Cause when the DOJ came down on the big sites alot of the players either think there is no where else to play or gave up on online poker altogether! I have talked to alot of guy who used to play on tilt or stars and when they got shut down they either gave up or figured the other sites wasnt worth the time, that and alot of players have quit playing on these sites cause of the (variance) bs cards that seem to fall like common place