope ban and Tournament Honours launch are unrelated.
- The decision sparked debate in the online poker community, especially among dedicated SharkScope users.
- GGPoker is not the first to restrict tournament results, with partypoker and 888poker implementing similar restrictions previously.
“GGPoker made this decision to prevent players from targeting others with a poor tournament record that they may consider 'weaker’. This is part of our ongoing efforts to protect and improve poker ecology.”
GGPoker has decided to prohibit public tournament databases such as SharkScope from tracking and displaying tournament results on its platform. Such a move has been taken to protect “weaker players,” the operator says.
The move is thought to have been implemented on September 1, and new tournament results are no longer being tracked and displayed on SharkScope.
Additionally, GGPoker has introduced a new feature named “Tournament Honours.” This feature highlights notable accomplishments of players within the tournament, including distinctions such as “Top 10 Biggest Players,” “Top 10 Most Appearances at Final Table,” and “Top 10 Recent Winners.”
While the timing of this feature’s launch coincides with the ban on SharkScope, GGPoker maintains that the two actions are unrelated.
SharkScope, a long-standing and widely-used database of online poker tournament results, took to social media to confirm the news that GGPoker has ceased allowing the platform to track and display its tournament results.
This decision has provoked strong reactions, particularly from dedicated SharkScope users who have come to rely on the platform as a useful tool for tracking their performance and assessing their opponents.
“GGPoker made this decision to prevent players from targeting others with a poor tournament record that they may consider 'weaker,'” GGPoker issued a statement to PRO. “This is part of our ongoing efforts to protect and improve poker ecology.”
