Account situation

1) unfortunately no. retracking isnt done.

2)unfortunately no again...you could give it a shot explaining things to stars but the chances are slim.

Hey nooni2k,

Unfortunately Re-tracking previous accounts to PokerStrategy.com is not allowed. Likewise, the creation of multiple accounts with the intention to track to us, is also not allowed at any time.

Multi-accounting for the purpose of tracking can be seen as fraud by the Poker Rooms and could lead to confiscation of funds and account suspension/deletion.

We encourage our members to play everything by the book and we especially do not encourage any rule breaking.

You can always contact PokerStars Support if you require further details.

Thanks satishvasoya & Matt

I will give it a try with Stars support and post response in this thread for reference of others.

I had the very old Inactive account and i was able to make new one. I don't remember if i have ever played for real money in that older account and it was several years ago. But in my case they closed the old one and i was able to create new one tracked by pokerstrategy.

Originally posted by Alan883
I had the very old Inactive account and i was able to make new one. I don't remember if i have ever played for real money in that older account and it was several years ago. But in my case they closed the old one and i was able to create new one tracked by pokerstrategy.

A very rare occurance there Alan883!

Originally posted by HollyMichelle

A very rare occurance there Alan883!

Yeah i know,

i have never heard about anyone whit that success except me

Alan, I am very jealous!

I won't post the entire discussion but here are some useful quotes:

Hello Matthew,

Thank you for contacting us and welcome back to PokerStars.

Unfortunately it is not possible to delete an existing account to open a
new one but we are able to help you to regain the access to your old
account.

However, we have located an account registered in your name. Since this account has associated real money history, for security reasons, we
need to ask you some questions to verify you as the owner of the account.

Please advise the following:

1. The last 4 digits of the account number for the primary deposit
method
used to fund your PokerStars account?
2. The last time you logged-in to PokerStars?
3. The approximate funds balance in your PokerStars account?
4. The registration date (year/month) of your PokerStars account?
5. The User IDs of any players who have transferred money to your
PokerStars account in the past?
6. A telephone number in case we need to contact you.

They then said:

Unfortunately, your PokerStars account is not linked to PokerStrategy and therefore you are not eligible to receive any associated benefits with this site.

Please also note that we are unable to retroactively link your account to this site. In order to be tracked to PokerStrategy, you would have to have registered your account with PokerStars through one of the links or banners available on PokerStrategy's website.

Moreover, it is not possible to close your existing account and allow you to open a new one in order to be tracked to PokerStrategy.

Pretty tilting actually. Bah nevermind.

You were very lucky Alan883! I suspect it was the case that you had no "associated real money history" on your old account, therefore they had never gone through the process of verifying and security-checking it. Or something along those lines anyway.

Can't Pokerstrategy do anything about this?

Hey Matthew,

Your case is consistent with many hundreds of thousands of PokerStrategists throughout the years. Many people found PokerStars before they joined PokerStrategy.com like yourself.

It would make zero business sense for PokerStars to allow players retrack their existing accounts to affiliates like PokerStrategy.com

Why? Simple! Money!

For every player PokerStrategy (or any other affiliate for that matter) send to a poker room, they get a certain % of the players rake in return. If the player does not sign up through an affiliate the poker room would get 100% of their rake.

So, it wouldn't make any sense as you can see.

You can check out our business model for futher understanding.

Best regards,
Gary

Hi Holly

Yeah that makes perfect sense. However it is possible that some players with inactive accounts (such as mine was) might not play at Poker Stars ever again had they not found PokerStrategy.com.

Thus there should be some wiggle room for people with older, inactive accounts perhaps?

I'm just trying to provide some ammunition for someone at PokerStrategy to take to PokerStars! You guys could earn extra money....Stars could reactivate some dormant accounts ...everyone wins

I appreciate your enthusiasm but if I remember correctly pretty much every avenue has been attempted.

PokerStars have made their stance clear and it is not likely to change in the near future.

Boo!

Oh well

Worth a try. Thanks anyway.

Oh and my bad for calling you Holly, Gary

Absolutely - everything is worth a try

No problem, I've been called a lot worse in my time ♦

Have a nice day!

Originally posted by HollyMichelle

Originally posted by Alan883
I had the very old Inactive account and i was able to make new one. I don't remember if i have ever played for real money in that older account and it was several years ago. But in my case they closed the old one and i was able to create new one tracked by pokerstrategy.

A very rare occurance there Alan883!

happened to me also. infact that very old account was tracked to my very old pokerstrategy account. was inactive on both, never got my first 50$.. forogt about it.. a few years later i found pokerstrategy again and pokerstars. ive been playing tracked ever since

you resolved that?

Originally posted by Phgrinder
happened to me also. infact that very old account was tracked to my very old pokerstrategy account. was inactive on both, never got my first 50$.. forogt about it.. a few years later i found pokerstrategy again and pokerstars. ive been playing tracked ever since

Are you saying you created a new account and got it tracked? Or that you simply reactivated an old account that was already linked to Pokerstrategy? If the latter then, well, I don't see how that's relevant here :/

i made a new account on both pokerstrategy and pokerstars with an honest mistake that i forgot that i had an old account with both sites.

Pokerstrategy never came after me so did pokerstars. maybe its because i never played real money on the old account.

i think its safer to do this on with stars. you can always create a new account, grind some nl2. ask if your tracked to PS and they might forget about your old account

Hey guys,

i think its safer to do this on with stars. you can always create a new account, grind some nl2. ask if your tracked to PS and they might forget about your old account

Just a reminder, it is never a good idea to deliberately create a second account on any poker room, because this is effectively always against their terms and conditions, and may result in all account being blocked.

If you already have an account at a poker room that can't get tracked anymore, it's better to make a new account at a different poker room if you do in fact want to get tracked.

So that's something to keep in mind!

Fair comment TinoLaan but I have limited options if I want to play fast-fold poker

Zoom @ Stars - I already have an old accout
Rush @ Full Tilt - I already have an old account
Blaze @ Microgaming - nobody plays it (literally nobody on the Blaze table)
Speed @ iPoker - horrible network, not going near it

Unless you have any other suggestions?

i have a suggestion

Forget about being tracked!