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.
In this opinion article we suggest that you Cashout your Full Tilt Poker Bankroll and don’t continue playing on the new site. Why you ask? When Full Tilt Poker re-opens on 6th November it may appear to be the same poker site with the latest technology and best online poker bonuses and promotions.
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 long awaited question of when will Full Tilt Poker open has finally been answered, add 6th November 2012 to your calendar as the date that Full Tilt Poker will officially reopen and be ready for action once again as an online poker room.
Full Tilt Poker will this time however be under totally different management and all player balances will be restored except for US and regulated European regions.
The newly formed Full Tilt poker management team will be independent of PokerStars and based out of Dublin, Ireland meaning they will not follow the mould of Pokerstars in terms of promotions, marketing, and tournaments but will instead be left to create their own brand to compete with Poker Stars.
USA players will look to the DOJ to repay their outstanding balances and will no longer be permitted to play at the re-launched FullTilt site.
Players from France, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Estonia and Denmark the European regulated regions will be assisted by their regulators with plans in place for those regions to allow transfers of Full Tilt Poker balances to a PokerStars account in the region.
Luckily for all players who were owed money by FullTiltPoker, PokerStars reached an agreement with the US DOJ that grants all Full Tilt Poker assets to PokerStars. Part of the agreement reached includes the payment of all Full Tilt Poker players worldwide within 90 days.
Speed Holdem Poker is the new fast paced poker game to be launched in July 2012. Poker sites like Titan Poker and Winner Poker will feature Speed Hold’em poker games in the lobby on the next software update.
The iPoker Network are keeping up with the latest poker trends offering a similar product to Rush Poker and Pokerstars Zoom Poker, which has become extremely popular since it’s release.
Players can expect the same intense poker action with a speed fold option to speed the game up. Instead of facing the same opponents in a regular ring game or tournament, players are directed to a new table when folding.
