The fact that Bovada Poker now accepts New York State players is bound to boost the the player numbers at Bovada. Population of NY is almost 20 million.
Are bitcoin poker rooms full of Australian players now that PokerStars, 888poker and PartyPoker kicked all the Aussies off their tables? I'd imagine there are at least half a million real money poker players in Australia who were looking for a new place to play.
Unfortunately, most of the offshore poker rooms like BetOnline and Americas Cardroom have also blocked real money poker players from Australia. The only major poker room that currently welcomes Australian poker players is https://www.bitcoingambling.io/ignition-poker.html
Don't realy like playing poker, I see it as being too corrupt, maybe that's been just my personal experience with it.