Given the max 5% rake permitted in Portugal, PokerStars had to make some tough decisions: It dropping Zoom rake but opted to keep other cash games separate.
PokerStars has successfully expanded its Southern European network further this week with the inclusion of Portuguese players. It makes PokerStars the first online operator to offer a shared player pool between the three Southern European countries.
The pools were connected on Wednesday, at 2 PM GMT after Portugal’s gaming regulator SRIJ gave its final approval for the software. The country joined the shared liquidity network barely an hour after PRO reported news of the SRIJ approval.