[MNpoker]

I'll add #5

5) Rakeback
Players who chase bonuses and rakebacks 'could' be poorer players. And now that the skins are gone they have:
(a) Stayed there without the party interface
(b) Gone to new sites that offer rakeback
(c) Are chasing bonuses

I always found Stars to be MUCH harder games and assumed this was a big reason for that.

Also assume a 'fish' sits down with $2,000 and is going to lose it all. Just a matter of time. If $150 of the $2,000 was going to rake and now $200 is that leaves that much less for the other players.

Comments?

FYI - Someone mentioned the 26% VPIP in an earlier post. Anecdontal evidence but I had a hard time today finding a game with over 22%. And found the games to be breaking much quicker than normal for a Friday afternoon (Which generally used to be one of the optimum times to play).

Wonder if this will hurt Party as more players go to other sites to 'chase fish' or if we are just in a temporary state, and eventually the fish will come to Party.

Or possibly the games really are not harder.