Fast Folding Not a Violation of 70 Billionth Hand Promotion Says PokerStars

Following a controversy that surrounded the PokerStars 70 billionth hand promotion, the online poker site was forced to issue a statement insisting there were no rules broken.

Players insisted that “collusion” had occurred as the individual awarded with the 70 billionth hand had been soft-folding his cards over the previous fifteen minutes with a partner.

From PokerNewsReport.com: 

Soft-folding is the act of folding your cards as quickly as you can in the small blind to present the prize to the big blind.

PokerStars.com issued the following statement following the uproar within the poker playing community: 

“We have reviewed the circumstances around the winning hand and have determined that, while this practice of ‘fast-folding’ may not be in the spirit of the promotion, it does not violate the rules and regulations of the promotion. As such, we have honoured our promotional award. Please note, we are reviewing the format of the promotion to try to minimize this kind of activity in future milestone hand promotions. We’ll provide more information on this in the near future.”

- Ace King, Gambling911.com