So long Pokerstars it's been a blast

NotADonk · May 8, 2026

pjokay said:
From memory Fulltilt went bust and din't seem to payout players funds. Pokertsras bought them and honoured the debts.

IIRC Fulltilt didn't go bust as such, iirc the owners withdrew a lot of the players funds and used them as their own money, so if every player had withdrawn, Fulltilt wouldn't have been able to pay out, so the regulators pulled the plug. So they only sort of went bust. The bit about Pokerstars taking them over and honouring Fulltilt payouts is iirc correct.

hardongear · May 8, 2026

Ron112355 said:
I have read lot's of reviews from people already using the Fandule poker software, thanks but no thanks

Always believing what other people tell you is naive and just stupidly silly. You know just maybe/likely they're selling you a bit of bullshit because they can see there's easier money there and wanna talk/keep the better players out and from playing. That's what I would do if I really cared about and was in it for just the money. For me it's more about the challenge and competition. Keeping good players out is just another +EV decision and a great one.

Cheers!!!

fundiver199 · May 8, 2026

NotADonk said:
IIRC Fulltilt didn't go bust as such, iirc the owners withdrew a lot of the players funds and used them as their own money, so if every player had withdrawn, Fulltilt wouldn't have been able to pay out, so the regulators pulled the plug.

Might not matter to much, because its not ok either way, but I think, it was more a case of Full Tilt using players deposits to invest in the business rather than owners "withdrawing a lot of money". And then, what happened, was essentially like a run on a bank. Banks lend out money, which other people have deposited, so if every single depositor wants their money back at the same time, because there are rumours about the bank going down, then these rumours will become a self-fulfilling prophecy, even if the bank is perhaps profitable.

fundiver199 · May 8, 2026

hardongear said:
Always believing what other people tell you is naive and just stupidly silly. You know just maybe/likely they're selling you a bit of bullshit because they can see there's easier money there and wanna talk/keep the better players out and from playing. That's what I would do if I really cared about and was in it for just the money. For me it's more about the challenge and competition. Keeping good players out is just another +EV decision and a great one.

Or they are exaggerating, because the software is not as good as that of PokerStars, or because they just dont like change, or because they are affiliated with competing sites. Many possible reasons why you should not rely only on online reviews, especially when its both cheap and simply to find out for yourself. Its not like, we are talking about booking a $4.000 vacation or buying a new car for $40.000, where if you make the wrong choise, its kind of a bummer.

hardongear · May 8, 2026

fundiver199 said:
Or they are exaggerating, because the software is not as good as that of PokerStars, or because they just dont like change, or because they are affiliated with competing sites. Many possible reasons why you should not rely only on online reviews, especially when its both cheap and simply to find out for yourself. Its not like, we are talking about booking a $4.000 vacation or buying a new car for $40.000, where if you make the wrong choise, its kind of a bummer.

Agree with all this and to be honest it's 90% of the human race LOATHES anything that changes whether the change is good or not. People just don't like change.....hell I don't like change

but I'd never take anyone's word on changes 100%. I'd still go find out for myself as it's the +EV move.

Cheers!!!

thedarkman · May 8, 2026

Vallet said:
Those were the glory days. Now there are fewer and fewer players, fewer and fewer regions and countries on PokerStars.

The glory days of on-line poker are long gone.

MAFNL16061986 · May 8, 2026

so sadly pkerstars and partypoker is not licned anymore in the netherlands i had to switch over to ggpoker now good old times pokerstars and partypoker

martinoni · May 8, 2026

Who knows someday PS and Party can become great sites again?

Ron112355 · Jun 5, 2026

So got a case of FOMO and decided to check out Fanduel, took advantage of the intro offers and so far have more than doubled my deposit just on free spins and sports bets while I waited for them to launch their version of the Pokerstars App. which I downloaded this morning. Played a few games to check it out and honestly am surprised Pokerstars is allowing their name to be attached to such a second rate skin, it is better than a few sites I have played in the past it's not terrible but no where near as nice as the real Pokerstars App.
I did manage to configure my PT4 to work with it, so at least will have a bit of an advantage when playing for whatever free stuff they offer to lure users back.

Starting with 2 free $5.00 spin and go Tickets so am up $10 already lol

TeUnit · Jun 5, 2026

I would love to be able to play on Fan Duel.

Ron112355 · Jun 5, 2026

TeUnit said:
I would love to be able to play on Fan Duel.

It's not the shared pool with the states that legalized, so far we only play against Ontario players most of who are playing on The Ontario Version of GG Poker so you're not missing much IMO

eberetta1 · Jun 5, 2026

News to me that Pokerstars is now FanDuel. I haven't played funny money on Stars since Cardschat stopped offering games on Pokerstars. Sucks if I will have to open a Fan Duel account. I am still trying to get money off of Everygame which used to be Intertops. Much less open another can o' worms.

Ron112355 · Jun 5, 2026

eberetta1 said:
News to me that Pokerstars is now FanDuel. I haven't played funny money on Stars since Cardschat stopped offering games on Pokerstars. Sucks if I will have to open a Fan Duel account. I am still trying to get money off of Everygame which used to be Intertops. Much less open another can o' worms.

Just in Ontario we were ring fenced from the rest of the world a while back, guess we were too small of a market so they kicked us to the curb lol

Rmi · Jun 5, 2026

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