WSOP Real-Money Poker Site Hits High Of 152 Cash Game Players On First SundayAction There Trailing Ultimate Poker, Which Debuted In April |
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Sundays, historically, have been the busiest days in the online poker world, and the newly-launched World Series of Poker-branded site in the state of Nevada hit a peak of 152 cash game players on Sunday — its highest total since debuting statewide on Thursday.
That data is according to tracking from PokerScout.com.
For comparison, Ultimate Poker, which launched in Nevada in April, hit a high of 268 cash players on Sunday. Both sites only take action from those within Nevada’s borders.
Industry leader PokerStars, which doesn’t take action from people anywhere in America thanks to Black Friday, had a high of 31,967 on Sunday. That firm is looking for re-entry into the United States via New Jersey, which legalized web gambling earlier this year. The Garden State expects to have games from at least one firm up and running by December.
Right now, the WSOP site is offering forms of hold’em, Omaha and stud. It also has tournaments and sit-and-gos. More games are expected to come, of course.
Nevada authorized web poker in 2011, but took a long and steady road toward crafting the regulations that would govern its industry. The interest in web poker is there for some firms, but everyone is anticipating a future where Nevada enters into agreements with other states, and countries, in order to share player pools for all forms of web gambling. Poker, arguably, relies the heaviest on liquidity since poker-playing customers are attracted to large tournament field sizes.
In addition to Nevada and New Jersey, Delaware has legalized web gambling. That state expects to also kick off some games this fall.
Efforts in other states across the country are presumed dead for this year. The key player is California, where some have been trying for years to authorize such games. That state will again see a web poker proposal in 2014, but its chances remain unclear.
There is also still energy on Capitol Hill for a federal bill, but the consensus from the industry seems to be that those efforts are drawing stone dead.
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