Over the past three months, change after change has rocked the landscape at PokerStars. From reducing rewards for high-stakes players to restricting certain poker software, PokerStars has made a litany of moves in order to improve the poker ecosystem. On February 12, another major change will occur.

On that date, traditional No Limit Hold’em, Fixed Limit Hold’em, and Pot Limit Omaha heads-up tables will be removed. In their place will be Zoom Poker pools for each game. If you’re not familiar, Zoom Poker is PokerStars’ fast-fold game. As soon as a player folds his hand, he’s whisked away to a new table at the same stakes where a new hand and, in this case a new opponent, await.

According to an email sent from PokerStars to players, “Heads-up Zoom is already in place at most stakes and will be added at $50/$100. We will also be adding Zoom No Limit Hold’em Cap games at stakes up to $25/$50.”

“These changes are part of PokerStars’ ongoing strategic plan to improve the poker ecosystem and enhance the player experience,” PokerStars Vice President of Corporate Communications Eric Hollreiser said. “In this case, we aim to reduce the widespread predatory behavior at heads-up games. We expect these changes to incentivize more players to be focused on playing poker and less focused on selecting opponents. Ultimately, we believe this will raise the competitive bar and help increase a fun and fair playing experience for everyone.”

Dani ansky451 Stern, who helped organize a boycott of PokerStars over its VIP system overhaul last December, said, “I don’t see how it will improve the issue of predatory behavior of pros like they hope. I also think that players who want to battle for lobbies will never play anymore. I’m not thrilled about it, but I will at least wait to see what the effect is before I declare it a success or failure.”

At the time of writing, heads-up cash game tables on PokerStars existed at stakes from $0.25/$0.50 to $50/$100. Hundreds of heads-up tables exist, but many of them only have a player waiting for an opponent.

According to one PokerStars player, heads-up strategy could change entirely with the move to Zoom. “I’d imagine that more so than other forms of poker, heads-up requires an observation of and adaptation to game flow, tendencies, and results from that session,” he said. “Zoom will essentially destroy that since you’ll be seated with a different opponent each hand.”

Other players forecasted that more regulars would be in a given Zoom pool because of their ability to multi-table.

Other players were taken aback at only having a few days’ notice of the change. “PokerStars seems to be continuing its tradition of informing of radical changes just moments before they happen,” one person said. “If someone is unhappy with this change to the point where he will quit the format he specialized in, it would be cool if he at least had a couple of months’ notice to consider what he is going to do and/or practice other formats.”

PokerStars informed players of radical changes to the site’s VIP program implemented in 2016 late last year. The move spawned two boycotts, although Hollreiser said the site’s ecosystem was substantially healthier than normal during at least one of them.

Also late last year, PokerStars also announced changes to its third-party software regulations. Changes included that all software had to be “basic in nature,” “HUDs [were] no longer permitted to display non-numerical data,” and hand analyzers were banned while the client was open. Table selection tools and seating scripts were also outlawed.