Online Poker Room Cancels Chile Poker Tournament

PokerStars, the most popular online poker room for US players has been experiencing problems over the past couple of weeks. The European Poker Tour in Berlin, Germany was robbed by masked gunmen recently and PokerStars was the principle sponsor of the event. The EPT has gotten alot of exposure since the event, but it hasn’t been the most positive exposire for the brand or it’s poker sponsors. Now, the online poker room has canceled its Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) event that was scheduled to being in Vina del Mar, Chile on March 19th.

After Chile was devastated by a series of earthquakes and a tsunami that killed over 500 people, PokerStars decided to cancel the event. Players that were registed to participate in the event will receive a refund, but its uncertain what will happen to the players that won a seat in the LAPT by participating in a satellite. The LAPT could have been rescheduled and setup in a neighboring country, but PokerStars has decided to cancel the event in order to give the country time to heal its wounds and rebuild its cities. It would have been nice if PokerStars would have setup an online poker tournament for registered players of the LAPT after canceling the event.