Just got the following e-mail from my affiliate... bad news. (party)

Open an account on Stars.

[Freudian]

Wouldn't surprise me. They seem intent on letting someone else grab the title of #1 poker room.

Here they created a perfect opportunity to scoop up a huge amount of high volume players (and they will still get some of them) by offering rakeback. Now every player will start to think about if the fish population is worth more to them than 40% rakeback on Prima, rakeback on UB, lower rake on Pokerstars (even zero rake if you have saved up a bunch of bonuses and play tournaments) etc. And if Party think their existing player population makes them guaranteed to come up on top of these calculations, they are dead wrong. It will be for many players more profitable to play on other networks.

I will take the time to do a real test of where my poker game brings me the most $/h. And it is pretty likely Party will not come on top there and they will lose thousands of dollars each months for failing to do the obvious thing.

[grinin]

I can't really see why Party would just now be having this meeting.

It is pretty clear that Saturday's shakeup was designed to cut the MTT's receiving RB from the Party fishpool. Wouldn't they have already discussed the inevitable rush back to Party and how they would be handling it?

This just doesn't make sense. Granted, a lot of things Party does do not make sense.

[B Dids]

Play in what will still be the best games online without rakeback?

I'm not putting much stock in this until I hear from some of the more trusted and vocal affls though.

[scrapperdog]

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I can't really see why Party would just now be having this meeting.

It is pretty clear that Saturday's shakeup was designed to cut the MTT's receiving RB from the Party fishpool. Wouldn't they have already discussed the inevitable rush back to Party and how they would be handling it?

This just doesn't make sense. Granted, a lot of things Party does do not make sense.

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Exactly. Does not make sense. They decided what they are gonna do about this before pulling the skins.

[oscark]

No, according to other sources who posted in the Zoo, Saturday's move had little to do with that. Instead, it was primarily driven by the addition of the Casino to the platform.

Although I am certainly hoping we get rakeback, I just can't see what their motivation for doing so would be.

[flair1239]

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Play in what will still be the best games online without rakeback?


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The quality of Party's games as compared to other sites is overrated.

You can basically create the same thing by playing a variety of other websites. Many of which offer rakeback and other large incentives.

Perhaps for an 8-12 tabler Party is a necessity. But a 4-6 tabler who is willing to do some exploring, Not playing on Party is not a major hardship.

[jph0424]

I also have the same affiliate.The screen name that transferred money to my account on Empire was El Diablo. This may or may not be it though.

[Hornacek]

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I also have the same affiliate.The screen name that transferred money to my account on Empire was El Diablo. This may or may not be it though.

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same

[jkkkk]

I have the same guy, this is just so god damn depressing.