Posted on Nick Raineys twitter over the last days. Not a lot of info, but knowing him this should get interesting.

hello Cake Poker, done with PokerStars. All I wanted was someone to say hi or wish me luck, but my 100k in rake a year isn't enough.
4:10 PM Jul 16th via web

ESPN Interview at 7pm. Stars gives me 25k before the interview starts in Cash will forgive them, otherwise no mas mi_turtle on Stars
5:33 PM Jul 16th via web

for now going to give Stars the benefit of the doubt, seems like a big misunderstanding went down and should be resolved shortly
2:42 AM Jul 17th via web

just mailed PokerStars. By law they have to respond with all sorts of information, looking forward to a response http://www.gov.im/odps/
about 22 hours ago via web

PokerStars mistake cost me millions of dollars, writing big blog about it tomorrow.
about 22 hours ago via web

looks like PokerStars is breaking laws in Isle of Man, and I was victim of one of these mistakes and lost a lot of money
about 22 hours ago via web

if I don't call out the poker sites for doing ****ty stuff to it's best customers, who will? we deserve to be treated fairly
about 22 hours ago via web

next Mad Poker will talk all about it and show emails from Stars, my agent, and others involved. movie time
about 22 hours ago via web

Ok what is this concerning? cliffs plz

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does he really think stars cares about the rake he pays?

uhhh.... what happened?

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Oooo this should be a good one.

no one knows yet because that's all the information available atm. just relax and wait for the blog (which isn't up yet) or for mad poker which i hear should be out early this week.

100% chance Nick Rainey continues to play at pokerstars.

atleast he kept his twitter'ers in the know

I was deep in the main event and figured that PokerStars would be more then happy to sign me to a patch/hat deal. I was top ten in chips I believe going into day 3 when we all joined up.

ESPN is likely doing a small piece on my tennis background as well since i played on the feature table.

But Pokerstars said they would not offer me any deals because I had 5 flags for collusion on my account. I was not aware of this accusation until after I had busted out. I played at the feature table with no patches or hat.

I immediately emailed PokerStars security because i had never been warned for collusion or had any idea of these flags. Their response is below.

This mistake on Stars part cost me a lot of money and potential income.


Hello Nicholas,

Thank you for your response.

I can see that yes you have previously been reported for collusion, but this
is actually not at all uncommon with high volume players like yourself. I
cannot provide you with more information non the actual reports themselves, but I can confirm that in all incidences you were found to be innocent.

I hope that this clarifies the matter for you.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you require any further assistance.

Regards,


Lee B
PokerStars Support Team

wow what an epic fail by pstars support. Do they not want to sponsor any high volume players???

wow that's outlandish.

LOL.

ok that sucks but

[ ] cost you millions
[x] could've got a patch deal with Tilt or another site instead

im high and this is awesome

i have enjoyed my experience on PokerStars and always impressed with how fast support responds, but in this case, there was an obvious lack of communication with the marketing and support departments.

I am not the type of guy who just takes beats like this, PokerStars has lost me as a customer other then the occasional Sunday Million.

yeah who cares, ftp > stars anyway

It sucks that stars didn't offer you a deal based on such flimsy reasoning but they're under no obligation to pay you any patch money. Its their marketing budget, they are free to use it as they see fit.

Why didn't you just get a patch deal with another site?

Imagine the morning of Day 6 being told PokerStars doesn't want you to wear a hat or patch on the ESPN feature table. I was pretty shocked and tried to just focus on poker, but I knew something weird was going on and it was upsetting. The agent who was talking with PokerStars did not explain the exact details until I was done playing.

the main agent on day4/5 was pushing deals with stars over any other site. I saw the guy sign up around 10 people at end of day 4 and come day 5 they were all playing under the stars badge...

i found the agents to be blowing hot and cold...best friend one second and treat you like ***** the next.

lol wut indeed

Blackmail. Always a good idea.

lol wut again. Just how much do you think a patch/hat deal is worth?? (hint: it's not 7 figures)

What laws are they breaking?

I don't get it. Is Stars obligated to sign you to a deal for some reason that we don't know about?

I am not going to wear a patch of a site or company that I do not believe in. Had offers from plenty of rooms, but was not interested.

My point is that I am one of their top customers and not going to stand for being treated like a bronze star. I bring a lot of business to PokerStars through my horses, training site, podcast and least they can do is treat me fairly.

Dude are you saying you played sub-optimal poker in the ME because you were so worried about why Stars wouldn't put a 20k day 6 patch on you -- and that you would have gone on to win millions?

Is that where they cost you millions?

Just trying to get it straight.

that does suck, feel for ya buddy

I think thats what he is saying, as hilarious as it sounds. Nick, are you really that soft?