PokerStars vs. GGPoker: How will it develop in 2022?

In the past business year 2021, PokerStars managed to defend its position as the worldwide leading poker provider on the internet. But the competitors are not sleeping. The new poker provider GGPoker is becoming increasingly oppressive, The online poker room GGPoker was only founded in 2017. But which poker provider will be the Number 1 in the future?

Only a few weeks ago we reported about the Poker-millionaire Xuan Liu who cannot recommend her success. Today it is however not about the poker players, but about the poker providers. Till today, PokerStars, as the subsidiary company of the gambling giant Flutter Entertainment has occupied the throne as the worldwide most successful poker providers. However since some time, GGPoker is proving to be a serious competitor.

PokerStars vs. GGPoker: Who is doing the racing?

PokerStars is an established poker provider which has been online since the 11th. September 2001, thus meanwhile it can look back on a twenty-year experience. For a long time, PokerStars was the worldwide Number 1. As from 2014, the poker giant has been increasingly losing traffic. A determining factor for this was especially the new focus of the company in the areas of premiums for High-Roller and Grinder.

Subsequently, to the disappointment of many players, the popular SuperNova Elite-reward system was cancelled. Instead PokerStars introduced an unclear system, which has not been received very well, especially by the important High Rollers. In spite of this, PokerStars still managed to remain the world leader in the field of poker providers. Since some time, attractive tournament series are being organised again, and even the premium system has been revised and optimised again.

GGPoker on the road to success

The competitor GGPoker was only founded in 2017. GGPoker has however been really active and famous only since 2020. In the past business year, GGpoker belonged amongst the most popular online poker rooms in the world. Recently the gambling company expanded successfully in the US market. For example it now holds the licence in the US Federal State Pennsylvania. Besides this, till today, GGPoker is the only provider for poker on the internet in The Netherlands.

Conclusion

We are excited to see which online poker room will be the worldwide market leader in 2022. It is a fact that meanwhile PokerStars now has a competitor in GGPoker, which should be taken seriously. This competition will probably lead both poker giants to organise tournament series and other highlights, to win themselves players. Last Summer GGPoker had already managed to overtake PokerStars in Cash-Game-Traffic.

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