This October PokerStars blocked more than 30 countries and regions from playing real money poker games on the software, since Amaya Gaming has taken over the worlds largest poker site.

The list of PokerStars blocked countries include:

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Cuba, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestinian, Qatar, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, UAE, Vatican, Yemen and Zimbabwe.

PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker brands will now focus on players from countries that have regulated poker markets with no prohibition on online gambling.

PokerStars Blocked in 30 Countries

What is PokerStars future under new ownership going to be like? Since The Rational Group has been acquired by Amaya Gaming, what is the future going to be like for companies PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker?

The best part about Amaya Gaming is the amount of gaming licenses they have worldwide with more than 100 licenses including: UK and New Jersey.

Under new ownership PokerStars future in US is looking bright and will launch in New Jersey within the next few weeks.

Full Tilt Poker has dropped significantly in poker rankings since Amaya have started to focus on online casino games and new FullTilt live dealer casino.

Many PokerStars pros have been dropped from the roster the latest incident was with WSOP champ Joe Cada who terminated his contract because the site would no longer offer him a 100% rakeback deal.

This week thousands of PokerStars Affiliates were dropped due not bringing enough players or not actively promoting the site.

PokerStars Future Under New Ownership

The latest PokerStars Deposit Bonus offers player up to $40 Freeplay bonus in the new Free $20 + $20 First Deposit Offer.

New players making their first deposit of at least $20 at PokerStars get $20 freeplay bonus plus an additional $20 in freeplay to release.

This is one of the best PokerStars Offers available but only for a limited time, make a first deposit before the 10th July to qualify. Players must also use the special PokerStars deposit bonus code when depositing to claim their bonuses.

PokerStars Deposit Bonus Code – FREE20

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FullTiltPoker claims will start today, 16 September 2013, eligible players will be able to submit their Petition for Remission.

Players will be refunded the amount they had in their bankroll on Black Friday, 15 April 2011.

For two and a half years USA poker players have not had access to their Fulltilt funds, while the rest of the World have already been refunded to the sum of $184 million.

US Players must submit their claims before 15 November 2013 using the submission form available on the Full Tilt Poker Claims Administration website.
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The Golden Spade Poker Open is a series of online poker tournament with over $1.5Million in guaranteed prize pools spread across 102 events.

The GSPO series kicks off at Bovada and Bodog from the 21 September until 3 November 2013.

Tournaments range from low-mid stakes in the Contender Series and mid-high stakes poker tournaments in the Championship Series.

Thousands of satellite tournaments will be available throughout the series, qualify for a fraction of the direct buy-in.

The Golden Spade Poker Open is limited to USA players on Bovada and Bodog Poker for Canadian poker players.

Bovada is currently the most popular USA poker site and offers anonymous poker tables and a fast fold poker variant called Zone Poker.

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