The online poker Bible, Poker Pulse.com has released its latest list
of top sites showing some dramatic traffic gains by the Microgaming-powered
Prima Poker Network which carries 35 leading brands.
PokerPulse rankings are based on observed total real money players
and estimated ring game pots and the current list is for the period
ending the second quarter 2005.
The giant Party Poker.com operation still maintains a significant
lead in the industry at the top of the list and continues to benefit
from the massive publicity surrounding its recent IPO on the London
Stock Exchange.
The high profile and skillfully marketed Poker Stars.com is second,
but Prima has moved up and supplanted longtime number 3 Paradise Poker.com,
owned by the Sportingbet organization.
Way back when, Paradise was the top online poker venue before being
unseated by Party Poker. It has now dropped to seventh position.
The much publicized Bodog.com poker room is dead tied in 14th place
with Full Tilt Poker
and an interesting struggle is developing between the two highly visible
rooms.
Boss Media's International Poker Network is doing well at number 12.
This is the Top Ten on Poker Pulse.
- PartyPoker;
- PokerStars;
- Prima Poker Network;
- UltimateBet;
- Pacific Poker (888.com);
- PokerRoom.com;
- Paradise Poker;
- Ladbrokes;
- CryptoLogic;
- Tribeca Poker Network.