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Originally Posted by 39suited
They don't want Rakeback grinders but rather recreational players that don't really worry about Rakeback.
You would be surprised how stupid the average poker player can be.
Ongame tried that model and died a painful death in a couple of years. Party is going to follow.
Not even the fish want to be called fish. If you ask the average fish, he'll tell you he is a talented player who knows how to bluff well. In poker, people overestimate their ability greatly. That isn't even halted by the fact that 95% of the players are losing money. When they hear of a fish protection network, they think they don't belong there and they get better rakeback elsewhere.
Furthermore, making your customers feel worthless and constantly making poor changes(3% fee on Skrill/Neteller withdrawals, a worse, buggy software, the player segrecation without informing players, removing the top tier of the VIP club... the list goes on) out of greed shatters one's credibility more than anything.
This is not going to work, because it's a poor, ignorant business model designed by worthless ******s who have no idea whatsoever how poker works and who have probably never played more than 100 hands.
Simply put, Party offers nothing that PokerStars doesn't, while PokerStars offers a lot that Party doesn't. This is not a winning concept. Constantly playing against the odds eventually ends in a defeat. Party spent so many long years keeping up an excellent image. Now they've ground it down to the dust in a couple of years. I'm one of those people who believe that you reap what you sow, and in a year or two when Party has 1300 players in Pokerscout.com, I call it justice.
Last edited by T.C.; 01-08-2014 at 03:00 AM.