PokerStars Gives Players the Chance to Turn Back Time With Unfold

Onchan, Isle Of Man (ots/PRNewswire) -

PokerStars has released its latest No Limit Hold'em cash game
innovation, Unfold
(http://www.pokerstars.com/locate/pokerstars/lobby/Morph1), which for
the first time allows players to unfold their hand once the flop has
been dealt.

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If a player has decided to change their mind, the hand previously
folded will be used to play for an "Unfold pot" made up of antes
taken from each player at the beginning of each hand. Each ante will
constitute a percentage of the big blind.

In order to play for the "Unfold pot" and in effect unfold their
hand, players have to make a bet equal to the sum of the Unfold pot.
Players who pay the Unfold stake cannot make any further bets after
this point. The rest of the hand is played out amongst the main pot
players while the Unfold players spectate. The Unfold pot is then
awarded to the Unfold player with the strongest five card poker hand
after the river is dealt. If the main pot is won before the full
board is dealt, all remaining community cards will be dealt to
determine the winner of the Unfold pot.

To see a video preview of Unfold click here
(https://youtu.be/4JN9oV3W0uM).

"This has never been done before," said Severin Rasset, Director
of Poker Innovation and Operations. "Unfold means more action and
opportunities for players, reducing the all too familiar sinking
feeling of making the correct pre-flop lay down, only to then find
you would have flopped the nuts. We're very excited to offer
something new and completely different."

PokerStars Ambassador Felix Schneider said, "There's been so many
times at the tables where I've wished I could go back and unfold my
hand when I've realised I've hit a winner and now I can actually do
it, which is super exciting! It's a really engaging format and keeps
players entertained and sweating it out in the side pot. I think
it'll also be very funny to stream on my channel and I can't wait to
show my community."

Fellow PokerStars Ambassador Fatima de Melo said, "I feel way more
comfortable folding hands knowing that there's great potential to hop
on to the Unfold pot if I want to. I remember playing a World Series
of Poker event about five years ago and I folded 3s pre flop and the
other players went all-in with aces against queens, and I would have
won the hand with a set of 3s! This was for the chip lead and I was
like "oh my god, why did I fold?". Well I had to fold because they
went all in pre-flop. But the Unfold button would have definitely
been nice there!'

Unfold will be featured under its own tab in the PokerStars lobby
. The game is currently available on .COM, .NET .UK, .EU and .DK,
with more licenses to be rolled out in the future.

There are three instances where the Unfold antes will be refunded
to all players:

- The main pot is decided pre-flop
- Fewer than two players fold pre-flop
- No players choose to Unfold

For further information, please contact press@pokerstars.com

About PokerStars

PokerStars operates the world's most popular online poker sites,
serving the global poker community. Since it launched in 2001,
PokerStars has become the first choice of players all over the world,
with more daily tournaments than anywhere else and with the best
online security. More than 182 billion hands have been dealt on
PokerStars, which is more than any other site.

The Stars Group owns or licenses gaming and related consumer
businesses and brands, including PokerStars, PokerStars Casino,
BetStars, Full Tilt, Sky Bet, Sky Vegas, Sky Casino, Sky Bingo, and
Sky Poker, as well as live poker tour and event brands, including the
PokerStars Players No Limit Hold'em Championship, European Poker
Tour, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Latin American Poker Tour, Asia
Pacific Poker Tour, PokerStars Festival and PokerStars MEGASTACK. The
Stars Group is one of the world's most licensed online gaming
operators with its subsidiaries collectively holding licenses or
approvals in 19 jurisdictions throughout the world, including in
Europe, Australia, and the Americas.

Play Responsibly! For more information on responsible gaming
please visit our website at
http://www.pokerstars.com/about/responsible-gaming/

Media Contact: Eric Hollreiser: Press@pokerstars.com

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