PokerStars Tackles Solvers and Tanking at EPT with a Set of New Tournament Rules – New tournament rules will enforce a ban on solvers and GTO charts in the entire tournament area, shorten the time players have to make preflop actions, and introduce a… The PokerStars EPT Barcelona kicked off today with the first flight of the €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event, and the operator announced a revamped set of tournament poker rules to be used at EPT and other PokerStars tours moving forward.
The changes were first announced by Kenny Hallaert , a recent addition to the PokerStars Ambassadors team, who revealed the highlights of the new set of rules in a post on his social media platforms.
According to Hallaert, who has been a tournament official for a number of years, the biggest changes were introduced to tackle game integrity, including a new rule banning all use of GTO software and charts both at the tables and on the rail .
The changes come in the wake of the recent controversy at the WSOP Main Event final table, where champion Jonathan Tamayo and his rail were accused of using solvers on the rail in the so-called “Laptopgate” scandal. PokerStars Focuses on GTO Solutions
Hallaert’s social media post on Monday concluded with: “No use of GTO-solvers/charts or similar anywhere in the whole tournament area at any time, also not for spectators.” This part of the post was a reference to the last addition to the official PokerStars Live rules, which was clearly designed to tackle any future incidents similar to the one involving Tamayo at this year’s WSOP Main Event, which reads in full:
“Players are not permitted to use at the table or anywhere in the tournament room area at any time game theory optimal (GTO) solver software, GTO charts (whether used on an Electronic Device or otherwise) or any AI tool or similar algorithmic software that is capable of affording the user a competitive advantage in the Tournament. We also don’t allow any spectator to make any use of electronic devices with solvers inside the poker tournament area.”
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