Portugal joins online poker shared liquidity pool

Portugal has cleared PokerStars to mix its local player base with gamblers in Spain and France, as planned in the agreement signed in 2017.

Portugal.- The online poker shared liquidity pool continues to expand in Europe and PokerStars is taking serious advantage from it. After combining its Spanish and French businesses, the company has been cleared by the local regulator to get its player base in the mix as well.

To celebrate the news, PokerStars will host the “Trio Series” June 3-13th, with €5 million in guaranteed prizes and a final event which will reward the winner with €500,000. In addition, it will offer several freeroll events which will give away all sorts of prizes and be available in the three countries involved.

The Stars Group COO Guy Templer highlighted the “hard work” done to become the first operator in combining all three countries’ player bases and said: “Our players will see a major increase in the scale and variety of our tournaments and will enjoy more competition and fun.”

Furthermore, he said it “dramatically strengthens its offering and added: “We expect to work with Portuguese regulators in order to improve the product we offer to local players and, hopefully, Italy will advance (with shared liquidity regulation) to get its players to benefit from the deal as well.”