What does everybody think the impact of Zoom Poker will be? I think it will be huge:
- Rake will be collected much faster. The 2/3+ of losing players will go busto much faster.
- The long-run will be reached faster. While somebody playing live may take years to realize that he is a losing player, it will be painfully obvious much sooner at Zoom Poker.
- PokerStars will increase its market share unless the other sites like iPoker, PartyPoker, etc. also copy Rush Poker. Recreational players will prefer to lose at Zoom Poker rather than have a higher win rate at softer sites.
- It will be faster to pay >$18,181 in rake, so there will be a lot more Supernova/Elite players. Zoom Poker tables will be infested with Supernova players.
- Any game that introduces the Zoom Poker option will have at least half the hands dealt in the game changed to Zoom. So players that don't like or are worse in Zoom will be pissed off.
What's the impact so far of Zoom Poker on you?
In the first few days after launch, approximately 25% of all cash game players were playing Zoom Poker.
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Despite making up only one-quarter of players, Zoom Poker has been racking up nearly half of all cash game hands dealt because the hands are approximately three times as fast. Each Zoom player is therefore roughly equivalent to three regular cash game players (or one player playing three tables at once). By that measure, PokerStars traffic is up nearly 50% since the Zoom launch, which could account for the loss of traffic among major competitors.