A fresh batch of new players excited about gambling with lots of disposable income. PokerStars is the obvious example of a site that does everything in it's power to make itself less attractive to regs and more attractive to recreational players by cutting down on volume rewards, making bum hunting as difficult as possible, filming commercials with famous celebrities and coming up with new fast poker formats aimed at attracting the western clientele with ever decreasing attention spans.Įven if we consider another example of poker network that seems infinitely more reasonable and less revenue oriented in its changes like Microgaming decreasing the rake at micro stakes and allowing for unlimited screen name changes is supposed to have the same effect PokerStars is hoping for - increasing the number of new players and new deposits.Īsian market represents everything western poker so desperately seeks. In case you've been living under a rock for the past year or two there's a clear new trend when it comes to managing western online poker rooms. Online poker is far from being done, but it could sure use a nice pick-me=up and the emergence of Asian online poker rooms can be exactly what the doctor ordered.
However, it's not like there is a plethora of jobs that can offer similar freedom that poker can provide, or even hobbies that can result in a nice side-income.