GG Poker Network: ratio of players from different countries
Since the GG Poker Network client displays country flags according to the players' IP addresses, we can check the number of players connect from different regions. To do this, we will first determine which countries can be considered "Asians." It's important to note that the poker approach will be slightly different from the geographical one.
We will consider Asia only Southeast Asian countries: China, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and others. Other regions will be as follows:
- Middle East: Israel, Turkey;
- Europe: Germany, Slovenia, Hungary, United Kingdom;
- Russia and former USSR (except the Baltic States): Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Asian republics such Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan;
- America (Canada, Argentina, Brazil), and Australia.
We gathered data on the main formats of cash games (NLH, PLO, fast-fold poker) in European time so that you can trace the dynamics in changing the participation of individual regions during the day on GG Poker Network.
12:00
Region/Format | NLH | PLO | R&C |
Asia | 120 | 89 | 88 |
Middle East | 16 | 26 | 19 |
Europe | 32 | 39 | 141 |
Former USSR | 81 | 23 | 166 |
America and Australia | 16 | 13 | 3 |
15:00
Region/Format | NLH | PLO | R&C |
Asia | 91 | 130 | 120 |
Middle East | 27 | 25 | 19 |
Europe | 109 | 53 | 179 |
Former USSR | 105 | 46 | 168 |
America and Australia | 2 | 4 | 25 |
18:00
Region/Format | NLH | PLO | R&C |
Asia | 151 | 132 | 145 |
Middle East | 29 | 48 | 33 |
Europe | 131 | 114 | 193 |
Former USSR | 92 | 38 | 191 |
America and Australia | 7 | 10 | 42 |
21:00
Region/Format | NLH | PLO | R&C |
Asia | 113 | 77 | 103 |
Middle East | 44 | 47 | 39 |
Europe | 89 | 62 | 191 |
Former USSR | 122 | 56 | 228 |
America and Australia | 15 | 18 | 49 |
00:00
Region/Format | NLH | PLO | R&C |
Asia | 50 | 51 | 65 |
Middle East | 43 | 39 | 44 |
Europe | 103 | 94 | 229 |
Former USSR | 93 | 44 | 171 |
America and Australia | 11 | 19 | 56 |
It is worth mentioning that for some time a group of players from a particular country dominated strongly (>50%) the connections of an entire region:
- Asia — China;
- Middle East — Israel;
- Former USSR — Russia.
What conclusions can be drawn from the traffic data?
For a long time, GG Poker Network can no longer be called an Asian network; the players from this region belong to one of three roughly equal groups, which account for the vast majority of cash game traffic: former USSR and Europe;
- The peak in the number of players from Southeast Asia countries falls at noon (the best time to play against them) or in the early evening (European time);
- The most "non-Asian" game is fast-fold poker;
- GG Poker Network is becoming one of the main sites to play online poker from Israel, which has always preferred Omaha tables;
- The only region where GG Poker network can increase its presence is in America; so far, players from this region can only be seen at fast-fold poker tables;
- After China, Russia is the country with the most players on the GG Poker Network.
Despite the expansion of the networks, players from Asia (mainly China) remain the main asset of the GG Poker network; this can be evidenced with the launch of special formats (6+ Hold'em) and tournaments played in Yuans.
In 2020, we can expect an increase in the share of players from the western region on GG Poker skins, while the network continues to develop in Asia.
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