PokerStars Confirms Investigation into PLO Bot Ring Underway PokerStars Confirms Investigation into PLO Bot Ring Underway
Key Takeaways
  • In May, accounts of winners at PokerStars’s midstakes PLO games were banned for terms of service violations.
  • Further investigation by players implicates more accounts on multiple sites.
  • Online poker room confirms investigation continues.

Online gaming giant PokerStars has confirmed to concerned players that an they are conducting an investigation into suspected cheaters at the mid-stakes Pot Limit Omaha cash games.

The investigation follows a probe earlier this year in which players playing primarily PLO cash games were banned for Terms of Service violations.

According to public investigations by players, top end estimates suggest that as many as 35 accounts are involved in a cheating ring across PokerStars, Full Tilt and 888, winning almost $1.5 million.