One of the largest online poker networks, Ongame, has had a really tough couple weeks.

Stryyke Poker changes to Cake Poker Network

Only a few days after Ongame poker network released their new software they have lost one of the brands that used to belong to the network. Stryyke Poker switched over to the Cake Poker Network on 19th of June. According to Stryyke the change was due to the fact that Ongame doesn’t allow players from United States of America.

However according to some speculation Stryyke might have issues with payments and Ongame actually forced them to look for a new home. Ongame poker network is owned by European online gambling giant Bwin. Cake Poker Network is currently the biggest open USA online poker networks. One of the biggest rooms in the network is DoylesRoom which is advertised by the legendary poker player Doyle Brunson.

Ongame network player numbers drop dramatically

As possibly partially related news the real money players have dropped dramatically in the Ongame network over the last weeks. While ago the Ongame network rolled out their new hugely anticipated P5 poker software. However, according to the posts on the biggest poker forums the poker players hate the new software. Some of the flaws poker players have reported in the new P5 poker software include the missing waiting lists, extremely heavy to run software, and annoying graphics.

Ongame has promised that they will look into the issues and that they are trying to improve the software. According to the PokerScout.com poker players tracking site the average player numbers over at Ongame have dropped from around 3,000 cash games players to less than 2,000 cash games players in just couple weeks. In the peak player numbers the drop has been even bigger.