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Chan Poker Announces Closure and Move to Merge Network

August 20, 2008

Chan Poker is officially closing their virtual doors on August 21st. The move was announced last night in an email from the Chan Poker team. The reasons for the closure were not made clear, but it has been made clear that Chan Poker will be moving to the Merge Network, and will be merging with the Aced.com brand. It is not going to be a transparent merger though, as the Chan Poker brand is done for good, and all player accounts will be closed on August 21st. Any players who wish to continue playing there will have to make a new account at Aced.com.

Chan has also announced that all player withdrawals will be processed up until the closing day. Withdrawal limits have also been increased, so players with large amounts of money in their accounts can get it all off before their accounts are closed. Once August 21st comes, all accounts will automatically be closed, and players won’t have to take any further action.

The new room, Aced.com, will be open to US players, and as mentioned before, will be a part of the Merge Gaming network. Other sites on this network include Carbon Poker and Walker Poker. There are over 3,000 players online at the Merge network at any one time.

A lot of speculation has come about as to why Chan Poker decided to make this move, and we have a few ideas. First of all, Johnny Chan may have wanted to avoid any legal hassles in the USA whatsoever. If Chan Poker was looking to start accepting USA players, they would have been forced to remove Johnny from their brand, or he wouldn’t have been able to go in the USA anymore. Also, Chan was struggling on their previous network, and maybe was just looking to switch things up.

If you’re looking for more info on this topic, make sure to check out the full press release regarding the Chan Poker moves.

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