Players can even setup Knockout games with their friends.

They are available for cash games and tournaments. It said it has gotten rid of some of the less popular game varieties, but it has added a bunch, like 5 and 6 card Omaha, 6+ hold’em, Showtime Hold’em, Split Hold’em, Fusion, and Swap Hold’em.

PokerStars has also expanded the game types you can play in your Home Games. Hell, even if you are still just chilling out at home, the ability to play on a small phone, always able to keep track of what’s going on in the game no matter what you need to do at home, is key.Ĭurrently, the mobile version of Home Games is only available on Android, but it will hit iOS devices in the next few weeks. I am still a PC guy myself, but nowadays many people don’t like having to sit in front of a computer (even if it’s a laptop you can tote to the couch), so being able to play on a phone on the deck or while going for a walk is huge. The new feature that will probably get the most thumbs-up is the addition of Home Game on the PokerStars mobile app. This week, the poker room announced improvements to Home Games which should provide players with more flexibility, allowing more people to participate. According to PokerStars, their Home Games offering has been booming, with more than 300,000 games setup in the past three months. And hell, I wouldn’t want to do that right now, anyway.

Live poker rooms have only just started to reopen in the last few weeks, so even now there is not much opportunity to go play poker with other people in person. For many, one of those activities has been poker.

During the coronavirus pandemic, we have done almost everything from home.

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