Re: Party rakeback
 

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I think I'd wackoff a lot more.

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CLASSIC!!!

Re: Party rakeback
 

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Do you disagree that there are plenty of affiliates who have gotten rich by doing relatively little?

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Rich affiliates? Yes. PLENTY. I'm not one of them.

The guys that started with affiliate programs when they first came out (poker pages, card player, etc.) are making a ridiculous amount. Do they deserve it? Sure, why not.

They are the innovators of an industry. There is a certain reward associated with that in any field. I don't begrudge them at all. The affiliates with the most original Party accounts are those that provide a service to us; a service that is free for us to use and is compensated by sponsor links and advertisements. Give credit where credit is due.

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Do you think they are somehow more deserving than the players that grind 50-100 hours each month?

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No.

In retrospect, Party should have carefully screened their affiliates before offering an account to just anyone and they should have had a rakeback plan from day one. Unfortunatly, 5 years ago, they couldn't foresee what was going to happen today. They wove their own tangled web, and I'm sure they are kicking themselves for that decision.

Re: Party rakeback
 

Ok, fair enough.

I was just angered by the tone in your original post, which implied to me that us players should just happily give up on anywhere from $10 to $30k per year because the affiliates deserve it more than we do.

You sound like a good affiliate. On the other hand, the guy who signed up several of my good friends back in the day has made out like a bandit without having to expend a single ounce of effort.

I say, screw him.

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i have a somewhat similar problem with my account, in that i won a cruise on the PPM million (not the WPT entry, just the cruise. they gave out 5 seats in a half million guaranteed for 10th,20th,30th,40th and 50th, and i got 10th.)

so I'm not really sure what is going to happen to that if I decide to make a new account..

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Yeah.
I wouldn't ditch the cruise if I were you...even if it is ONLY the cruise without the tournament.


You can ask what would happen if you 'closed' your current account.
Would you still get to keep the cruise package?
That's probably what i would do IF I was fortunate enough to win my seat AND I decided I wanted to close the account in order to set up a new one.

The other option is to set up an account in your "wife's" name that is for ring-game and rake-back type purposes only.
You would be wise to use a different e-mail and even a different neteller account in order to do this though.
And make sure the name and address are real in case they want some faxed documentation.


I really don't know how safe or risky this option would be though.
It's just a possibility.


I went on the cruise last year and it was terrific...this year is on the Caribbean-gulf side of Mexico...but i expect it to be equally wonderful.

Also wonderful was the fact that my non-poker playing GF probably had an even better time than I did (and I finished in the money in the tournament for an extra $5200).
I was afraid all the poker would be a bit over-the-top for a non-poker passenger.

She knows ZERO about poker.

Mike sexton life-size cut-outs everywhere and then Jesus Ferguson walking right past us and she had no idea who any of these strange looking fellows were.

So it WAS a bit weird to her at times...but overall it didn't effect the enjoyment too much and she would go back again in a heart-beat.