
Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
The much-maligned betco.in has overtaken swcpoker, and it's not even close.
Pokerscout estimates:
Betcoin: 45 cash players average
Swcpoker: 18 cash players average
Keep in mind that when Seals was up, there was basically no contest. While other BTC poker sites existed (including Betcoin), they were considered non-factors and barely had any traffic.
It seems that now people are choosing Betcoin over Seals. This is the first time in more than 3 years that a site besides Seals/swcpoker led bitcoin poker traffic.
Basically betcoin is winning in the same way that John McCain won the 2008 Republican primary -- by default.