hi im a 31 years old online poker player from Lebanon
ive been playing online poker since 2009 so basically ive been around u know
let me explain my point of view and my humble opinion on the matter
1-when online poker BOOMED it was due to what was called the moneymaker effect . at these times it was something new the marketing was great and tons of recreational players were around fueling the cash supply. online poker legends were being born ex: victor bloom the teenager that became a millionaire rampaging all the big names out there like some greek mythology story
it was a time when these stories made us DREAM and we could make money (personally i made thousands playing on local sites and would sometimes sit at pokerstars and play for 2 weeks to turn my 50 $ into a 1000 $ and it was feasible )
2-of course marketing played a major role i mean poker after dark was my favorite show for an entire year or so
and there s what id call the ZYNGA effect the game was running viral on Facebook and all these newbies would soon shift to real money sites like full tilt or PS thinking they found the philosophers stone (especially since a lot of them were already paying real money for play chips on facebook already)
these were the good times...
Now heres what happened
online poker became a major source of money laundering so the US shut it down
boom a shot in the face
full tilt cant repay its customers
pokerstars now has what we call a market monopoly
3rd party applications become more sophisticated and for all us dreamers out there it was just some time before it was goodbye alabama
i stopped playing in 2012 the game was becoming too tough for me i wasnt making anymore profits on pokerstars and local sites were shut down because of money laundering too
later on i heard shneider family sold pokerstars and i knew online poker was on the dead road
i gave myself some shots here and the once maybe a year but the game was not fun anymore ... i mean for gods sake any man whos willing to invest 8 hours a day grinding with a 3rd party tracker and competing with others that do the same to make a 10bb/hour if lucky go and study investment my friend im sure ull make a lot more there or learn a craft or a job it ll really be more rewarding
Finally here comes 2020 quarantine and i want to have fun so here i am playing online poker again
well the traffic is up it has doubled or tripled and thats nice but the game isnt better by any means
sure they have much more formats but its all meaningless as long as ur being tracked by a machine ...
since late February ive spend around 500 dollars playing on different sites
i found the game much more fun on some sites even at micro stakes and the thing they have in common was that they prohibited the use of 3d party software
SO HERES MY ANSWER
online poker is doomed to die it is going through a clinical resurgence phase due to the quarantine like when a patient gets a little better before embracing the death curve.
the major monopolizer of the industry (pokerstars) has to make a critical decision in these circumstances
take advantage of the temporary high traffic and take some bold action like banning 3d party softwares and making some life changing promotions taht would fuel the recreational players taking there shots during the quaratine or keep on satisfying the current grinders that would end up eating each other with their software in a year or 3 max thus ending online poker
sorry for the long dim point of view but to my humble opinion thats the truth of the situation
Hi, nice article. Only in conclusion, I did not understand, is it worth playing pokerstar? Or is it still a machine that looks at how much money you have contributed, and how much to give you accordingly.
I read a lot of reviews where poker sites are criticized, but I have not seen specific examples and evidence. I also doubt the honesty of online poker, but on the other hand I think that they value their reputation. Take-off will happen when it is allowed everywhere, and we will see the first international broadcasts on TV.
