People think the US market will be "blah" without international players and no Pokerstars.
Think about this people...
1. Deposits being instant, cashouts processed in 2 hours or less. No waiting time to get cash.
2. Marketing arm of Caesars and MGM. All of the people with players cards getting email invites to play poker online. Trips to Vegas/AC with reward points.
3. American player sign ups will be steady and will grow at huge rates during the WSOP if legal by then. Caesars and WSOP will just be a constant advertisement for WSOP.com for playing online.
I know people keep saying I will believe it when I see it. But when you have the VP of MGM and Loveman of Caesars being soooo vocal. They are setting the table for online poker and it's acceptance nationwide. No one in the government is going to deny tax revenue for federal government esp. if Nevada, California gets sites up and running.
Pokerstars is great and will do well in Europe and Asia. But the new sites in the US will be full of fish and multi-accounting will become extremely difficult with regulation requiring age and SS verification on wins or site signups. That will get much more casual gamblers to play because they will not feel online poker is "rigged" anymore.
My prediction is the circuit events, WPT, and WSOP will become huge in the US in 2013. The series will have massive entrants with satellites online for all events.