PokerStars have released a beta version of the highly anticipated Zoom Poker which can be played in play money mode. The software runs fairly smoothly and offers a “Fast Fold” option similar to that of the popular Rush Poker game which was available on Full Tilt Poker.

Once you fold in a ZOOM game, you’ll instantly be dealt a new hand, with new opponents!

It won’t be long before PokerStars Zoom Poker becomes available for real money from the PokerStars lobby.

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PokerStars have increased their Guaranteed Tournaments offering bigger overlays to it’s players, including events like the Pokerstars Sunday Majors, Saturday Line-Up and The Bigs. PokerStars Mobile Poker App has also also been released and available to Italian and UK poker players, allowing players to play poker online from anywhere.

PokerStars have also acquired their Malta Gaming license and launched the new European version of the software.

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Most online poker players are already aware that Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT), the French investment group is currently working on taking over Full Tilt Poker and in the process making sure that all players’ bankrolls worldwide are repaid. GBT has been in discussions with the US DOJ and have reached a signed agreement with them which includes the purchase of the Full Tilt Poker for $80 million provided that certain conditions are fulfilled.

GBT has subsequently been investigating the financial inner workings of Full Tilt and have uncovered that several former pros owe large sums of money to the company totaling $16.5 Million. Considering the purchase price of $80 Million, the $16.5 Million in outstanding professional player debts to Full Tilt Poker is significant and could potentially put the deal in serious jeopardy.

To date GBT has been quiet about the deal for the most part, preferring to hold closed meetings keeping issues encountered private, however in this case Groupe Bernard Tapie have made the issue public regarding several pro’s outstanding debts in order to apply pressure to those owing money to the company and possibly to educate the public that those implicated are not all as guilt free as they claim to be regarding players getting their money back from FullTilt.

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PokerStars Zoom Poker is expected for release as a beta version in March 2012, the new action packed game is PokerStars version of the popular Rush Poker on Full Tilt Poker.

A PokerStars player requested a version Rush Poker for PokerStars and a PokerStars Rep responded “PokerStars is developing a fast moving ring games product. We expect it to be available for public beta testing in a few months.”

Not much more information is available about PokerStars Zoom Poker, except that the image on the left now appears in a folder named Blitz (PokerStars/gx/blitz) after a recent PokerStars update.

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It’s been a strange year for poker especially online poker with the industry turned upside down on Black Friday. Online poker traffic has decrease by 31% as a result of an unstable US market.

Not all online poker rooms suffered a loss in traffic, CarbonPoker and Merge Gaming Network experienced an increase of traffic up to 76%.

Notable Poker players for 2011 include: Erik Seidel new leader on the poker all time money list, Phil Hellmuth, Ben Lamb (Player of the Year) and Pius Heinz (2011 World Series Of Poker Main Event Champion)

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