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No caring about getting rakebake is not very smart. I would think you don't play alot is way you don't care. If you do play and don't care about getting $5,000 back, then that's not to smart.

I have no offers to give you by the way.

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I play 6-7 days a week for 8+ hours a day. The reason I don't care bout rakeback is because I only play big pot-limit and no-limit tables and the rake there just doesn't add up like it does in limit.

But my point here, which the poster w/the union comment gets, is that so many rakeback affiliates really care only about themselves. Even if that scumbag welcher Buster is a minority as far as not paying the last rakeback due this players, a lot of affiliates thought the gravy train would never end and that not only should it continue, but that their players should be loyal to them no matter how market conditions changed.

I don't care about rakeback for myself, but I do feel for the little guy in these forums, struggling at low limits, either to eek out a living or trying to grow his roll and improve his ability to the point where he can make a good living playing poker. I realize that rakeback is important to him, and maybe the only thing keeping him afloat while he is learning or through a dry spell.

But all lots of the rakeback affiliates care about is how party's move affected them, and their only concern is not losing their cash cow, NOT how their players are getting by without rakeback. They keep telling them to waaaaaaaaaaait and seeeeeeeeeeee, when that player needs to be in action NOW to make a living or at least meet certain expenses.

All those little guys, toiling in front of their computers for hours day in and day out are who really matters, overall and in these 2+2 forums. This is a forum primarily dedicated to strategy and poker players, not to all those who live off the poker economy like affiliates, b&m dealers or casino chip and playing card makers, even though they do fulfill a necessary purpose. (2+2 Publishing and Conjelco being different of course since they run the site and provide us the free opportunity to use it.)

Even though the bonus affiliates may be looked upon as total leaches since they get a continual revenue stream for just one transaction per customer with no continuing support, they are the real ones bringing in new customers to poker sites which is totally necessary if a site is to continue in business and winning players are to keep winning. Whereas all the rakeback affiliates are doing is cannibalizing the existing poker player base already playing. They do serve a purpose to the little guy wanting some rakeback in theory, although any real rewards program from party will just show they were standing in the way of same all along.

So all you little guys looking for a good rakeback or rewards program, keep looking talking about it, and compare and get referrals. And if a certain site won't give you anything meaningful, then take your business elsewhere IF you can find as good of games to play in.

And watch out. Because lots of the hoes will just roll you and give you the clap ta boot.