PartyPoker Solidifies Second Place Position

According to this week’s online poker traffic report courtesy of PokerScout, the industry saw a modest increase in overall cash game traffic. 4q6f1y

Although only a 0.1% increase overall, a fault in the data collection at PokerStars – which may be the culprit in a reported 8% decline in its traffic – may be suppressing a much larger traffic improvement. PokerStars represents over 50% of the entire poker industry and, removing this anomalous data, the top ten sites saw on average a 4.7% improvement in traffic.

One of the biggest gainers was much controversy.

Meanwhile, rival confusion over alleged “house bots” on their site continues to be misreported in poker media.