Re: Why do some sites have much better players than others?
Party's out of control affiliate program providing illegal rakeback boosted the number of players significantly. Because Party is so rich now, they can offer near the best tournaments. Paradise and UB used to be the biggest, but thats just because they had half-decent software and were among the first sites. Notice they didnt have out of control affiliates spamming every internet forum under God's sun, morning noon and night. Look at Party is 2002 and 2003. Then look at Party in 2004 and 2005. And now that the dirty work has been done and rakeback is a standard, they abolished it. Couple that with insane amounts of TV advertising and numerous skins, most significantly Empire, and you have an online poker powerhouse.
To answer your question, you must first ask: what can a competitor possibly do to dethrone Party as the largest site on the internet?
Answer that, and you'll know why Party is the biggest and best. (Plus Party software powns all)
-Matt
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