The 2 poker giants PokerStars and Full Tilt poker just keep on growing and growing. This year both of them have increased their customer base with 68%, and last week both of them reached a new milestone as they stood for 60% of all the poker traffic online. Its seems like it has paid off very well for these 2 sites to spend lots and lots of money on marketing and by offering the biggest monthly/we[...] Read more » Full Tilt and PokerStars keep on growing
Joined: Jun '09
Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
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yes i must agreed whit that,the others just cant compete whit pokerstars and full tilt whitout american players,and that is ther known fact,and they will just keep growing and growing,unless others do something.....
Joined: Oct '09
Location: Sweden
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Hell, 1 out of 2 players at FTP is American so that is really a huge advantage. Can't understand how Pokerstars got that far though, their software is real s**t. Laggy and ugly.
Joined: Dec '09
Location: Belgium
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the american market is amassive amount of players for those 2 sites, anyway online poker is growing up a lot since few years, so there is no surprise in this news.
Joined: May '09
Location: Spain
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No surprise, FTP and Pokerstars are the best site. Promos, bonus, tournaments and tables and more tables of cash. No way other sites can fight to reach this position. If you like poker you must have an account in this two.
Joined: Apr '08
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Indeed, this really doesn't come as a surprise. They are both unsurpassed in terms of their software. I don't agree the promotions are great, in fact, they seem to be the ones which give out promotions sparingly (especially PS)
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I think that the traffic has increased due to players getting to play in bigger guaranteed tournaments, where they hope to cash in and try to change their life. Thats just my opinion.
There are alot of reasons why FTP and PS are the biggest badest sites available. Easy to use software that is pleasing to the eye, fantastic variety of games and limits, large volumes of traffic just to name a few. Other poker sites and networks can only be envious of these two heavyweights.
It could also be due to the fact that it's easier and less hassle to play in the comfort of your home than go to the casino. Look at the blinds of NL or any other poker games at the casinos vs the blinds online. You won't find micros and $1 - $5 Sng's at Casinos'. Plus dealing with the people in the casino can be a hassle at times
Joined: Nov '08
Location: United Kingdom
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yeah lots more people are trying to win a little aswell. but every one cant be winning can they? but FTP and PS are cashing in i bet most of there revinue comes from the micro limits. ok low limits.
Joined: Feb '09
Location: Belgium
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Really intersting news. Indeed, this two sites have made some king of really nice marketing : how much pro's they got in their teams (some of the best !). Financial crise never reach gamblers ^^ so addictive
Joined: Jan '08
Location: Germany
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mike tyson and poker, thats even more weird than signing boris becker (who showed his donkeystyle on german tv), i mean he never seemed to be a smart person i don't believe he is good at poker. if it helps to bring fish to the tables its good, but otherwise ps should use the money in a better way
------------ oh, commentated the wrong article. but this news: it shows how important marketing is for those sites, ps do sposors many big tournaments with media coverage and they do a good job bringing new people to play poker, i.e. with tv-shows like celebritypoker full tilts strategy which is based on their professional players seems to work out well, too. the site is regularly mentioned in news articles because of the highstakes
Edited by Raggamann (19 December 2009 @ 19:24 GMT)
Joined: May '09
Location: India
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i think the biggest reason for their success is that both of them are very trusted sites so new users are a bit comfortable playing there, and accepting americans is also a big factor
