The temporary closure of the Full Tilt Poker website has had a positive effect on the other online poker sites. According to figures provided by www.pokerscout.com, the number of players lost by FTP is 9300. Since that time, 5500 new players arrived on the other online poker sites. In addition, since the end of the World Series of Poker, the traffic increased by 0.4% from the previous week.
At the level of the figures, we note the following increases:
PokerStars: + 15%
PartyPoker: + 46%
iPoker Network: + 23%
Ongame Network: + 8%
888Poker: + 21%
Microgaming Network: + 9%
Merge Gaming Network:-6%
Entraction Network:-4%
International Poker Network (IPN): + 3%
Everest Poker: + 62%
Cake Poker Network: + 30%
PKR: + 21%
Note that traffic on Everest has increased by 62%, which is worthy of mention! The increase in traffic at PokerStars is probably due in part to their promotion of the last days while they handed out almost 1 M$ in hands Milestone. Precisely speaking of this promotion which ended yesterday, try player, Yllams, won a little over $68K in a collective all-in (6 players on a shorthanded table). Good timing for big slick.
At the level of the sites on the decline, obviously as FTP traffic declined by 100% given that access is blocked to all players and Cereus Network (AP and UB) who have difficulty repaying their players.
A site to monitor and which goes better and better is the 888 which could soon file an application with the Nevada Gaming Commission. By soon, means in the fall of 2011. According to rumors, 888 would be advanced with the Ceasars group discussions to offer poker online in a regulated market. Nevada has approved last month a law authorizing online poker.
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