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Players who have been selected for this trial will earn 100 reward points for every $1 rake generated across all game types including MTTs. In the existing loyalty program, players earn just 45 reward points for each $1 rake in MTTs.
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players will also receive reward points at high stakes games including 8-Game with stakes of $20/$40 or higher and other limit games which had been previously excluded from the rewards program.
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Every Chest in the trial rewards program has a fixed prize ranging from $0.50 at the lowest-tiered Blue Chest and $250 at the highest-tiered Black Chest.
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This means that every player—winning or losing—will now earn a minimum of 15% in rewards.
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the point requirements to unlock a Chest are now the same for all the players—improving the transparency and making the system fairer for all type of players
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players can earn additional cashback of up to 40% thanks to the introduction of the new “Monthly Poker Challenges.”
All the above are great changes if the system is adopted - massively more rakeback (15-65% vs 2%) and much greater transparency.
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the majority of the players will get a 40% cashback offer via this monthly challenge while a small section of players will receive a cashback offer worth 10%.
Not so good. It's not explained which players these are that stars doesn't want on its site but we'll see over time.
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Very recently, it lost its crown as the world’s leading online poker room to GGPoker after being the number one in terms of cash game traffic for fifteen years.
Certainly, the new rewards system appears to be in response to increased competition over the last two years and players’ feedback.
Finally, decent competition in the sector. Stars can no longer take its customers for granted. Hopefully we're heading into another golden era for players like when stars, tilt and party fought for the volume.
