888Poker players around the world experienced some major problems with disconnections and some players weren’t able to login for several hours on 28th-29th January.

The problem may be related to issues with localized servers in certain countries as some players are having no problems playing on 888poker.

PokerScout.com traffic stats also reflect that there have been no traffic data being recorded for more than 3 hours.

Players from Canada, Australia, Estonia, Ukraine, Germany and Ireland having been reporting the problem for the last 17 hours.

Anyone who was affected by disconnections during the downtime should contact 888 Poker Support to lodge their complaints.

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Everleaf Gaming Network closed it’s doors to US players last week after receiving threats of legal action from Department of Homeland Security, who have also seized funds from the networks US processor. The Networks regulator, Lottery and Gaming Authority of Malta, suggested that Everleaf Gaming stop offering its services to the US market.

The network which operates more than 100 poker skins had approximately 20% of it’s traffic based in the US, PokerScout reported that the network has suffered a 12% decline in traffic since stopping it’s operations in the US on 10th February 2012.

In a recent statement Everleaf Gaming says it’s business as usual, as it continues to offer it’s services worldwide, excluding the United States and France.

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Bodog Poker are currently working on an update which will be released before the end of 2011, the update will prevent poker tracking software and websites from gathering data, statistics and information. BodogPoker believe that players using the information are taking advantage of the casual poker players which often results in players not returning to the site.

Another big change which will affect their traffic, will be when Bodog Poker block USA Players at the end of the year when Bodog renew their gaming license they will no longer accept US players to play poker online at BodogPoker.

So next year we can expect to see Bodog Poker operating as a non USA Poker site with no option to use a poker hud or any software or website which used to mine data. I’m sure the poker community will have mixed feelings when the update comes into effect, some may argue that poker tools do not disadvantage other players, while casual players might feel safer playing online knowing that the sharks aren’t analyzing their playing style or gaining important information on them.

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