Player traffic at FullTilt Poker has been on a rapid decline as measured by their cash game traffic according to the stats found on Pokerscout an independent poker traffic stat tracking site.
The once popular poker room Full Tilt, find themselves occupying the number four spot in global poker traffic stats since being reopened under the control of PokerStars.
When FullTilt Poker reopened back in November 2012, albeit without their USA players, they immediately catapulted back to their original second place spot that they had occupied prior to closing and it certainly seemed like Full Tilt were back on track to maintaining steady traffic flow once again, however this traffic was short lived as many players simply cashed out their funds (USA players can only cashout now) and moved on to greener pastures including the likes of PartyPoker, 888 Poker and iPoker (Titan,Winner).
To a large extent, FullTilt Poker have created their own demise by offering players below par bonuses and thinking along the lines of PokerStars management who offer little in terms of player rewards.
One could always argue that PokerStars deliberately intended to crash Full Tilt Poker, doing so would surely improve their own position in the market with less competition.
PokerScout Current Traffic rank (7 day average):
- Pokerstars – 23,600
- PartyPoker – 3,300
- iPoker (Winner, Titan) – 3,200
- Full Tilt Poker – 3050
- 888 Poker – 2,450
This will not be the case, when FullTilt returns it will be under the ownership of PokerStars.
We can however thank PokerStars for saving FullTilt and refunding a large percentage of players from around the World.
The choices are very limited for Americans at the moment until legislation eventually gets approved if and when it ever does.
The DOJ is hot on the heels of many of these poker rooms still open to the USA and while many poker-rooms have succeed so far in getting around to paying their players it certainly is risky business.
USA Poker Players can still play at:
Merge – Carbon Poker or Aced Poker
Revolution Gaming – Lock Poker or Cake Poker
Bodog – Under the Bovada Poker label also has a Casino and Sports Betting.
Winning Poker Network – Americas Cardroom
In what seems to be a silly joke and somewhat of a rumor, PokerStars have bought FullTilt Poker after reaching an agreement with the DOJ following Laurent Tapie’s failed bid at taking over FullTilt Poker.
While it certainly seems that PokerStars have bought Full Tilt Poker it is not yet 100% confirmed as of writing, in the alleged legal agreement reached between PokerStars and the purchase of Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars have agreed to a $750M fee which includes the settlement with the DOJ and player balances worldwide.
The GBT deal is very definitely a no go as can be seen on iGamingFrance and EGR where they have confirmed that without a doubt the FullTilt buyout deal is off.
PokerStars may have just done the right thing by buying FullTilt Poker if indeed the news turns out to be true which I’m guessing it is. It is also being reported that PokerStars will continue to run Full Tilt Poker as a stand-alone brand.
Read More …