So i recently have been upping my game and making a bit of money on Pokerstars, whoopie! So i withdrew 1K and then next minute, i was hit with a huge increase of requirement on my next chest. Originally my platinum chest's were costing 8,500 points, they now want a staggering 95,000 points for the same reward! Crazy right? So i spoke to pokerstars support and they literally said it's a punishment for withdrawing money! See below;

I've never heard of a 95,000 stars chest. Are the rewards greater than the 8,500 stars chests?

[Mariano]
The current chest as shown in our records is actually the same level as the most recent ones, but unfortunately, these changes to the requirements can still change at any time even on the same level.

Ah i see, so you basically get punished on chests for withdrawing money?

[Mariano]
I'm sorry that it seems like a punishment but I can confirm that withdrawals (and also deposits) are part of the factors that are taken into account.

Just thought i'd let everyone know!

Happy grinding..

Ya.... don't play at Amaya or you your butthole gaped.

I wonder if they will include the infamous WITHDRAWAL DOOMSWITCH in the next T&C updates...

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Jokes are supposed to be funny.

What you wrote is funny. The way you represented what Stars said, withdrawing money will up your RB requirements.

No mention on deposits or any of the other factors that lead to butt_hurt.

You funny.

I suppose you also know that if you are unhappy playing on Stars, you should move your business to another site that meets your needs better.

They did you a favour... You don't have to click on a stupid chest to receive 13 Stars Coin as often.

my experience is even worse because I have not withdrawn money and also was having a downswing.

Actually I had an "easy" target of 6500 points for gold chest and one day I was running bad, hence experiencing a downswing, but continued playing and put in extra volume in order to advance to a platinum chest. When advancing to Platinum chest, suddenly I had to clear 95000 points instead of 14000 points when I had one before.

It was frustrating but then after a week I have managed those points and got finally downgraded to a gold chest where I obviously expected to get an easier target.

However I also need to clear now the same amount of 95000 points for just the gold chest (before I had to clear 6150 points)... I mean, WTF??? WHATS wrong here?

I know, the new system is almost no rakeback and I do not expect much, but this is just pure punishment or a obvious system error. What do you think?

It's option 3: a money-grab

Ridiculous low rewards to the players responsible for the most volume on the site, low rewards to net-depositors and promotions only for the latter group of players.

ending old Stars VIP-System -> Stars rewards -> lowering Stars rewards by increasing requirements / promotions only for net depositors


Going from first to last must be worth an incredible amount of money.