Will the poker market decline further ??

[Newmanseye]

With the global economic recession upon us, what do you think it will mean for the internet poker phenomenon, will the games get harder again?

Bankrolls withdrawn to help the recreational player with life's essentials

what will it do to the pros?

discuss

[bhoywonder]

I think last sunday was a record field for the stars million so no indication of a decline there,the online game is getting harder imo.less american fish able 2 get money into their empty accounts is one reason,another is that there is so much good info out now(books,training sites), that standards have improved.im referring 2 nl holdem of course. Other games might not have the same lvl of expertise,razz or omaha hi-lo.

[Grier78]

Poker in Asia is booming, millions of new fish coming on board and they like to gamble.

[I Am Willis]

Nar, i think poker is just starting to take off and some people might see it as an easy way to make some quick $'s

[jakally]

Poker in Asia is booming, millions of new fish coming on board and they like to gamble.

Which sites are Asian players playing on?

[I Am Willis]

Poker in Asia is booming, millions of new fish coming on board and they like to gamble.

Which sites are Asian players playing on?

888.com?...

[Grier78]

Poker in Asia is booming, millions of new fish coming on board and they like to gamble.

Which sites are Asian players playing on?

Well there are two new iPoker skins that are directly targeted at Asia. But I would guess that all the big poker rooms will try and get their share.

[Gryff]

I think last sunday was a record field for the stars million so no indication of a decline there,the online game is getting harder imo.less american fish able 2 get money into their empty accounts is one reason,another is that there is so much good info out now(books,training sites), that standards have improved.im referring 2 nl holdem of course. Other games might not have the same lvl of expertise,razz or omaha hi-lo.

Thats not really a fair sunday million as it was actually a sunday two million due to the 2X promotion.

[TheChipPrince]

Poker in Asia is booming, millions of new fish coming on board and they like to gamble.

Which sites are Asian players playing on?

Well there are two new iPoker skins that are directly targeted at Asia. But I would guess that all the big poker rooms will try and get their share.

Are they playing across the whole network, or just on the individual sites?  So you can play them on Blonde?

[jizzemm]

Poker in Asia is booming, millions of new fish coming on board and they like to gamble.

Which sites are Asian players playing on?

Well there are two new iPoker skins that are directly targeted at Asia. But I would guess that all the big poker rooms will try and get their share.

Are they playing across the whole network, or just on the individual sites?  So you can play them on Blonde?

I think all ipoker skins are accross the whle network

[TheChipPrince]

Poker in Asia is booming, millions of new fish coming on board and they like to gamble.

Which sites are Asian players playing on?

Well there are two new iPoker skins that are directly targeted at Asia. But I would guess that all the big poker rooms will try and get their share.

Are they playing across the whole network, or just on the individual sites?  So you can play them on Blonde?

I think all ipoker skins are accross the whle network

 

[Grier78]

Lets just hope that Harrington is never published in Chinese.

[DaveShoelace]

The chinese market is deffo the value at the moment for the rest of us, but at the same time I reckon they will learn quicker than any other group in poker, so enjoy it while you can. Poker is also more widely advertised (TV adverts, Sky Poker, channel 5 and channel 4 shows) so there are plenty of new fish coming in that way too.

Regarding the credit crunch and all that, I doubt it will greatly affect poker. The gamblers wont let something like that stop em and might do it more. Lots of poker players are students/live with their parents and also even though times are clearly bad, its not as bad it seems, its just much more widely reported than previous recessions (Im basing all this on what Martin Lewis says, the man is a god).

That said, its convinced me not to bother looking for a house and my petrol bill bit me in the ass yesterday.

[cia260895]

with 1,321,851,888 (ish) chinese the chinese market is going to explode within the next10/20 years if they catch up with the rest of the modernised world.

[mondatoo]

The chinese market is deffo the value at the moment for the rest of us, but at the same time I reckon they will learn quicker than any other group in poker, so enjoy it while you can. Poker is also more widely advertised (TV adverts, Sky Poker, channel 5 and channel 4 shows) so there are plenty of new fish coming in that way too.

Regarding the credit crunch and all that, I doubt it will greatly affect poker. The gamblers wont let something like that stop em and might do it more. Lots of poker players are students/live with their parents and also even though times are clearly bad, its not as bad it seems, its just much more widely reported than previous recessions (Im basing all this on what Martin Lewis says, the man is a god).

That said, its convinced me not to bother looking for a house and my petrol bill bit me in the ass yesterday.

Tighty says owise and that other guys is a mug incomparison so i say we are in a reccession 

Waits for tighty to say we're not lol.