The Australian Senate recently passed the Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill (2016) and it now sits with the House of Representatives. The bill will effectively ban all online gambling sites that are not locally licensed under Australian State or Territory law. It’s with great sadness that we have to say that if this bill is passed it means we will have to halt real money poker play for you and all other Australian players. The next legislative session is in May. We will keep you informed at every step.
Australian poker players have built up a fantastic community over the last couple of decades and we’re proud of the part we’ve played in helping it to grow and welcoming so many great Aussie players to our tournaments around the world.
Before we go any further, let us say that your funds are, and will continue to be, safe and available for withdrawal, and that you can continue to play at PokerStars until further notice.
We respect the Australian Government's intentions. Keeping players safe is a mission that we share wholeheartedly. We’ll work as hard with governments and regulators around the world as we do internally to ensure that PokerStars provides the safest and fairest games around.
We’re committed to keeping you informed and to support the game in all its shapes and sizes, wherever it may be in the world. We will continue to be actively engaged in lobbying for the safe and sensible regulation of online poker, both in Australia and elsewhere.
On that last point, the campaigning that the Australian Online Poker Alliance did in the run up to the bill being passed should be applauded. They did a great job in educating politicians and the Australian public at large about the game we play and have indicated that they intend to continue campaigning for sensible poker legislation. If you’d like to find out about how you could lend your support to the alliance and the cause of online poker, then please click below.
You realise there are WAYYYYY more Australian fish than regs right? Almost all of the offpeak value is gone without the Australia fish for the rest of you.
Seat 1: jahr_gdl (4694758 in chips)
Seat 2: hipowrock (3547403 in chips)
Seat 3: MojoRisin90 (1217136 in chips)
Seat 4: PokerDan5086 (12137257 in chips)
Seat 5: NormyDozer (4246993 in chips)
Seat 6: Strahinjales (3631097 in chips)
Seat 7: CRISTYBAYON (4459853 in chips)
Seat 8: TkalexV (3821288 in chips)
Seat 9: JosephDel (4665168 in chips)
jahr_gdl: posts the ante 35000
hipowrock: posts the ante 35000
MojoRisin90: posts the ante 35000
PokerDan5086: posts the ante 35000
NormyDozer: posts the ante 35000
Strahinjales: posts the ante 35000
CRISTYBAYON: posts the ante 35000
TkalexV: posts the ante 35000
JosephDel: posts the ante 35000
PokerDan5086: posts small blind 175000
NormyDozer: posts big blind 350000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Strahinjales: folds
CRISTYBAYON: folds
TkalexV: folds
JosephDel: raises 350000 to 700000
jahr_gdl: folds
hipowrock: folds
MojoRisin90: folds
PokerDan5086: calls 525000
NormyDozer: folds
*** FLOP *** [8d Kc 6s]
PokerDan5086: bets 875000
JosephDel: calls 875000
*** TURN *** [8d Kc 6s] [2c]
PokerDan5086: bets 1350000
JosephDel: calls 1350000
*** RIVER *** [8d Kc 6s 2c] [9c]
PokerDan5086: checks
JosephDel: bets 1705168 and is all-in
PokerDan5086: calls 1705168
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JosephDel: shows [7c 5c] (a flush, King high)
PokerDan5086: shows [4h Ks] (a pair of Kings)
JosephDel collected 9925336 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9925336 | Rake 0
Board [8d Kc 6s 2c 9c]
Seat 1: jahr_gdl folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: hipowrock folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: MojoRisin90 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: PokerDan5086 (small blind) showed [4h Ks] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: NormyDozer (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Strahinjales folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: CRISTYBAYON folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: TkalexV folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: JosephDel showed [7c 5c] and won (9925336) with a flush, King high