PokerStars withdraws heads-up cash games

Amaya-owned PokerStars has opted to pull regular heads-up cash game tables from its service offering.

In an email distributed to customers, PokerStars confirmed from today (Friday), players will no longer have access to No Limit Hold’em, Fixed Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha Heads-Up regular tables.

Such games will be replaced with Zoom pools, a format where players compete against a different opponent on each hand.

Despite the withdrawal, PokerStars did reveal that it intends to introduce a new $50/$100 option in order to cater for higher stakes customers.

Eric Hollreiser, head of corporate communications at PokerStars’ parent company Amaya, said in a statement: “These changes are part of PokerStars’ ongoing strategic plan to improve the poker ecosystem and enhance the player experience.

“We expect these changes to incentivise more players to be focused on playing poker and less focused on selecting opponents.

“Ultimately we believe this will raise the competitive bar and help increase a fun and fair playing experience for everyone.”

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