Strike by Spanish Players Has Media Impact But Little Effect
Key Takeaways
  • A social media campaign to get players in the Spanish regulated market to go on strike has made little impact on cash game traffic at the largest poker rooms.
  • Players were not objecting to anything the poker operators had done, they were trying to raise awareness of the problems that high taxes and the lack of international liquidity had on them and on online poker itself.
  • The daily cash game traffic numbers for PokerStars Spain showed higher traffic on Thursday than on either of the two preceding days, although traffic was down compared to Thursday in the previous week.

A social media campaign to get players in the Spanish regulated market to go on strike has made little impact on cash game traffic at the largest poker rooms.

Players were not objecting to anything the poker operators had done, they were trying to raise awareness of the problems that high taxes and the lack of international liquidity had on them and on online poker itself.