1. The largest poker sites either left the US, or were shut down completely. This forced a lot of players to move. If they couldn't move they had to find a new US poker site to play at, or a new job altogether. There just wasn't enough games running to make playing worthwhile. I speak from experience.
2. As a result of the completion of this expansion, the casino overtook Foxwoods Resort Casino to become the largest casino in the United States and one of the largest in the world based on gaming floor space. WinStar has 8,500 electronic games, a 55-table poker room, 100 total table games, Racer's off-track betting, high limit room, keno, and bingo.
3. Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, features the biggest poker room on the East Coast. It is also the biggest casino-based poker room in the world and the home of World Series of Poker (WSOP) circuit events, WPT tournaments, and the Foxwoods World Poker Finals. Foxwoods Casino was founded in 1986, on Mashantucket Pequot tribal grounds.

The Venetian Poker Room Another of Las Vegas’s famous casinos, The Venetian is home to a poker room that covers 11,000 square feet. The room has 39 tables in the main playing area and 7 in a special high stakes section. The casino has joined the new more healthy form of poker rooms by making the rooms completely smoke free. Bellagio hosts the largest poker room in Las Vegas, which has a total of 37 tables. The poker room is split into three separate sections. The lower level hosts the common games with smaller stakes, while the upper level of the Bellagio poker room spreads mid-limit games.

Larger poker sites is where it’s at. It’s where the action is, the most games, variety, promotions and profit. If there was only one poker site you could signup to, I’d recommend finding the largest one.

The difference between the biggest poker sites (overall) and the biggest sites for US players will be about 45-125,000 players. I’m not kidding. US poker site traffic vs. non-US poker rooms is significant.

That said, the biggest poker sites for US players still have upwards of 15,000 players. Not great – but not a ghost town either – there are games running. But it’s not like you have much of a choice either.

And I’ve talked to friends and have found out it’s still possible to play full time with 15,000 players. You’ll notice that games are softer too, so the higher hourly rates should hopefully make up for the lack of volume.

All in all, while US players definitely got the short end of the stick, it’s not as though your totally without somewhere to play. You can still take advantage of the larger poker sites.

To get started right away, pick a site from our list below. If you need more convincing on why larger poker sites are the way to go, you can read my 8 reasons below.

8 Reasons Why You Should Play at the Largest Poker Sites

Here are 8 strong reasons why you should spend the majority of your time at the largest poker sites.

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1. More Traffic Equals More Games

One benefit to playing at the largest poker sites is that it’ll be easier to find games running. One of the challenges I ran into as a SNG player is that few sites had the traffic to produce the number of games I needed for the hourly rate I wanted to make.

And I played holdem SNGs. Can you imagine trying to find a site with enough traffic to load lesser popular games, such as razz, badugi or 5-card draw?

2. More Frequent, Larger Guaranteed Tournaments

The bigger poker sites are going to have more cash flow. That gives them the ability to guarantee larger prize pools, more often than smaller poker sites.

The downside to larger poker sites is that the guarantees are usually met. There is a large enough player base to where you’ll see overlays less often.

3. You Can Trust Larger Poker Sites

I wouldn’t say this is always the case. We did see what happened to Full Tilt, Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker post Black Friday.

However, I do trust larger poker sites to have better banking, security and support. They have the money and resources for the best of the best. They also have reputations to uphold.

4. The Most Popular Sites Have the Widest Variety of Games.

Popular poker sites have so much traffic that they can host a large variety of games, structures and variations. And they’ll have the player base to fill those games.

You’ll also find the widest range of stakes at the most popular sites, too.

5. More Freerolls Means More Free Money at the Bigger Poker Sites

Larger poker sites just have more room to be generous with their players. One way the larger sites do this is by hosting a lot of freerolls. These freerolls have real money prizes too, so it’s possible for you to build your bankroll starting from literally nothing.

6. Generous VIP Programs Are Available at the Big Poker Sites

Take a VIP program from a smaller poker site and compare it to the bigger poker sites and you’ll see several differences. The rewards are more frequent, the returns (such as cash back) are larger and you stand to gain more from a larger poker site. The VIP programs can usually pay you 6-figures yearly, and that doesn’t even include what you profit at the tables.

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7. Can Play Professionally at the Larger Sites

One of the biggest differences, and this goes hand in hand with the amount of traffic a poker site has, is that you can play professionally at a larger site. They have the games, traffic and stakes to support it.

While possible at a smaller poker site, it’s going to be much harder. You’ll have to have a schedule down (where do your games run the most) and you might even have to specialize in more than one game.

8. More Popular Poker Sites Will Host More Satellites

Again, it comes down to budget, volume of players and marketing. The larger sites will have all of these resources to host multiple satellites to larger live tournaments such as the WSOP. They will also have satellites to these satellites. This gives players with smaller bankrolls the opportunity to satellite in for a small investment.

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