The case against RB

[sqvirrel]

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correction: any player that is PLAYING at the site is a money maker


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This is a false dichotomy. Clearly if Party could only choose between a great player playing a terrible player or nothing they would take the former, but that really isn't their choice, is it?

A player deposits $100 at Party. A day later he withdraws $150. Where is Party's profit?

[Nicholasp27]

party's profit is the $400 in rake he paid to make that $50

again, party is NOT the 'house' in poker...if this were bj or craps, then yes...but players do NOT win or lose to the house...they win or lose against each other while party gets paid to provide that medium for doing so

so the more rake that's paid, the more party makes

which is better for them?

a) fishy deposits $55 into party, plays 5 10/1 tournaments, gets ootm in all of them and is done

party made: $5 in rake from this person

b) pro deposits $50 and builds it up to $300 by playing 5 10/1 and 10 20/2 tournaments then cashes out

party made $25 in rake from this person


the profits the person cashed out were NOT party's money...the money belonged to other users

[Schwartzy61]

What's better for Party?

10 fish trading pots all the while losing their money to party rake.

OR

7 fish, 3 sharks with the sharks taking the fish's money before it can be completely lost to rake?

Also, the fish are more likely to be dabbling in the blackjack while also experimenting with the retarded side bets.

It depends on what limits the fish's playing. Is it cash or is it time?

If the fish is time-constrained then sharks don't cost the site anything. The fish just loses more. If on the other hand the typical fish has a certain bankroll to spend playing poker then everything the shark takes eats into the site's profit, because the fish would have lost the money in rake eventually.

I'd guess it's a mixture, but weighted more towards the fish being limited by bankroll. I'd imagine if a fish wasn't being eaten by a shark, he'd move up to a higher limit where the tougher play and higher rake would take his money. That's what i did!