Do you guys think more people are playing online vs live due to Coronavirus?

I think it's definitely possible but without any hard numbers I'm just speculating. I work in higher education and quite a few universities in the US are completely suspending all face-to-face lectures and moving everything online.

I do think so, this is increasing online poker players from their homes

I think that this infection scared many people, but it all depends on where you live, I’m from Russia and on March 8 there were 17 sick people, many were already discharged from hospitals, if I had the opportunity to visit a casino, I would have done it without hesitation but from my place of residence to the nearest casino there are three days by train.

[QUOTE=blix177;5513333]Do you guys think more people are playing online vs live due to Coronavirus
This could be, but i don´t have statistics to tell you if it is true! I´m from Germany, and they are suspending all events with more than 1000 people. So that could really be the case, that live players are switching to online-poker for this period.

Depends on the Country, In Europe some Tournaments already got cancelled due to the Virus

I suppose that, like everything in many countries, work activities, classes and any kind of meeting of people have been suspended, poker would not be the exception of this, so most likely in countries where this terrible virus is affecting its population the players that they went to the casinos to play live they will be placed to play online although I do not think it is a significant increase since in 99% of the cases the players who play live poker also play in online poker

I think yes, the increase in players on the Internet because of Coronavirus is quite real !!!

Sounds logical. Many players play both online and live and as the gatherings of people (including poker tournaments) are being limited in many countries it is normal people to play more online. In the countries which are affected seriously many people work from home or are under quarantine so we can also expect some new players or recreationals to start playing online fighting the boredom caused by isolation. Of course all these are just guesses and only the poker rooms have the real picture.

We are facing a virus that will be complicated to stop. If it continues to expand, it is likely that online poker will increase.

I'm not playing more eventhough i'd specially after some miracle which happened earlier this week ... (when thanks to cc i got 500$)

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed more than 118,000 cases of covid-19 in 114 countries and 4,291 deaths. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stated that, according to experts' estimates, '60% to 70% of the inhabitants of Germany may become infected with the coronavirus' if a vaccine and treatment methods for covid-19 are not developed soon

It has already had an affect I think. I looked at the number of entrants in the tourneys on ACR on the weekend and for example if the guarantee was 30000 they would have got about 40000 in entry dollars. They seemed to be consistently taking in a lot more than their guarantees.

If economy will collapse because of the virus, then most probably there will be no place left for games like poker, soccer, and so on. The most popular game will be "Survive next 24 hours, and repeat it tomorrow"

I'm in quarantine, I only play online.
Three more days and you can sit down at a live table)))

hi...the virus is dangerous because it is not fully studied.and it is unknown how he will behave.One of the preventive measures is to avoid crowds of people .Naturally, online is better.Safely.

This virus spread is only the beginning. it will get much worse around the world.

People will get board being at home and I do think the numbers of online players will increase. and online anything will increase. including purchases.

so, if you run any online store, sites, ads, affiliate stuff it should increase

Originally Posted by blix177

Do you guys think more people are playing online vs live due to Coronavirus?

I think it could very easily increase but not so much due to an increase in live players moving to online. I think more due to large sportting events being cancelled (ie. NBA games). And what happens if baseball & Football games follow... 100's of thousands (Millions) of people who would normally be out spectating a sporting event on the weekend.. now cooped up at home. Bring on the pokerzzzz

I think the coronavirus is having a huge impact on online poker. The elderly are the most likely to die from the virus. Adults in their 20s are less than 1% to die, while those aged 60+ have up to an 18% chance of dying from it. So if you're young, go out and play.

I'm really curious how this is all this going to turn out. I didn't notice an increase on ignition.

evan i'm afraid to meet strangers...

The interesting thing will be what the organisers choose to do.
Currently EPT Sochi is scheduled to start in one week. Cases in Russia are extremely low, so I anticipate it will go ahead, but with this virus a week is a long time.
EPT Monte Carlo is one month later, when we will probably be around the peak of the outbreak. What happens then? Will PokerStars postpone the event? Cancel it? Or make it an online tournament with the same structure as the live?

Who knows? It's all speculation at this point.

i think there are more online players now because everyone is sitting home for prevention of Corona .. .

Also will be working from home for at least three weeks. Will for sure spend more time on online poker. Maybe this a chance to get some boom in a system that has a generally declining trend...

I definitely think, online businesses are among the only ones to potentially benefit from this virus. Its probably a bit of a trade off though, since many people will be scared of losing future income and cut back on luxury spending like gambling.

That could be intressting.
Maybe the big sunday million next week will break a new record.

of course everyone avoids public places and protects themselves by staying at home. for poker lovers this is one more reason to play online.

Originally Posted by blix177

Do you guys think more people are playing online vs live due to Coronavirus?

I was thinking the same thing !!!
this is true, for sure online events will have more participation .....

I think this virus hysteria will bring more players on the tables. It's boring to stay at home...

Obviously there will be an increase in online play with so many events and poker rooms being postponed or temporarily closed. Casino grinders will turn into online grinders.

Also as some have noted above, there are huge numbers at a loose end with most professional sports being temporarily halted- they could look to poker instead of sports betting.

The interesting thing will be when the virus ebbs - which could take longer than people think. Many experts now cite the idea of a potential second wave come fall/winter. That will mean many will be conditioned to playing online for months and it will be very interesting to see how fast people switch back to live poker. No doubt many will crave it...but some will feel quite relaxed playing at home in their pyjamas.

I am sure there will be a few who convert to online play in the longer term.

Oh yea, this situation is gonna be huge for Online poker. Look for a massive traffic boost over the next couple months.

for sure ... it is better to sanitize your computer keys than all the poker chips that you pass between the players

partypoker just announced that their live Irish Open event will now be played online.

I would have to say Yes that the virus has caused a lot of people not to go to the local casinos and play more online from their homes. I know a friend who works at one of the larger casinos here in Colorado and her hours have been cut back due to the decrease in people playing slots, live games etc.

lets all hope & pray this is over soon..

I see it s more player s in the online poker,which it s a positive thing,because in this rate we defeat this virus .

I think so. More people stay at home means they have a whole lotta of time (if they aren't working), when someone's spends a couple of hours everyday to play poker he or she would probably play more poker when there's an opportunity.
Coronavirus quarantine gives us an opportunity to accomplish a lot of things we couldn't do due to life problems - something positive about that quarantine. So, stay home and play poker👍👍👍

Coronavirus = online life

It would be nice if the people who are now sitting at home are interested in poker and new players come, but many people are really scared and their thoughts are far from playing poker.

hi everyone
certainly these days are bad for everyone , the deaths the quarantine , the fear of the future and even the need to stay home most if not all of the time
but for online poker isnt this a shot to come back alive again to the 2009 2010 days?
i mean most of the people i know including myself are happy to play again to pass time
but how are poker rooms responding to this shot they have ?
i mean why dont they make some crazy promos or special tourneys to attract gamers that want to see time pass
hope u share my vision on this matter and what are ur suggestions?

Now when people are in their homes, I don’t think that they will go with new promotions, because they don’t need them to attract anyone. I see more people play, and poker rooms are really busy. So that’s why I don’t think that they will put some new promotions

I see some increase of players in stars but do not expect to reach the levels before black friday. Regarding promotions - it is very dangerous to make campaigns directly connected to the quarantine caused by the virus as they will quickly turn against you (many people will say that you make money from people suffering). Pokerstars have campaign now but it is marketed as related to the 19 anniversary of the company and is till beginning of april so this is clever move. Other sites will also follow i suppose.

Well looks like corona is killing bitcoin, and some folks over at ACR are feeling it and taking away the freerolls as a result. I think its kind of funny actually, take away the easy normal payment routes and force feed us bitcoin. Its like they were getting 2 for 1 food stamp deals from their friends but got caught doing it! Good times.

More people home, more can play. My thoughts it should increase traffic. Don't think it will be a huge percentage of people playing over a couple weeks ago. There are more important this to do than playing poker for even the mildly interested in this game.

I don't think poker sites need any promotions for the circumstance. There are more people home anyway and that should automatically increase the traffic. Besides, it could look bad if they try to take advantage of this situation.

Of course, quarantine is linked to the spread of the virus and other restrictions will affect online poker. I think the number of active players days will increase dramatically.

It has increased a lot. On weekdays, on PS it was not exceeding 100k players. Now, there are 120k players. On Sunday there were 170k players at peak hours. In a normal Sunday there were maximum 120k. And it was no event.Very big increase....

I was watching Bloomberg TV today and they were speculating about what hardened sports bettors were gong to do now with all the big sporting events being cancelled. Plus, many casinos are closing. I hope they all jump into online poker. This health crisis and recession could be a huge boost to online poker sites.

I starting to notice a lot more players on online
And in tourney
And I was wondering if it From all the quartines. And people are stuck at home so game on
Peace and pockets

I noticed a big increase in ignition traffic today, hopefully it continues.

Due to the epidemic, casinos are closed and poker enthusiasts go online.