There’s been some concern recently as to the quality of pokern games in lieu of the lack of credit availability in the current economy.

But fear not players, we’re here to offer some tips on how to weather the storm and still get a most enjoyable experience out of your online and live poker playing experiences.

The fear was that the recreational players were going to stop playing, that the games were going to tighten up to nothing a bunch of rocks sitting around a table looking at cards and folding the day/night away.

But, that hasn’t been the case. Go to any poker site these days, any one at all and you’ll see that they’re just as booming as ever. Two weeks ago on Sunday, Pokerstars recorded it’s busiest cash session ever with 30,000 players playing simultaneously.

And they’re not the only one. If anyone is interested in checking out the sites to see how the traffic is going and how players are playing, a good website to check out is Pokerscout, which analyzes the data of traffic to show which sites are receiving the most hits.

And it’s a good way to stay on top of the sites which are offering the best games. As for our Everest players, there’s no need to worry, we’ve consistently been in the top 10 for a while now.