Afthermath of the absolute scandal

bahh · #1 11-13-2007, 11:00 AM

Anybody knows how many % of the players Absolute lost as a result of the superuser account scandal?

deepak7 · #2 11-13-2007, 12:11 PM

big players left prolly, but i think - instead - new players came. why? cause they know the sharks are gone

SmackDog · #3 11-13-2007, 12:12 PM

I know my numbers have dropped dramatically since this all occured. Was making a few hundred per month from this site before, now i'm lucky to crack $50.

Darko · #4 11-13-2007, 02:29 PM

as per pokersitescout which i look at every other day, there numbers actually increased from when it first came out and stayed that way for several weeks, but over the last week or 2 the average amount of players online have declined around 7% (to the level it was before the scandal hit the net).

So i think this scandal didnt make hardly anyone stop playing there (maybe some of the sharks left, but then again maybe some joined thinking there will be only fish left) but anyone leaving coz of it would / must have been such a small %.

I beleve the recent decline over last 2 - 3 weeks is them getting hit by affiliates, as i think they are now starting to feel the pain of alot of affiliates dumping them.

NewPokerGirl · #5 11-13-2007, 02:49 PM

I was keeping an eye on the high stakes NL tables. For a while I didnt see an active NL table over $10/20...just checking now and theres only 4 active tables above $3/6 NL. Fixed limit tables have stayed around the same as far as I can tell.

ClarkePromotions · #6 11-13-2007, 03:05 PM

I'd imagine rakeback sites took a big hit (since high stakes players tend to be on rakeback) but I really haven't noticed a change in my stats.

Graham · #7 11-13-2007, 11:26 PM

But then they probably went to another site (if it was a big RB affiliate, then they probably still got credit)

Pizzadude1 · #8 11-14-2007, 05:09 PM

AP has a ton of props and hired many after the scandal. The true numbers don't reflect props or the loss of high volume players.

PPP · #9 11-14-2007, 06:36 PM

They are an interesting site since they do have more props than anybody. It is interesting to wonder if their numbers didn't dip because of aggressive prop hiring.

Beanie · #10 11-14-2007, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ClarkePromotions

I'd imagine rakeback sites took a big hit (since high stakes players tend to be on rakeback) but I really haven't noticed a change in my stats.

I really haven't seen any drop off at all. Absolute has deep stack NL games and that appeals to a certain type of customer and no other room has successfully captured that niche.