Re: This will turn out to be a good thing for us
 

Depends on who you are. For a breakeven player who relies on rakeback for a living, this is catastrophic news (though in the long run perhaps such a player will now be motivated to learn to really win at poker.) For a decent player, this could be quite positive.

Re: This will turn out to be a good thing for us
 

You get less money now. This will be a good thing. Can you see why?

Will the pollyannaffiliates please step up to the microphone and enlighten us poor unfortunate Stupid People why we should be happy?

Re: This will turn out to be a good thing for us
 

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no, explain pls

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I want to see what other people think first.

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Then go read the ten thousand posts in the nine other threads that make it pretty clear what other people think.

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I have a better idea.

Re: This will turn out to be a good thing for us
 

It's great for me... I play on Party and earn 0% rakeback and make my poker money the traditional by winning it.

Less multi-tabling TAG on skins = thousands more $ in my pocket.

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I want to see what other people think first.

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Well, for one thing, right now on Party it says "34,400 players on 4,520 tables". In a few days, when all of the 10-tabling 2+2'ers transfer their funds over to Party, you'll see "81,523 players on 10,256 tables".

Re: This will turn out to be a good thing for us
 

The 800 pound gorilla has been dismantled. There will be tons of players willing to look for a new poker home and sites offering us more deals to lure us?

Re: This will turn out to be a good thing for us
 

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You get less money now. This will be a good thing. Can you see why?

Will the pollyannaffiliates please step up to the microphone and enlighten us poor unfortunate Stupid People why we should be happy?

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Hmm, are you saying I'm an affiliate? Because I'm not.

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It's great for me... I play on Party and earn 0% rakeback and make my poker money the traditional by winning it.

Less multi-tabling TAG on skins = thousands more $ in my pocket.

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and where are the TAGs going?

Re: This will turn out to be a good thing for us
 

I would have thought we would have already seen decreases in rake already, but instead it has been the opposite. So no I don't think there is reason to believe this will be a good thing.

There is that possibility though.

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Depends on who you are. For a breakeven player who relies on rakeback for a living, this is catastrophic news (though in the long run perhaps such a player will now be motivated to learn to really win at poker.) For a decent player, this could be quite positive.

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Absolutely, short-term this is horrible news for the type of player you described.