Poker players are not the only ones to take notice of the 2,500 high-volume and high-stakes players boycotting PokerStars to protest announced changes the world's largest real-money online poker room plans to implement on Jan. 1, 2016.
The world's second largest real-money online poker room, 888poker, also took notice and is taking advantage of the situation.
While ring-games at lower-stakes did not decline on the first day of the PokerStars protest due to a milestone hands promotion where they were awarding $100,000, the drop was noticeable at the higher limits.