What kind of impact does Covid-19 have with online poker?

[gjwalk]

There's been a big increase in players in the freerolls and the cash games over at pokerstars. I'm finding the guaranteed games are going way over their overlay's, almost double sometimes. The tournaments seem to be easier to make the money, some of the new players may be a little inexperienced. It's great for online poker, not so much for life in general.

 

[walkkking]

I think the number of players will decrease if there is no coronavirus. Now everyone is at home and they have time to play all day and they also need the money. This will change if there is no virus

 

[Iamfishieee]

I can tell you that online poker has become much better now than before.

Any decent player has had an increase in their win rate.

When people are stuck in doors and bored, let's give online poker a try crosses the minds of even those who are clueless

 

[flanylpant]

its got a ton of people playing again that's for sure

 

[throughstruggle]

No matter how terrible this may sound, they are interested in the pandemic lasting as long as possible.

 

[mato90]

nobody knows

 

[Popescu97]

At the moment the poker it s full,in specially the freerol s Tournament s

 

[nghoffman]

I'm not sure about everyone else, but I haven't been able to operate my business for over 2 months now. So, what do I do all day? Play online poker, watch movies, take naps..

 

[Psyanide14]

I play the same tournament at the same time of day most days of PokerStars. A few weeks ago there was usually 2500-3500 players. Yesterday the same tournament had over 7000 players so definitely a bump. Maybe people were playing while watching the FT of the PokerStars million tournament like I was. Guess we’ll see today if still a lot higher number of players.

Best of luck and stay safe all.