Important Update: Merchant Termination - PokerStars Affiliate

[ocreditor]

To whom this may concern, arrived today:

Dear Affiliates,

In accordance with the up and upcoming affiliate platform migration, we will be terminating affiliate activity in the following merchants:

• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Europe
• Greece
• IoM
• Romania
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Belgium

In accordance with our termination rights under clause 10.2 of the T&Cs at www.starsaffiliateclub.com/tos/, we will terminate your membership in respect of these merchants in 7 days, on 2^nd
February 2026. Your membership in respect of these merchants, including all active Reward Plans, shall terminate on 2^nd February 2026 and all Commission payments in respect of these territories will cease.

If you are a member of the Stars Affiliate Club Program in respect of other territories (France, Portugal, and Spain), your membership will continue in respect of those territories.

Those affiliates migrating to the NetRefer platform have been contacted by their affiliate manager and will receive further updates in the coming days.

Please note that historical data will no longer be available in Income Access. It is therefore essential that you download your historical data ahead of 2^nd of February to avoid any disruption.

Thank you for your continued partnership and support.

Kind regards,
PokerStars Affiliate Team

[Brand_24]

Unfortunately, this latest "migration" notice is just another chapter in a decade-long book of how PokerStars (Stars Affiliate Club) treats its partners. They have consistently proven to be one of the least trustworthy affiliate programs in the industry.

[invinciblepoker]

crazy stuff. never thought we would see the day come so soon, but something was definitely on the cards following the latest purges in influencers,streamers etc

The affiliate retreat is not happening in isolation. Over the past year PokerStars has also ended sponsorship deals with long‑serving pros and newly‑signed faces alike.High‑stakes pro Sam Grafton confirmed in May 2025 that he would no longer represent PokerStars as an ambassador after four years, in what industry coverage called a “spring shake‑up” of the roster.
It began in March, when long‑time Dutch Team Pro Fatima Moreira de Melo was dropped from the team as PokerStars cut back its team of ambassadors and pivoted towards a smaller, more performance‑focused line‑up. Latin American star Alejandro “Papo MC” Lococo also parted ways with PokerStars.
Live‑circuit favourite Barny Boatman, signed in spring 2024 off the back of his EPT Paris win, revealed in July 2025 that his one‑year Team Pro contract had not been renewed, joking about “musical differences,” but later suggested that it was a straightforward budget-cutting decision.
On the creator side, long‑time Twitch regular Fintan “easywithaces” Hand announced in November that he had left PokerStars before resurfacing as a WPT Global ambassador, while US‑facing content creator Caitlin Comeskey told followers on New Year’s Eve that her one‑year-stand with the red spade was over.
In January 2026 Lex Veldhuis became the latest big name to depart, as his 17‑year relationship with PokerStars came to an abrupt end. He has continued streaming as a free agent playing on GGPoker, winning the first tournament he played on the site. While not really a surprise, as PokerStars has been cutting back in many areas for several years, it’s now at the point where it’s being seen by many as “the end of an era.”

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GGPoker + all the offshore sites must be celebrating right now.

Maybe partypoker is the next big poker site to die...