Poker Site Statistics Reveal Stiff Competition Among Top 2

In a recent poker site popularity statistics, leads the web poker market with 25000 'Real Cash' players. It is far in advance of nearest competition Full Tilt Poker containing approximately 15000 'real cash' players. Full Poker Tilt has seen a decline inside number of players inside first couple of weeks of February. From 20000 average 'real cash' players the numbers have fallen close to 15000 players. This is not a great sign to the site then there is some catching-up which needs to be done. PokerStars has moved way ahead with average numbers as high as 35000 'real cash' players from 25000. However, you will find there's clear sign that this Top 2 poker sites are way before other online poker rooms. There are many features which attract players to those 2 sites. Some of them are 100% bonus and huge number of players, tables and tournaments to choose from.

Some with the other sites that have less than 10000 'real cash' players are Party Poker and ipoker. Recently iPoker was losing ground along with the average amount of players had dropped close to 4700 but recently the numbers have learned to pick-up indicating better performance from the site. The list of poker websites that are active is long but once we go lower their list the quantity of 'real cash' players reduces dramatically. The performance of the poker site depends upon marketing strategies, usability, interface, tournaments, bonuses along with a host of variables.

The set of websites who have greater than 1000 players include Ongame which has approximately 5000 players, Cereus which has around 2000 players, International at almost 5000 and MicroGaming Network about 3000. With newer technologies making the launching of poker sites easier, the competition among poker websites is placed to increase. However, the major chunk of poker online revenues continues to remain using the leading websites. Poker websites hardly reveal their earnings however the top sites generate huge amounts of money in gaming money. Online poker and gaming is against the law inside United States and as a result the bankrolling of funds comes down drastically. If internet poker becomes legalized inside United States you will definitely visit a huge upswing in internet poker revenues.

In the ranking list Cake Poker, Entraction, Pacific Poker and Svenska Spel are some in the other names. Some of the websites accept US players but some among them usually do not, given that internet gambling is prohibited inside USA. Online poker has become popular in Europe, Latin America and Asia so we are seeing many launches happening of these regions. With the US still undecided for the issue operators are looking for other destinations where poker online is legal.