After, Videoslots.com, the leading operator for online casinos, acquired technology assets from PKR estate earlier this year, the company plans to introduce a 3D poker product. The 3D poker product will be launched in the upcoming year. The basis of this agreement is the supply of Videoslots for clients of Android, iOS, Mac and PKR.
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Videoslots, one of the leading brands in the online casino market, seems intent on expanding the scope of its operations. At the moment, Videoslots is one of the richest online casinos in terms of the number of slots on offer. Now, Malta-based company is looking into purchasing defunct online poker brand PKR.
Market Pioneer that Couldn’t Hold
PKR was the only true 3D online poker room around. From the very beginning, the company had a different vision in mind. Unlike other online poker rooms, they wanted to offer a unique kind of experience to their players. With the full 3D environment and various customization options, PKR players were getting an experience that was close to actual live poker.
However, despite the vision, PKR started having problems with the player liquidity. The room simply couldn’t attract enough players interested in this unique experience. A majority of players were more interested in getting in as many hands as possible in an hour.
PKR tried to resolve these problems by joining Microgaming Poker Network. They thought this might help them bring more players, as they became a part of a large network with many rooms already in. This didn’t happen, though, as they became just another room on MPN, possibly losing some of its uniqueness in the process as well.
Finally, in May, PKR had to throw in the towel. The site first went under with no explanation, leaving many players in fear. A few days later, the company came out with the statement explaining the situation, but also announcing they’d be closing the shop.
The problem of outstanding balances was a large issue as PKR entered administration, but PokerStars took care of that part, paying all PKR players in full and transferring them over to their client. As for PKR, its destiny remained a mystery until today.
What Can Videoslots Do for PKR?
According to Alexander Stevendahl, Videoslots will be purchasing PKR’s online poker technology and launching their unique 3D poker room. This is great news for all PKR fans out there. It was really unclear if anyone would be interested in PKR after they went bankrupt. Luckily, people behind Videoslots recognized the uniqueness and the potential of the room.
Exact plans Videoslots has for PKR are unclear at this point in time. What is certain is that the company wants to expand into the world of online poker as well. Doing it through a well-established and quality software solution should help in achieving that goal.
The company has already claimed its spot as one of the leading gaming sites. They’ve proven their dedication to the players, constantly adding new titles to their library of games. If their plans for poker come with the same level of dedication and innovation, we should expect a top quality product.
For a while, there’s been an outcry in the poker community for a new online poker room. With the resources, trained staff, and the experience, Videoslots could position themselves as this new operator.
Of course, it is still too early to make any predictions, but there is no doubt this is good news for all poker fans out there.
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read more +The world of online poker is rather mundane. There are few innovations that have captured the attention of the players. The different versions of Rush Poker, where players are moved to a new table as soon as they muck their hands, was the most recent innovation that seems to have caught on (still too soon to see with “PowerUp” from PokerStars). But could the next big thing in online poker be a result of going “back to the future” in a sense?
When it was an active room, PKR was innovative in that it gave players the option of playing in a three-dimensional setting. The 3D tables were quite popular with the players as it gave the perception of actually “sitting” at a table and playing the game. When PKR shut down earlier this year, however, it was thought that not only the money that players had on the site was gone but also the innovative software.
A few months later, the situation for players brightened. PokerStars, as it did when the original Full Tilt Poker crashed five years ago, paid off PKR players’ balances in full, but it stopped short of buying up the other property – in essence, the software – of PKR itself. That wasn’t changed until recently when a suitor looking to pick up the software came along.
One of the top online casino operations in the industry, Videoslots.com, was in the market for an online poker software to add to its catalog of more than 2000 games that they offered. With that in mind, Videoslots scooped up the PKR software this month. Videoslots Chief Executive Officer Alexander Stevendahl noted during the announcement of the purchase, “PKR’s unique 3D poker client provides us with the platform to introduce a proven poker product to our customers.”
It is safe to say that PKR will be rebranded (Videoslots is looking at early 2018 to bring the software back online) but, if the statements of Stevendahl are to be taken at face value, it could mean that better times are on the horizon for the 3D software. Videoslots is quite in tune with what players need in their online experience from their previous time in the industry and stepping into online poker wouldn’t be too much of a stretch.
That seems to be one of the things that is plaguing the industry at this moment.
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As it is the most powerful (and largest) online poker outlet in the business, PokerStars has arguably been taking back most of the player benefits that were enjoyed. When it was privately owned by its founder, Isai Scheinberg and the Scheinberg Family, PokerStars was the zenith of the industry with their treatment of players at live tournaments stops, through their player programs (the Nova and SuperNova programs) and through their customer service. Over the past few years since the sale of PokerStars to the publicly traded Amaya Gaming (now known as The Stars Group), however, players have noted a change.
First was the severing of the relationship between the affiliates that PokerStars had used. Those affiliates found their revenues significantly cut, with PokerStars cutting rake back to the affiliates to the first two years of a signup’s tenure on the site. In some cases, affiliates were cut outright, bringing a great deal of outrage upon Amaya Gaming. But there were other changes that indicated the move away from the “customer friendly” days of the Scheinbergs.
In 2016, PokerStars would announce the dissolution of the VIP programs – the Nova and SuperNova – that players had come to depend upon. Whether it was rake back (receiving a part of their rake back) or “player points” earned towards specific goals, the players (some of whom were already halfway through earning points to be eligible for the rewards in the upcoming year) suddenly were left playing without those benefits available. Once again, the outrage came from players and it wasn’t done yet.
Since Amaya bought PokerStars, many of the stalwarts who played on the old European Poker Tour noticed a shift away from the many “player perks” that were given to people who participated in the live tournaments. Then there was the “rebranding” of the EPT into the “PokerStars Championships,” further delineating the change from the old “player friendly” ways. Changes continue to come for PokerStars, with the players noting, in their opinion, that it is towards the bottom line for The Stars Group rather than the players.
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Perhaps that can change with Videoslots entering the online arena with the PKR 3D software. We’ll have to wait until 2018 to see it in operation again and perhaps the players – along with the Videoslots “player friendly” attitude – will come this time.