Speedify Helps You Avoid Online Gambling Issues with your Internet
A hand at PokerStars stalls just as you go to raise, and by the time the table catches up your window has closed. Lag is that delay between your move and the poker room receiving it, usually caused by an internet connection carrying too much other traffic at home, or a weak wireless signal.
Speedify is an app that draws on Wi-Fi and 4G/5G cellular data together, so one slow internet connection does not decide your session. What follows explains why PokerStars lag happens, what PokerStars’ own policy does with an unfinished hand, the simple steps that help, and how using Speedify keeps that delay off your table.
Speedify keeps your game responsive when one connection spikes.
A latency spike costs you the round as surely as a disconnect does. Speedify bonds your Wi-Fi with any second connection, often 4G/5G cellular, and can send your game traffic over both at once, using whichever copy lands first.
PokerStars Lag Can Ruin Your Game!
We all know the Internet has its way of slowing down your connection or bringing you lag right when you need it the most. This can be OK with other activities. But with critical ones like being part of a PokerStars tournament, your money is at stake. It’s a priority for you to solve your potential connection issues before logging in to PokerStars.
The causes for PokerStars lag issues may be split into 3 major categories:
- Platform server problems (when it’s not you, it’s them)
- Device issues – software conflicts (with security / firewall software), out-of-date PokerStars app
- Internet connectivity problems on your part: slow or laggy connection.
Troubleshooting any of these during an ongoing game is not recommended. You can do this while in the app lobby or when you’re not using PokerStars. Keep reading to see a list of potential fixes.
How to Fix PokerStars Lag with Some Simple Steps
Let’s see how you can troubleshoot your PokerStars lag:
- Check the PokerStars Support Twitter account for any news on outages and planned server restarts. The good news is that according to their policy, all amounts from an unfinished hand will be rolled back to each player.
- Restart all your network equipment – router / modem, repeater, etc.
- Make sure you have the latest version of the PokerStars app installed and restart it.
- If you have a firewall or security software, make sure it allows the PokerStars app to access the Internet.
- Restart your PC / smartphone.
- Reinstall the PokerStars app
- Contact PokerStars directly from the app or website.
The alternative to all the above: using 2 or more connections available to you at once, to keep you connected when one of them disconnects or lags. You can easily do that by using the Speedify app while you play PokerStars.
Speedify Fixes Your Internet Connection so You Can Focus on Your Game
Speedify is a bonding VPN service that employs channel bonding technology to allow you to use all of your Internet connections at once. You will benefit from extra speed, the best latency available, and also protection against DDoS attacks that target poker players. If you have been targeted before, you might also think about getting your own dedicated server for online games.
If you think you don’t have any other connections available, here are a few ideas:
- on your smartphone you can combine Wi-Fi and cellular together.
- on your computer you can use the Ethernet or Wi-Fi from the home network with a USB cellular dongle and/or your tethered smartphone.
Speedify automatically recognizes all active connections on your device and intelligently combines them to keep you online while maintaining the session. Even if one of your connections drops, Speedify will seamlessly transition the traffic to the other(s) before that happens, so you won’t even know it happened.
Last but not least: remember that even if you use Speedify while playing poker, we recommend having your PokerStars app updated at all times. And make sure you check the PokerStars VPN usage recommendations.
To wrap this up – Speedify provides a simple way to solve and avoid PokerStars lag by using all of your available Internet connections at once.
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