So, how is it that Waterbury, Connecticut, is on Eastern Daylight Time and you are on Eastern Standard Time? If the game starts at 2:00 pm your local time, then that must mean you're on EDT? (Sorry for the late reply)

Anthony Martino said:
I'm in Eastern Standard Time (Connecticut USA) and the games start for me at 2:00pm my local time

Update 5/24/2011

 

Online Poker Traffic Report

Online poker traffic is still dropping. According to PokerScout, it fell 2.6 percent last week. That drop is being attributed to a steep decline in Full Tilt Poker's traffic. The site dropped 11 percent for the week and has seen a 32 percent decline in year-over-year traffic.

 

The Cereus Network saw a 75 percent drop in traffic last week after it finally moved to block U.S. players. Since Black Friday, the Cereus Network has seen a 96 percent decrease.

 

The top four sites that are ranked, PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, PartyPoker, and iPoker, first through fourth respectively, have all held their spots for the past 19 consecutive weeks on the charts.

 

The Merge Network, which has seen a 149 percent increase in year-over-year traffic, moved up from ninth to eighth place, jumping over PokerStars.fr.

 

In the last year, total online poker traffic has seen a 17 percent decrease.

 

If you want to check out more online poker traffic numbers and the traffic in real time, head on over to PokerScout.com.

Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/news/2011/05/nightly-turbo-bodog-changes-url-online-poker-traffic-report-10468.htm

This post was edited by David Axman at May 24, 2011 10:51:44 PM EDT

Traffic Report Every time we do a traffic report, we secretly wish we were in a helicopter like the radio folks, but that is neither here nor there. According to PokerScout, last week online poker traffic dropped 4 percent. Of the top ten sites and networks, only Merge Gaming Network saw an increase, albeit only 1 percent. Merge is up 155 percent this year. The rest of the top ten saw decreases in traffic. The Cereus Network is down 82 percent for the year, declining another 29 percent last week. PokerStars is down 28 percent this year and Full Tilt Poker has seen a 24 percent drop on the year. Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/news/2011/05/nightly-turbo-online-poker-report-champion-of-champions-10419.htm#story-2691

My PokerStars (PS) time zone setting is set to Eastern Time (ET). The PS lobby clock agrees with my local clock, which is currently on EDT. The Home Game lobby says that the game starts at 14:00 ET on Sunday. Therefore, for me, the game starts at 1:00 pm EST, 2:00 pm EDT, and 6:00 pm UTC. That's my story and I'm sticking to it (until convinced otherwise). :D

Would that be 2:00 pm EST or EDT?