PokerStars in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New Jersey went down midday on Friday and won’t be fully back until Monday at 10 a.m.
The PokerStarsUSA Twitter account told players all multi-table tournaments have been canceled until Monday because of “unscheduled maintenance.” As of Saturday at 1 p.m., no cash games or tournaments were being spread.
Sorry for the typo everyone. This includes all USA players in all three states, Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
— PokerStarsUSA (@PokerStarsUSA) February 4, 2022
According to Downdetector, a site that keeps track of online outages, reports that the site went down started flowing in around 12:40 p.m. Friday. The SNAFU affects PokerStars’ casinos and sportsbooks, too.
Jeffrey, currently, it is all three verticals: poker, sports, casino. You can login and manage your account, but not play.
— PokerStarsUSA (@PokerStarsUSA) February 5, 2022
Even if the techs manage to get cash games up and running soon, the blackout wipes off a full slate of “Sunday Major” tournaments in all three markets. PokerStars made the call to cancel all the weekend tournaments Friday afternoon.
🚨 MI/NU/PA players 🚨
Due to unscheduled maintenance, all MTT's have been cancelled until Monday at 10am EST.
Our apologies for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience. pic.twitter.com/yfHuI5sjYR— PokerStarsUSA (@PokerStarsUSA) February 4, 2022
CardsChat will update if more information becomes available.
