Stars to move German players to dot.eu
Country is seventh to see players move under banner of operator's Maltese licence.
Germany will become the latest European country to see its poker players moved to PokerStars’ dot.eu client, the operator has confirmed, with migration due to take place this afternoon.
Six countries are already served by the domain, set up upon PokerStars’ receipt of a Malta licence earlier this year, with the Netherlands the most recent to make the switch in June. The other jurisdictions where PokerStars players have been redirected from dot.com to dot.eu are Finland, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Sweden.
Players will remain in the same player-pool as dot.com players, meaning the liquidity of games is unaffected by the change with a statement on the operator’s dot.eu blog explaining: “For the German players, this changes nothing, only the software is converted to the new [dot.eu] version.”
Once players’ accounts are transferred from dot.com to dot.eu they will also be required to re-download the PokerStars mobile app if they wish to continue playing on that particular format.
Meanwhile one of PokerStars’ live tours, the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT), has announced a new stop in Panama. It will be the first time it has held an event in the Central American country.
It will take place in September at the Veneto Wyndham Grand Hotel & Casino in Panama City with LAPT president David Carrion saying: “This is an event and a partnership for the long run, focused on the Venezuelan and Central American market.”