Affiliates = PIMPS

[John Ho]

This really makes no business sense. Put yourself in PartyPokers' shoes and ask yourself whether you want to give rakeback to players who may not even know rakeback exists. The whole point is to make it hard to get rakeback.

It is similar to getting rebates on something at Best Buy. They know a certain % of people will not take advantage of the offer. But if they just gave it to everyone then it would be a simple matter of raising the price to keep the profits the same as before.

Why make it easier to get rakeback? We want it to be somewhat difficult to do so rakes stay lower and other players subsidize our rakeback. But hey that's just my opinion....anyone who disagrees isn't selfish like I am.