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JEN005
Enthusiast
Silver Level
I logged in today in the morning and to my surprise I saw that GGPoker had ~11k more active players than pokerstars (~26k vs ~37k),
At 18:55 CET I checked again and looks like GGPoker has 80291 active players 64256 on PokerStars.
https://i.ibb.co/8dLmjWp/ggnum.png
https://i.ibb.co/nzmK75d/psnum.png
To be honest, I didn't expect GGPoker to surpass PokerStars as the most popular platform this quickly.
Do you think GGPoker is "stealing" players from PokerStars? If yes, what do you think are the reasons the players are switching rooms?
Personally, I've played much more on GG than PS lately.
I think the PokerStars is superior when it comes to software quality and reliability, despite what I've heard being advertised from GG ambassadors. For instance, if I have a network issue, PS will automatically reconnect when the network is fixed; in GG I've had to re-launch the client every time after getting disconnected.
But GG definitely looks more fun, and the emoji faces make the game more enjoyable.
Rake wise, since I play on the micro-stakes, GG has ~8% rake for MTTs vs ~11% on PS. That's a factor too.
At 18:55 CET I checked again and looks like GGPoker has 80291 active players 64256 on PokerStars.
https://i.ibb.co/8dLmjWp/ggnum.png
https://i.ibb.co/nzmK75d/psnum.png
To be honest, I didn't expect GGPoker to surpass PokerStars as the most popular platform this quickly.
Do you think GGPoker is "stealing" players from PokerStars? If yes, what do you think are the reasons the players are switching rooms?
Personally, I've played much more on GG than PS lately.
I think the PokerStars is superior when it comes to software quality and reliability, despite what I've heard being advertised from GG ambassadors. For instance, if I have a network issue, PS will automatically reconnect when the network is fixed; in GG I've had to re-launch the client every time after getting disconnected.
But GG definitely looks more fun, and the emoji faces make the game more enjoyable.
Rake wise, since I play on the micro-stakes, GG has ~8% rake for MTTs vs ~11% on PS. That's a factor too.