Online Poker Cash Game Traffic Rises 5% in October as GGPoker Gains and PokerStars Declines

Online poker cash-game traffic rose 5% in October, the strongest such October increase in five years. Average concurrent seats across 16 networks with comparable data increased from 16,033 to 16,838. Tournament entries held level after declining between 5.1% and 9.9% in each of the prior four Octobers, according to the VIP-Grinders report covered by the Times of Casino.

GGPoker Drives Growth in Cash Games and Tournaments

GGPoker averaged 10,143 concurrent cash-game players, an increase of 8.5%. It added 130,485 daily tournament entries. The network’s $5 Ocean KO Opener attracted a record 420,084 entries, the largest poker tournament by entries to date. GGPoker also promoted the series on X: “Ocean K.O is live on GGPoker Every Knockout is just one Spin from being a Jackpot worth up to 400x the bounty! Who’s going hunting first?”

CoinPoker increased cash-game traffic 6.3% to 2,057 players and lifted tournament entries 23.4% to 73,911. WPT Global raised tournament entries 24.2% to 90,321.

PokerStars Records Declines Despite WCOOP Schedule

PokerStars daily tournament entries fell 20.5% to 139,994. The reporting window captured 18 days of its 25-day WCOOP series, which ran from September 6 to September 30. Cash-game traffic declined 5.2% to an average of 2,156 players. Winamax tournament entries dropped 17.5% even as its cash-game traffic rose 8.3%.

The data cover 36 networks via SharkScope Analytics through Poker Industry PRO. Metrics count occupied seats and entries rather than unique players, producing a picture of uneven operator performance in October 2026.

Reporting: Times of Casino

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