The Merge network released the following press release overnight announcing that Players Only and Sportsbook (among other brands) will move across from the Cake Network to the Merge Network:

There are currently conflicting reports regarding how deep the relationship between Jazette Enterprises and the Merge Network goes but if it is more than skin deep then a movement of the brands would be a no brainer.

As far as rakeback goes on the Cake Network, we understand that players who had rakeback on either Sportsbook or PlayersOnly will be allowed to get rakeback on a new Cake Skin, though when exactly the change will happen is unclear at this time.

As far as races and rakeback on PlayersOnly etc is concerned, hopefully both sides have common sense enough to make the change for the 1st day of a month, rather than midway through!

As soon as we have more information we will post it here, but if you have any questions in the mean time please feel free to email our support.

Kind regards

Us

Update:

1stly there is no change for rakeback players at the moment and existing PlayersOnly will continue to get 33% rakeback as normal as well as be eligible for any races/chases they are involved in.

People who have PlayersOnly rakeback are however immediatelyeligible to sign up for another Cake Skin to get rakeback.

Choose wisely people...it's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder....
There's Cake, Doyles, Power and RedStar to name but just a few.

Best wishes

Us

Any news on what happens to all my gold chips and gold cards.

This is a good question. Our Gold Stacks too.
I will be curious if we get decent value if they are converted onto Merge, or if we should use them up before April.

If we continue to play on Players Only past April then we will lose our rakeback on that skin through TITN?

I see on TITN's website that it offers rakeback for Merge players. Will the rakeback not transfer if we continue to play on Players?

and if I win my nba futures bet in late april merge will honor it right?

All good questions...We will try and find out as much as possible. We dont believe your sportsbook bet will be affected by this though

It is unlikley that PlayersOnly will cease rakeback when it moves. Only TITN can say whether they will continue to promote PO, but even if they chose not to, neither they nor PO would deprive you of your rakeback if you continued to play there. So nothing to worry about on that front.

More answers as we get them about Gold Chips and Cards and Stacks...but dont expect fast answers as this stuff has almost certainly not been decided yet.

Kind regards

Us

ty for the answers

No problem

PO have got back to us saying as we suspected

When they know..they'll let us know and we (or another affiliate/player) will post here.

Best wishes

Us

Have a bad feeling about what will happen with the gold chips/gold cards when they move and of course I have an A of Hearts gold card on Player's Only that I've never had a chance to redeem. Would love to be able to transfer my gold cards to another Cake account.

I see the Greek is a Cake skin for poker. Anyone offer rakeback for them?

Their support at Players Only told me they would convert our chips and cards into VIP points on Merge. I wouldn't expect much for them.

I also asked them if they had considered letting us transfer our chips and cards to another skin. They ignored that question.

RAKETHERAKE,

Is it true that the Merge sites pay rakeback based on contributing to the pot, unlike Cake where we get rakeback as long as we are sitting at the table?

Hey DT

Yes the rake calculation for Merge is weighted contributed as we understand

Rake per person is determined by your actual contribution to the pot.

So if you put $10 in to a $60 pot, you will be attributed 1/6th of the rake.

I hope that helps but please feel free to contact us here or directly if you have any more questions

Kind regards

Us

I don't think they offer RB on TheGreek skin, but they also own PokerWorld.com, which is also on Cake network and does offer rakeback thru a variety of affiliates.