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Originally Posted by HoleInOne11
Imo the only reason stars ban some people is because they are 100% sure that there is someone else who will replace the liquidity loss form the botter. Smaller sites can't be so sure so why would they ban a player who is pretty much the perfect customer (never complains because they want to keep a low profile, always puts in good long consistent hours).
One reason Stars doesn't want botters is that they are bad for their profits. As has been discussed plenty, players who consistently withdraw money from the site leave less money that would become rake, which means less profit for Stars. That makes them the opposite of the perfect customer, which is true for the other sites as well. The other sites would also like to get rid of them, but smaller sites can't or don't want to spend the resources to identify them.
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Originally Posted by alberthofmann
The press should notice this. Imagine if this is on TV, elaborated by someone. It will put way much more pressure on the sites then just random players complaining.
How did the postle thing went viral/ to the media. If someone knows someone they should take this to press.
Although I was in favor of this thread being restored so poker players are aware of it, I don't think it would be good for the future of online poker to have this publicized to the general public. If there were a "60 Minutes" piece on this as there was on the Potripper scandal, I think it would make it that much harder to get other US states to pass laws allowing online poker. This is important for the poker-playing community to know about, but I think it hurts the cause for the general public to be exposed to it.