PokerStars Software Upgraded

PokerStars which is generally recognized as the platform with the best software, has today released a new set of upgrades to make it even better. With this latest update, the PokerStars client will now contain the latest set of up-to-date features that have been widely requested by the online poker community.

First up, Synchronized Tournament Breaks will now be applicable for a selected number of tournaments on PokerStars. For these tournaments, breaks will be scheduled at 55 minutes past every hour, regardless of when the tournament actually started.

The synchronized tournament breaks are now just a beta feature and will be implemented across all play money tournaments. Tournaments that have implemented this new feature will have this information displayed on the information box when it is selected in the PokerStars lobby.

PL Hold'em / PL Omaha Mixed Game Introduced

A new game type has also been introduced following this new update. In the  new Mixed PL Hold'em/PL Omaha game, players will alternate between one round of Pot Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha. The tables for this new game are located at the Other Games - Mixed Games section of the PokerStars client. This mixed game type will also be featured in the upcoming PokerStars WCOOP 2009.

On top of these 2 major upgrades, there were also other minor updates. The extended registration period for tournaments will now be clearly displayed when the "Tournament Info" dialog is activated in the tournament lobby. A bug involving tournament satellites has also been fixed. From now on, players who win a satellite after the extended registration period for that tournament has closed will be credited T-Money, W$ or a tournament ticket.

Players can also now make private tournaments with lower buy-ins. Starting from this update, $1.10 and $3.30 buy-in private tournaments can be created by players who have amassed at least 2000 FPP over their account's lifetime.