Originally Posted by
thesparten
Guys,
Granted I'm just a competent MTT rec player but...
I only see traffic declining from here on out..
No one even knows poker still exists on any level and no one even knows how to play poker any more..
No one is even interested in learning.
It's just the same old leftover,s complaining the game isn't tilted enough in there favor..
I'm enthusiastic about poker. Don't mind losing a little here and there and even I!! don't play anymore..
I took a $10 bonus on b.o.l. so I can't withdraw unless I rake thousand$.. so why bother even playing. In essence that's just straight crooked.
A.c.r. theis just the same grinders/ with all there 3rd party software..
No one new plays anymore and no one wants too learn or is interested.
Poker Stars is the only chance.. period.
There the only ones who make it fun, interesting and can attract a rec..
From new York.. I
Good by poker..
If you look from the bubble perspective of the USA your right.. Thanks to UIGEA and the puritanical assholes like Sheldon its taken a serious hit.. I would argue though its booming outside of the USA.. Inspite of what happened in Australia even the market is this.. Population of the world isn't shrinking at the moment and technology is expanding to further nad further remote locations.. Don't laugh but thanks to the rich little shit who runs FB the African poker boom is coming.. I know seems stupid but if the Nigerian 419ers can figure out how to collude and playpoker online with the money they've gotten through idiot fraud suckers here int he US and others who think they are going to get that massive windfall.. Hell wouldn't even surprise me none if they are already up to it.. The fact is bringing internet into remote areas which at least have electricity will actually bring players.. whats there to do in the middle of no mans land.. don't need massive super pipes to run a poker client online.. Not to mention as a whole population growth by definition increases by avg pct that given population increase the number of poker players even recs especially will increase.. Cambodia has been developing some interesting gambling stuff lately I tripped over the info by accident while reading some stuff on a HYIP forum I frequent.. They are offering online casino including live dealer stuff to customers via White label up to even call center customer service.. (my suspicion is with the massive crackdown under Duerte in the Phillipines the gambling operations could be moving from there to Cambodia as a more open option).. Heres a link to what I found earlier today
http://www.asialivetech.com/products...dealer-casino/
Now larry or somebody might be able to ascertain if this operation is the same one that got canned by BetOnLine over the big Blackjack fiasco that occurred and was all over the net a few weeks ago.
My whole point in my ramble is this.. I agree PS is the king of the mountain out there but theres a lot of underground online poker as well going on (private sites running PokerMavens are a prime example and they are in places such as the Middle East that frown on this crap.. Could they be fronts for terrorists yeah that's also possible I'm guessing but the sites are set up for deposits and withdrawals and use local currency as reference). Its hard to say if you ask me how many players are truly playing online in unmetered and unreported markets.. We see the numbers on such they appears to be down but again newer and emerging markets to me make me believe its no where being as DOA as many think..