Poker Trends (11/16 – 11/23)
This week marked a not so surprising drop in field sizes post-FTOPS. The 30 tracked tournaments we down a total of 6.48% this week. I fully expect an upward trend to take back over again this week as from looking at past FTOPS the biggest drop seems to come right after, as people take breaks and what not. The PFI (look at last post for explanation) is up 0.54% from last week, however, I expect this to be skewed for a few weeks due to FTOPS numbers. I have included another stat this week which ignores FTOPS weeks and the PFI is even higher without the noise created from the series which further solidifies that even amidst some bad news tournament fields are still growing! I think the growth encapsulates a few things, including 1 site particular (Stars) really beginning to hone their satellite system as of late. Its my belief that they have recognized the world economic position better then any other room and have prepared better for a possibly hard year economically in 2009. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to see the other rooms begin a downward trend if certain measures aren't taken to keep fish alive longer.
In the end, although 24 of the 30 MTT's tracked weekly are down from last week I think we should be positive that with the new rules passed by the government we don't see anything out of the normal post FTOPS jumps.
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