Proponents of third-party poker software were dealt a blow this week after PokerStarsand PartyPoker announced that they would begin severely restricting the functionality of such utilities or prohibit their use altogether.

In response to some well publicized issues, PokerStarsrecently proposed changes to its terms of service for third-party software. These proposed changes were announced by PokerStars Steve on TwoPlusTwo and include prohibiting many programs that reduce the requirements of a person playing, services that facilitate hole card sharing, and tools that provide real-time advice based on […]

Many of the players reading this article are already using PokerStars 7 in Beta mode since its rollout in August. In fact, if PokerStars 7 were a standalone client, it would be the second largest online poker room in the world with 120,000 players; only the current version of the software, PokerStars 6, would be […]

PokerStars 7 has just been released in public Beta to .com, .eu, and .es players. The new client has a design that makes it easier for new and existing players to easily find the games they are looking for while having a flexible lobby layout with a few different views to keep just about any […]