This month marks five years since fast-fold poker made its debut with Rush Poker on Full Tilt.

Since that time, the copycats have come out in full force with similar names such as Blaze Poker, Speed Hold’em, Zone Poker, FastForward, Zoom Poker, Fast Poker, etc. You get the idea.

It is safe to say that fast-fold poker is now a staple of the online poker industry, providing impatient players with the option of being quickly jettisoned to a new table and a new hand when their starting hole cards are deemed unworthy of playing.

PokerScout.com reports that at present almost 45% of cash game action on Full Tilt takes place on Rush Poker tables. That presumably includes Adrenaline Rush, an even faster version of Rush Poker that Full Tilt unleashed one year ago. Adrenaline Rush allows a maximum of only four players per table and no post-flop betting.