Full Tilt Poker Everest Poker Continue Stunning Growth



In an era of slowing growth and legal uncertainty for online poker, Full Tilt Poker and Everest Poker have shown remarkable gains in recent months, according to industry tracking site PokerSiteScout.com. In the last three months alone, cash game traffic at Full Tilt Poker has risen over 25%, with daily peaks now regularly exceeding 4000 players. This has earned Full Tilt Poker the #4 spot among poker sites, pushing aside such industry giants as Paradise Poker and UltimateBet. Whether Full Tilt can hold on to these gains in the wake of recent U.S. anti-gambling legislation remains to be seen.

The rise of Everest Poker, while perhaps less visible, has been even more dramatic. Cash game traffic has risen nearly 70% in three months, catapulting Everest into the top ten among poker sites. Everest Poker is currently ranked seventh in the poker pantheon, an impressive rise from 14th only three months ago. (A complete set of site rankings can be found at http://www.PokerSiteScout.com)

Everest's8217;s steep upward slope is made even more remarkable by the fact that the site is closed to players in the U.S., currently the world's8217;s largest poker market. This would seem to insulate Everest from the legal uncertainties associated with the U.S. market.

Everest also defies conventional wisdom among major poker sites, offering only one poker game variation (Texas Hold's8217;em) to its players. The site's8217;s European player base doesn's8217;t seem to mind, nor do investors, who have pushed the stock of Everest owner GigaMedia Ltd. (GIGM) to new highs on the NASDAQ stock exchange. While the stock has moved downward in recent days with the rest of the online gaming sector, it has suffered much less than that of PartyGaming and other site operators heavily dependent on the American market.

PokerSiteScout.com is a website for online poker players and industry observers, featuring live traffic data for 20 of the largest poker sites on the Internet, along with other valuable resources for the online poker community.





Full Tilt Poker Everest Poker Continue Stunning Growth