PokerStars VIP Rep thread.

actyper

Plus one, interest level drops so much when it's seat only

PokerStars VIP

Have passed the feedback on. I understand it's not an insignificant amount of travel and expense coming from across the country. Canada is a big place.

Cheers,
Dylan

lynx5

PokerStars VIP;377220 wroteHave passed the feedback on. I understand it's not an insignificant amount of travel and expense coming from across the country. Canada is a big place.

Cheers,
Dylan

Even coming from Toronto, Ontario its not enough.

I grind mostly just satellite's for a couple years now and I'll be skipping this one myself, such a shame. I would love too play it as a seat+hotel+travel though.

NicoZach

PokerStars VIP;370799 wroteI have heard of similar problems from players near the U.S. border reporting that the internet is being routed through a U.S. IP. This seems to be more common in hotel provided internet. As far as I know, there is no workaround to this. If you're booking a hotel for vacation on the Canadian side, you could check with the hotel to see where their IP is based before booking.

Hope that helps.

Regards,
Dylan

FYI, Hampton Inn and many of the Hilton Hotel affiliates in the Ottawa region have this problem. Their Internet is routed from Texas so no way to log onto PStars.

T8urmoney

What's the reason for stopping satty's into the YUL event so early?

jontm

What's the reason for the Stars branding disappearing altogether is a better question?

Montreal Poker | Playground Poker Club :: PokerStars Montreal Festival 2014

Link "reads" the old way but creative everywhere has changed. Strange coincidence at exactly same time aquasition by Canadian company inked.

philliivey

jontm;378978 wroteWhat's the reason for the Stars branding disappearing altogether is a better question?

Montreal Poker | Playground Poker Club :: PokerStars Montreal Festival 2014

Link "reads" the old way but creative everywhere has changed. Strange coincidence at exactly same time aquasition by Canadian company inked.

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PokerStars VIP

Hi guys,

I can confirm that due to unforeseen circumstances, PokerStars will not be continuing its participation in the upcoming festival. The tournament will continue as planned as the "Playground Festival of Poker" and we will be honoring our previous commitment to players and satellite winners. No other PokerStars services in Canada are affected.

For those that bought a ticket and attended the VIP Club Live party in Montreal, the private satellite for those players will still be held as scheduled.

Thanks,
Dylan

[deleted]

what are the "unforeseen circumstances" , Dylan?

[deleted]

should canadians be concerned for the future of pokerstars in the canadian market?

MadMax

Perhaps Baazov/Amaya want to distance themselves from Playground as they are considering a move into b & m casinos as well...

jontm

And now it's hit the main PokerNews site. Does "unforeseen" mean that that the legal team of a 5 billion dollar venture missed that those they were getting in bed with might not like it, or does it mean this kind of info is on a need to know basis & we don't need to know?

BlondeFish

PlaygroundPoker wroteHey everyone:

1. Due to unforeseen circumstances, PokerStars has withdrawn their branding from the event.
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PokerStars VIP;379055 wroteHi guys,

I can confirm that due to unforeseen circumstances, PokerStars will not be continuing its participation in the upcoming festival. The tournament will continue as planned as the "Playground Festival of Poker" [sic] and we will be honoring our previous commitment to players and satellite winners. No other PokerStars services in Canada are affected.
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Lee Jones wroteHi folks -
Due to unforeseen circumstances, PokerStars will not be continuing its participation in the upcoming festival. However the tournament will continue as planned as the "Playground Festival of Poker" [sic] and we will, of course, honor our previous commitment to players and satellite winners. No other PokerStars services in Canada are affected.

Best regards,
Lee Jones

PokerStars Head of Poker Communications

PokerStars Teams Up with the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship

Latest news release:
"Oh hai players:

Due to unforeseen circumstances, you can now buy-in to Seminole Hard Rock for August 28/29/30, but you are SOL for the ex-PokerStars "Playground Poker Montreal Festival" on August 29-31.

BTW, real money play on PokerStars is not allowed while physically located within Seminole or USA under any circumstances.

Best Regards,
Unforeseen Circumstances"

jontm

Having a convo on FB and been reading the 2+2 threads as well, figure only fair to add this. Maybe rec players should withdraw funds & buy Amaya shares for max potential of an ROI...

(In reply to it not being simple and a full explanation causing book losses or run on bank, whether warranted or not) - Again you nailed. Which is again why I've seen many poster say their approach is a bit condescending. The one thing someone finally did post that buys them some slack in my own opinions, and you've basically said the same thing in, is the because of the merger it would be risky they find themselves in hot water in the public trading area - explaining future plans might drive stocks etc, or like your casual player effect, cause a run on the bank. It just seems incredibly tacky to pull out players last minute as many players have flat out said their involvement in Montreal help set their plans in terms of the prestige they expected attached to the trip. I guess with the GTD to cover, they would be hesitant to now give the player the option of pulling out themselves due to the "unforeseen circumstances" of Stars pulling out, they will honor the seat but will they honor a refund now that it is not the event they were playing for?

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