Online Poker Operator Partypoker appears to be looking to board the shared liquidity train, a representative for the growing brand has confirmed in a Two Plus Two forum post.

Partypoker, whose parent company GVC Holdings is currently waiting regulatory approval to close what could be a £4-billion takeover of British bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral, has been expanding both its online and live poker footprint at quite a rapid pace over the past several years.

France and Spain were the first two countries to roll out shared poker tables last month via the newly created PokerStars Europe network. Asked whether they were planning a similar move, the partypoker representative said in the post on Two Plus Two that the operator was already present in both France and Spain and indicated that they were interested in exploring the opportunities offered by the shared liquidity project but would wait for Italy and Portugal to join the scheme.

Portugal has recently completed almost all steps to be able to open its poker market for shared liquidity. One final step includes the publication of a technical standards framework in the nation’s Official Journal. Once this happens, operators licensed in Portugal will be able to merge their local player pool with these of Spain and France.

Italy however is way behind its partners in the project in terms of preparing the necessary documentation, it is understood that the country has been working toward the eventual launch of shared poker tables and that this might happen in the coming months, so I guess we just have to be watching this space to see any further developments.

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