One Month of PokerStars in the United States: What We've Learned One Month of PokerStars in the United States: What We've Learned
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Key Takeaways
  • Perhaps most importantly, the launch was successful on a technical level.
  • Based on cash game statistics, PokerStars New Jersey overtook partypoker/Borgata after its first full day; by the end of the week, it had overtaken WSOP/888} as the number one online poker operator in the market.
  • Yet it does not look like PokerStars will dominate the market – cash game figures in April show the online poker giant declining and its competitors holding relatively steady.

On March 16, Amaya dealt its first real money online poker hand in the United States on PokerStars NJ, its state-approved online poker site in New Jersey.

One month on, and there is a lot of information to disseminate, including multiple performance indicators and a slew of announcements. Here are the biggest things we have learned.