Since nations worldwide and part of the US essentially under a quarantine, I am hoping for a spike in online poker since there is not much else to do. It seems like a great recipe for one, the limiting factor is with people being out of work, they will also be out of money to play

I know this may come across as shallow and selfish, but I don't have much to look forward if I am stuck at home for the next month. At least more action at the online tables will help pass the time and maybe even help some of us financially.

I bartend and manage in Key West, as of right now we are still open(even though Miami/Fort Lauderdale is shut down) but it seems imminent that we will be shut down too. Not looking forward to it, my only glimmer of hope is for the online tables to be flooded with lesser skilled players who need something to pass the time.

That is already happening.

This is not a matter of being selfish - it simply is what it is, and some industries will fare quite a bit better with what is going on for the immediate term than others. Amazon will thrive. Uber drivers will be destroyed. Online Poker will thrive. Live poker and restaurants will be destroyed.

Most people, such as yourself hope this lasts a few weeks or a month, but realistically this is going to be a multi month societal change if we are lucky, and while the online poker industry will do just fine, the economic world around us will go through a pretty nasty adjustment, and this is just talking about the economic side, and leaving aside the literal health crises that will be part of that.

I would expect all schools will be closed for the rest of the school year, and more severe restrictions on movement will be put in place as well, and I am just talking about North America with that, with the US getting it relatively worse due to the morons in charge there and their relatively poor systems to handle this. Mexico and Canada will likely close the border to the US once they sort out those details, so Trump will get what he wants in that regard, albeit in an ironic manner.

There will (or perhaps there already are) better threads discussing this on this forum (no offence to the OP), and staying relatively informed and following the safety protocols required is a responsibility everyone should take seriously.

yes, i was invited to play on an app for an online club by local regs after the poker room shut down!!! I don't trust the app though, how would i know if they are cheating? Im itching to play but i don't exactly want to give my money away that easily

This.

Wsop.com was popping off this evening.

Those regs really want you in their game; they probably don't need to cheat

Or they really want him in the game because they are cheating.

made this sheet back in 2016.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing


3.5$ 18man are running 15 tables right now (tuesday 3.30 PM)
this is equal to a sunday @ 2.20 PM back in 2016

I've been playing on an asian app and these games feel like play money tier in terms of player pool.

I'd tell you where, but I won't, because you're all jerks who didn't come see my band last night

Wow.

I just bought a laptop with a bigger screen in anticipation of this. If all goes well the 'investment' will pay for itself and then sum.

While this spike will only be temporary, it is interesting that a global pandemic is reviving online poker for now.

The US response to the coming financial crisis as a result of not being able to work for months will be significant too. The vast majority will not be able to.pay their mortgage/rent and utilities after being out of work just a few weeks, a few months will be a disaster. Last week the stock market got a $1.5 trillion bailout(that went poof), yet so far there is no talk of bailing out the working class, the ones who pay taxes.

Yep.

As of 5pm today, all bars are shut down for 30days in Florida. Restaurant can remain open for now if they are at 50% capacity and workers get screened for the virus(but given my county only has tested 12 people so far, that just is not practical for all of us to be tested).

Looks like I will be playing a lot of poker in the next month.

WSOP 24 hour cash game peak was 871, probably 2 to 3 times higher than normal.

https://www.pokerscout.com/

Well then he should probably steer clear either way

The yoog spike may only be temporary, but some % of those who only started playing b/c of corona will realize that they like poker so it should help increase the player pool beyond what it would have been. I also think this will go on for months and some estimates place it up to a year and a half.

if we look at china, more than a year seems very pessimistic, I would think under 4 months

China just started sending people back to work so we don't yet know what the impact will be. It could just as easily come back in a week or 2, maybe stronger.

Also with the Spanish Flu of 1918, there was an initial wave in Spring, and the thing seemingly died off in the Summer, only to come back with a second wave that was much more deadly in the Fall.

So it's possible that we think we're past corona, only for it to come back weeks or months lately. We may not be out of the woods until a vaccine is ready, and most estimates put that at 12-18 months, although rumors are that testing is ready to start, so who knows.

I don't know about poker but I would expect a population spike in the next 9-12 months.

New online fish will be broke before the isolating is over.

The big poker boom over a decade ago was caused by the financial crash so yeah poker will benefit but this time only for a short time.

This is why I bashed 888 because of all the changes they made over the last few years and pissed away their status as the second biggest site. Even if 888 reversed its changes now the damage is done and Party have the upper hand so 888 will have to wait until another recession to get it back or take enormous risks with capital which there is a good chance they wont see back.

With so many poker rooms closed across the US, there's no place to go for most of us but online. ACR has had huge numbers and crushed guarantees, and I'd expect that to continue until casinos and poker rooms are ready to open up again.

I agree with Monteroy on this matter,but you miscalculated some things.Most of the people will be left without a job and this is already happening.While a big part of the players are using their economies,most of recs have daily jobs
We will see in about one month or so,but my best guess is that a big part of the world will be broke,food will not last forever,people wont be able to work anywhere,because a big part of employers will go broke as well.

Desperate people certainly gamble. They won't look at poker as a job online; they'll try and run it up. Ofc they will get smashed with today's playing field. Imagine the guy who hasn't played online since 2007 depositing $200 today...he's in for a wake up call

Online poker on WSOP and ACR will get even busier as all remaining LV Casinos close at in the next 24 hours, along with hotels and restaurants.