Key Takeaways
- Late in the day on Friday,PokerStars announced that starting in June it will be discontinuing all revenue share payments for players that signed up more than two years ago.
- This week we will see the conclusion of “Brains vs. Artificial Intelligence” where some of the best Heads-Up No Limit Hold ‘em players in the world are taking on “Claudico,” an online poker bot, in an 80,000 hand battle.
- With his victory at the 2015 European Poker Tour Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller in which he won more than €2 million, at least one poker writer is beginning to ask if Erik Seidel is the greatest of all time.
PokerStars Changes Its Affiliate Program
Late in the day on Friday, PokerStars announced that starting in June it will be discontinuing all revenue share payments for players that signed up more than two years ago. That two-year window will also be applied to all new players signed up through affiliates going forward.
The impact of this decision on poker media outlets will be significant. One affiliate that did not want to be named, estimated that it may lose as much as 75% of its revenue as a result of the new policy.
