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As for the assertion that rigging would cost them money, that seems slightly absurd, good players dont really pay the rake even though PT might fool you into believing we do, in fact the fish pay for both our winnings and the rake, the industry needs them more than it needs us, not less. Poker is a zero sum game, if there are no losers there is no game, that's the bottom line.

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Your logic makes no sense. "The industry needs them more than it needs us?" Who's "them"? Are we talking about some other species? I'm pretty sure what the industry needs is poker players, which is what we all are. A player is only a fish in relation to his skill vs. the skill of his competition - there is no group of players called "fish" that the sites are trying to recruit.

You make it sound like the poker site execs are sitting around a conference table saying, "We've got lots of players - but not enough fish! We need to sign up more fish!!!" The whole thing is ludicrous.

Poker sites need players. Players generate rake. Especially frequent players, and high-limit players. The large majority of these players want to play where they trust the game is fair. The idea that more people would intentionally choose to play at a site because the games are crooked, is ridiculous.