A real money version of Zoom Poker—PokerStars’ “fast-moving ring game product”—is scheduled to be released sometime this week, however the initial launch will be limited to nano-stakes no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha (PLO) cash games. PokerStars’ representative Lee Jones announced that the nano-stakes beta release is scheduled for this week.
Though no time frame has been published, higher stakes and other games including limit hold’em cash games and tournaments will be added.
Similar to Full Tilt’s Rush Poker, Zoom is a fast-paced poker variant where players join an uncapped pool of players, much like a multi-table tournament. Once signed in, they are instantly seated at random with other opponents in the pool. At the end of each hand, they are moved randomly to a new table with a new selection of players. Players can “fast-fold” preflop, instantly moving them on to the next hand, allowing players to play more than 200 hands per hour while one-tabling.
Zoom Poker first debuted on testpokerstars.com in late February following months of rumors and speculation. Timing for the introduction of a full slate of real money games and perhaps even a mobile version has yet to be announced.
