Poker has changed dramatically since the Black Friday domain seizures; true, there have been winners as well as losers, but some of those losers have literally disappeared. Among those that are no more are UltimateBet and its sister site Absolute Poker. The site where the stars come to play is now the site where the stars came to play. The collapse of Hollywood Poker does not appear to have been related to Black Friday, but it is gone nevertheless, and its players have been transferred to another site.

Ladbrokes used to have its own network and its own unique games, in particular it was the only place anywhere you could play pot limit razz. There was the magnificent nightly E5.00 + E.50 limited rebuy tournament, which was simply razztastic! Ladbrokes has now joined the iPoker Network along with Betfair, William Hill and a host of others. It was nice while it lasted though. Sigh. Party Poker is the second biggest poker site in the world, but its new look leaves much to be desired. However, it has recently brought back stud tournaments, so there is hope for it yet. This leaves PokerStars as top dog. Not only is it now the biggest site by far with the widest variety of games by far, but after a great deal of rumour and speculation about other potential bidders, it took over Full Tilt Poker, which was relaunched in November 2012. The prognosis did not look good, but although the site is not what it used to be, it has survived and is thriving.