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Originally Posted by Petre_AA
Actually, I want him to answer my question.
So, Avid Reader,
How they help the ecosystem by having a bigger rake at the smallest stakes ?
I am an avid learner.
The short answer is it hasn't. This was a business decision Pokerstars decided to make, and is irrelevant to the discussion of the VIP program in this thread.
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Originally Posted by MultiTabling
He wasn't talking about rake. He was talking about the VIP system, which is what this thread is about.
It makes sense to cut the rewards of winning regulars, and instead distribute this extra money to depositing players in the form of bonuses and promotions. This is what virtually every gambling business does.
If you don't have these depositing players, games eventually dry up completely. Which is bad for both the business and winning regulars.
Exactly.
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Originally Posted by The Imp
The problem is that the redistribution never happens...
Slashing rakeback and giving back to fish is a great plan. Stars haven't followed through on the "giving back" part, ever. Why would it be different this time?
How would you know, are you a recreational player? Recreational players have earned a significant increase in bonuses and promotions that were
"specially selected" for them, most notably the mega bonus. ALL my rec friends have received them, and they are far better value than the mega bonuses that everyone got at the start of the year. Minimum prize was typically $20, and they got 4 chances for a total of over $100 EV pp. Thousands and thousands of recreational players will have received these rewards, and that's just one example of how recreational players are benefiting from the changes in 2016.
Other changes, such as redistributing the $1M freerolls from supernovas to everyone is another change that favours recreational players. There also were some good value promotions towards the start of the year. The total value from completing all the February promotions was around $200 EV, thanks mostly to the lucrative milestone challenges. Players often received the equivalent of well over 100% rakeback from taking part in these challenges
at the lowest stakes, and a few of my rec friends won $100 from a single challenge.