{"id":1155,"date":"2016-01-22T12:26:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T17:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2019-11-26T22:32:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T22:32:06","slug":"pokerstar-is-determinate-to-prevent-cheating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/pokerstar-is-determinate-to-prevent-cheating\/","title":{"rendered":"PokerStar Is Determinate to Prevent Cheating"},"content":{"rendered":"

PokerStars has recently made changes to their VIP program, this lead to many criticisms from its high stake players. High stake players have even boycott PokerStars on two different occasions. Even though the online poker site received a bunch of negative reactions, they decided to implement the changes anyway. The goal of those measures is to prevent collusion, cheating and the use of third-party software or bots.<\/p>\n

PokerStars wants to make sure that all of players\u2019 game decisions are 100% their own and that players do not make use of any input or feedback from bots, software or other humans. When compared to the online poker industry of just a few years ago, it is definitely a radical change. Back then a lot of things seemed to give players an edge.<\/p>\n

One of the measures taken by PokerStars, was to send an email out a couple of their high stakes players to inform them they were obliged to prove they were making their game decisions on their own without the help of no one else neither a software.<\/p>\n

PokerStars send instructions together with this request. The instructions were on how to videotape their play. The main points were the following:<\/p>\n