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What happened to the reports that Party would lose roughly 80% of their player base when the U.S. got blocked? It seems to me that rumors of Party's imminent demise were greatly exaggerated. No doubt, Party's taken a huge hit and they'll never be #1 again unless they re-enter the U.S. market, but they've been sitting comfortably in 2nd place for the past 2 days and their peak numbers are still roughly half of what they were pre-ban.

It will certainly take time to see the upswing at Stars and FullTilt, but Party's numbers won't be dropping any further than they are now, unless non-U.S. players voluntarily start leaving. But with Party still sitting as the #2 poker site out there, I don't see a mass exodus happening. It's certainly not the doomsday scenario some were predicting, where they would lose 80% of their business instantly and the rest would bail out shortly thereafter due to poor game selection.