Yep no traffic at all....just 20+ NL 100 games going right now...

Yeah and fewer than 4 tables of each stake nl200 to 1000. Actually sad.

I can brainlessly play nl100 and lower...I was 16 tabling it with nl200 today. It requires almost no mental energy for me to crush those games. I would much prefer to play fewer tables and have them be of midstakes. It's also much less annoying for recs to play with mass-tabling regs, almost timing out every hand, who can't get their volume at higher stakes so they just mass-table lower ones to hit their hourly.

If regs from higher stakes are forced to move down they will cannibalize the lower stakes, which kill nl100, so in a month your post will be "Yep no traffic at all...just 20+ tables of NL 10 going right now..."

This happened when GP got rid of nl2k. Had high-stakes players playing 2/4-3/6 and crushing people.

are you tiling tables when you 16 table or what

Yep tiles no software.

12tabling cause not enough nl200++ runs:

Less people are playing NL cash everyday. Just because you perception of traffic is based on the stake you specifically want to play, doesn't mean they are losing traffic.

I remember when I first logged into the client (Sept 2017) there were about 25 tables of 2/4-3/6 going at 1pm on a Monday.

One thing you guys forget is the buy-in use to be 10bbs. Then a bunch of ppl cried and complained cuz waaah shorties, but never really accounted for how that could affect the games. Recs buy in for what they have, I would guess they don't even know what bbs mean. So let's say a rec has $20 in their account. Instead of being able to sit 200 or even 100NL, they now have to take that $20 to a 50NL table to be able to play. It happens multiple times a session, a new screename joins the table, but doesn't end up buying in (obviously not having enough $). I remember some other US sites had 10-50bb tables and they actually got pretty good action. Add those in addition to the 25-100bb games and you could see a boost in #s at 200NL+.

I also think they have done a bad job at getting the word out about skrill. It is essentially the same signup process as PayPal, but they are actually pro-gambling transactions. They just don't really have the exposure in the US as a company like PayPal. I would really like to see them do some sort of "open a Skrill account, deposit X amount, and get X free". Global has a huge database of users at this point, but really didn't do much to sell Skrill to them.

They used to get way more tables of NL100 too? I don't know what your point is.

Also $rake per hand is higher at higher stakes so it's in the site's interest that they run.

Oh never mind we are in agreement:

If players can't deposit then liquidity dries up, which isn't to say you guys don't understand that, but maybe you don't quite understand that is what has happened here.

I might spend an hour trying to get money on the site because I know I will likely make money

Most fish aren't going to sign up for Skrill, link their bank account, wait it out, and then make the same decision to deposit money onto the poker site. By then the impulse to gamble has passed or been satisfied elsewhere. They need to be able to see an ad on Facebook, click a link, and be playing within 10-15 minutes tops.

Also, this isn't the boom. Most everyone has played poker and knows where they stand in the ecosystem by now. Someone might get an urge to play, lose one deposit, and remember why they ****ing hated the game in the first place.

+1

Please add .01/.02

Traffic seems to be improving lately, I think the issue people were having about not being able to deposit has massively influenced it and hopefully now it'll get steadily better.

I actually got the error again just now (was trying to buy GC after losing a bunch of buyins at 2/4...cashout cursed...). Really annoying as I sent them a video of the error by request last month and got no update it just resolved on its own.

Has something to do with their network IDK.

You would think creating a smooth path for deposits would be kind of important over at Global.

There were a few 5/10s running over the weekend there, but this deposit issue still looks to be affecting people.

In February there was 10+ running every night.

SNG's at the $15+ level have almost completely died out. Usually only a handful of Sonia's running when it used to be 8, 10+ at peak time. I hardly notice hypers going off anymore, few if any $100 sng's going off at all. Pretty much a graveyard. Too bad!

if global reduced rake for shorthanded thered still be plenty of 5/T games

The horrendous "software" isn't helping matters.

I came to 2 plus 2 tonight wondering what is going on as there are only a handful of cash games running right now. I'm not that shocked. High rake and the worst tournaments I have even seen. I don't think anyone actually plays poker who works there.

Traffic is awful - id love to play right now but no one is on. I guess i'm going to the casino today.

I would start tables but the incentive to do so is awful and I just end up battling with some short stack - will not start tables any more unless they fix they rake.

Traffic has been quite good in evenings fwiw.

Shocking, isn't it? Their target market is US recs... strangely many players in that category have a day job.

Well literally 12+ tables of nl200 ran in the afternoon EST a year ago...today there was LITERALLY ONE TABLE OF IT AND ONE MSNL LIKE HOLY SMOKES.

Also games evenings now are less traffic and fewer recs than they were even compared to earlier this year.

Seems to me traffic is down like 2/3 from a year ago if not more

This site should steal RIOP splash the pot mechanic. Would force the nit regs to actually gamble and rec players would love it. They can market that new mechanic and run some deposit bonuses for rec players it would be sweet. These high rake/reggy games are the worst.

If they literally did anything it would be cool but it's not happening so whatever.