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Just a few of my thoughts since the US ban kicked in..
Traffic is obv well down on the big 3 (tilt stars and ub) tilt and ub seem to be the worst affected with Stars losing the smallest% of their mtt fields.Iv not really looked closely buy it seems that non US sites (ipoker,partyongame) have picked up a little bit but nothing too huge.
I'm still pretty much just playing stars and tilt and have noticed the games have become
tons fishier with a lot of players i haven't seen before coming out of the woodwork,most seem to be from Russia or Canada,maybe some losing players are trying their luck now the American sharks aren,t there
As an mtt player the drop in the gtee's obv sucks,but they haven't dropped as much as i thought they would,with many of the early evening (uk time) comps having the same gtees as before
Overall I'd say on line poker has gone back to what it was like 3 years ago with smaller fields but worse players,i used to make decent $$ back then so hopefully the good times are on their way back.
I am also expecting the mtt schedule to shift to more Euro friendly times very soon which is nice too.
I'm sure the US will be back eventually in a regulated way,so if it does return there will probably be an influx of fishy new players who were worried about the legality and difficulty of depositing/cashing out .
One thing i am a little worried about is the safety of my on line bankroll,i know nowt about legal/banking stuff but will be keeping hardly anything on line just in case it gets nabbed by the Whitehouse.
Overall I'm pretty pleased with the way it's looking, obv feel really sorry for the US players but am just thankful i don't live in the land of the free.
OppertunitiesI,v been thinking if there are any unique oppertunities in the short term till things clear up a bit , i noticed UB's bad beat jackpot is v juicy at the mo and with less players should be easier to win (is this right?)
Full tilt had some very decent overlays 2nite (eg 7k in a 35k gtee) and the wsop $200 shootout is only getting 45ish runners for a 12k pkg.
ub 50k donkament remains as do most of the pre ban freerolls and should get tons less runners than usual.
All the ex US sites will be desp to keep hold of their remaining customers so i reckons now is a great time to ask for rakeback or other incentives to stay with them.
Anyone else got any ideas on how to grab a lil +ev out of all this?
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