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Check occupied tables, open seats and waiting lists at the stakes and format you actually want. A busy lobby overall may still have little choice for your game.
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TRAFFIC & SESSION PLANNING · MODEL, NOT A LIVE FEED
Find your window.
Then check the lobby.
An educated guess can be a useful starting point. Explore a time-of-day activity model, compare hours in your timezone and decide when to take a look.
Estimated patterns. Unverified accuracy. This is our editorial planning model, not measured BetOnline traffic. It cannot tell you how many players are online, whether a game is running or how strong the opponents are.
MODEL ESTIMATE FOR THIS HOUR
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The model assigns higher activity to US evenings and lower activity to US mornings. These are assumptions, not observations.
Interactive local and Eastern clocks load with JavaScript.
No player counts · No live connectionA STARTING POINT, NOT A PROMISE
Plan a check.
Keep your own schedule.
A higher model band means only that this model expects more activity at that time. It does not mean an easier table, better odds or more profit.
Use a time that suits your sleep, commitments and budget. If the lobby has no suitable game, there is no need to wait or move up stakes.
Find a game format that suits you →SEVEN DAYS · YOUR CLOCK · TRANSPARENT ASSUMPTIONS
The weekly rhythm, at a glance.
Colours show relative activity assumed by the model. Each cell shows its start hour in the selected timezone. Select one for its date, Eastern equivalent and the assumption behind it.
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1 · Lower2 · Building3 · Higher4 · HighestRelative bands only. Outlined cell = current hour.
Choose an hour to inspect the model. No session is booked or reminder set.
All seven calendar days include past and future hours. Past cells are model estimates too, not recorded results. Daylight-saving changes can give a day 23 or 25 cells. On small screens, scroll each day sideways; use arrow keys to move between hours.
NUMBERS WITH A SOURCE
How big is the network? A dated snapshot.
822–2,053Reported Chico general-online counts across five observations
11 Oct 2026Source update date · not a live count
GT+ / GipsyTeam’s general-online row lists 1,682, 2,053, 1,009, 822 and 1,391 at 01:00, 05:00, 11:00, 16:00 and 21:00 respectively, in GMT+3. These are network figures, not BetOnline-only counts. We have not independently verified the collection method, whether multi-tabling is deduplicated, or the mix of cash and tournament players. They are not labelled here as cash-game players.
This range describes those five source observations only. It is not a predicted range for this hour and does not calibrate the coloured model above. View the traffic monitor and its latest update ↗
Source read 14 October 2026. This snapshot stays dated until it is reviewed again.
OBSERVATIONS · SEPARATE FROM THE MODEL
What has actually been counted?
No firsthand lobby-count dataset has been published by this site yet. The heatmap remains an uncalibrated estimate. The dated third-party network snapshot above is a different source and is not a BetOnline-only study.
THE WORKING, NOT JUST THE COLOURS
What goes into this estimate?
We assume a US-oriented playing schedule: mornings are quieter, afternoons build and evenings draw more activity. We have not calibrated this pattern against a representative set of BetOnline lobby counts. Its accuracy is unknown, and the same pattern is applied across all stakes and formats even though real games can behave differently.
| Eastern time | Model band | Editorial assumption |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00–01:59 | 3 · Higher | Some evening activity continues after midnight. |
| 02:00–03:59 | 2 · Building | A middle band while the model winds down. |
| 04:00–13:59 | 1 · Lower | US overnight and morning receive the lowest band. |
| 14:00–17:59 | 2 · Building | Afternoon activity is assumed to increase. |
| 18:00–23:59 | 4 · Highest | US evenings receive the highest band. |
Optional weekend lift: on Saturday and Sunday, hours starting 12:00–17:00 Eastern move up one band. All other hours stay the same. This is another assumption, not a measured weekend effect. Switch it off to see how much it changes the picture.
The meter maps the four ordered bands to four visual steps. It is not a percentage of capacity, a player count, a probability or a confidence score. The clock updates automatically; the estimates are still generated from the same schedule, not incoming traffic data.
What this model cannot account for
Individual stakes, cash versus tournaments, regional access, promotions, sports events, holidays, outages and player preferences can all make a simple schedule wrong. We do not have data to quantify those effects or supply a statistical confidence interval. A tournament countdown needs a verified event schedule; this page does not invent one.
Model revised 11 October 2026 · BetOnlinePoker.org editorial model · No external traffic dataset used.
TURN A GUESS INTO YOUR OWN EVIDENCE
Three checks before you sit down.
Check the details
For tournaments, read the start time, entry cost, registration status and structure in the lobby. A model colour does not confirm a scheduled event.
Compare another day
Make a note of the time, format and tables you see. Repeating the check gives you evidence that is more relevant than a generic weekly pattern.
TOURNAMENTS AT A GLANCE
A schedule to check, and a timer you control.
The official Sunday table listed these events when checked on 14 October 2026. It does not clearly label the timezone for these rows. Confirm the actual date, timezone, price and guarantee in the lobby; this is a published snapshot, not live registration data.
| Event | Published time | Buy-in cost | Advertised guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mini Main | 1:00 pm | $22 | $10,000 |
| Main Event | 1:30 pm | $55 | $100,000 |
| Sunday Showdown PKO | 7:00 pm | $109 | $50,000 |
Check the operator’s tournament listings ↗ · Recheck the lobby before using the timer. Guarantees belong to the prize pool, not each player.
Your tournament countdown
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