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I agree with basically everything you say here, Microbob.

I was signed up through an affiliate, and despite the fact that my MGR was approximately break even, considering the bonuses (may have been slightly negative, we're talking under fifty dollars TOTAL, and I cleared at least $500 in Empire bonuses), I was banned.

The real point is, I would have played ball with basically whatever restriction they wanted to put on me. For example, since the Empire banning, I signed up for the stars bonus. I've been playing 3 tables there consistently, and have alternated a fourth table at Party / Pokernow, trying to give action at my other sites.

I am slightly less optimistic that this Empire nonsense isn't the beginning of the end for bonuses, so I'm trying to avoid the "whore" stigma by spreading my rake dollars around.