Online poker room Americas Cardroom (ACR) will sport a new name and branding, along with major changes to its website design and cash game rules as part of the operator’s biggest software upgrade to date. 

The fresh updates were designed with the players in mind and should deliver the best poker experience in the industry, according to Owen Gaines, Head of Product at the Winning Poker Network (WPN) where the ACR site runs.

What to Expect from ACR’s Biggest Software Update

The software update is likely to be rolled out next week, and players can look forward to a completely new-look client, with modernized design and functions. They will be welcomed by a new logo and branding, “ACR Poker”, accompanied by a new online store where they can purchase exclusive ACR merchandise. The rebranding was done as the online poker room’s global player base continues to grow.

 

Software Upgrade to go Live on July 5

Gaines said the players remain at the center of their upgrade efforts as they’ve always been since ACR’s launch in 2001. Other skins running under the WPN will also experience similar upgrades, which will go live on July 5.

PokerStars’ popular low-stakes tournament series, MicroMillions, is back for another edition this year, with players competing for $4.4 million in combined guaranteed prize pool. The festival officially kicked off on July 2 and will run until July 16. 

2023 MicroMillions Now In Progress

This year’s MicroMillions features a massive schedule of 208 tournaments, all with affordable buy-ins ranging between $1.10 and $55. The festival culminates in the Main Event which costs just $22 to enter but offers $500,000 in guaranteed prize money. 

The Main Event will take place on July 16 and will be played in an 8-max progressive knockout format, meaning players won’t have to make it to the final table to win some cash as they can collect bounties along the way by eliminating an opponent.

The 2022 MicroMillions Main Event was won by Brazilian player “matthews085” who topped a 27,544-entry field to secure the title and $36,295 in total prize. 

Win Your Way into the Main Event 

The $22 buy-in for the Main Event is already a bargain, but players may still qualify for the tournament for an even lower price, thanks to satellites and special edition Spin & Go’s running on PokerStars. 

For as low as $0.40, players can secure a seat into the $500K GTD Main Event which shouldn’t be missed!

The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) will come to a close in a couple of weeks. The highlight of the WSOP each year is the exciting $10,000 WSOP Main Event which is guaranteed to turn the winner into a multi-millionaire.

Poker players from all over the world long for the chance to show up and play at the WSOP Main Event but not everyone can afford the big $10,000 buy-in. The WSOP is running a special promotion for players to qualify for the 2023 WSOP Main Event for a fraction of the buy-in!

120 WSOP Main Event Seats Up For Grabs

Players who cannot afford the buy-in should look to take part in a special WSOP Main Event promotion that will give away as many as 120 seats to the Main Event. The promo will start on June 25 and will run till July 08. The WSOP will give away 10 Main Event seats on a daily basis throughout the promo.

This special online satellite promo will have buy-in’s starting from $100 and go up to $1,000. To find out more information, do check out the WSOP website.

It’s a huge honour for a poker player or a poker contributor to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame (PHoF). The 10 nominees for the 2023 PHoF was announced last week and once again the list is filled with a list of prominent names but only 2 of them will be inducted into the 2023 PHoF.

Negreanu Suggests Changes To Induction Process

Daniel Negreanu who is a member of the PHoF has called for the PHoF to make changes to its induction process. The PHoF currently nominates a list of poker pros and poker contributors based on set criteria. 

Negreanu says the PHoF needs to focus on comparing apples with apples and not mix things up by putting together players and contributors. His suggestion is that every 2 years, the PHoF should only focus on nominating players and in the third year, they should nominate 3 inductees with one of them being a contributor.

Negreanu says with the current process, it will take way too long for top players like Brian Rast, Ted Forrest and Ray Dehkharghani to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.

While PokerStars hasn’t made an official announcement of its new online qualification system, teasers have suggested that the biggest online poker room in the world will soon make an official launch of its PowerPath – online qualification system.

PowerPath – New Way To Qualify

This new online qualification system will give players an exciting way to accumulate points and qualify for big tournaments, especially live poker tournaments. PokerStars has already released the branding for PowerPath which looks similar to the old Power Up game.

PowerPath will be open to all players irrespective of their skill levels and is likely to be built around a progressive step based methodology. PokerStars has continued to experiment with different online qualification systems to get players to qualify and participate in its PokerStars Live! Tour.

There is a possibility that the new PowerPath system could be a mix of the Mega Path system used in the past and the Kick-Off system. PokerStars is yet to confirm an official date as to when the new PowerPath system will come into effect.

PokerStars is likely to test out the new PowerPath system in certain markets before it rolls it out globally.