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Originally Posted by Wollls
So over the last 3 months the monthly reward has been worth 40% rakeback - 3,750 points gives $300. That excludes the chests. Not bad at all.
This morning the monthly offer is 10% rakeback - 15,000 points required - but still for $300.
That 15,000 points is $3000 rake - which has gone from being split 1,800 to them 1,200 back to me; to now 2,700 to them and 300 back to me. So 900 down in the month.
I don't really know how they can justify that level of change from one day to another - and then looking at the forum it seems they're offering wildly different things to different people. I'd expect them to offer better rake rates for higher volume players, but this seems so arbitrary - when they're trying to say the new rewards deal is more transparent and fair.
They are on about the normal chests that are better for everyone now.
They used to offer between 2% and 22% RB from normal chests, heavily dependent on luck when you opened the chest, and not only that but most regular winning accounts were stuck at getting 2% if they were assigned high points requirements per chest.
Now everyone gets between 15% and 25%, and there is no luck involved when opening chests, and nor is there a variable points requirement, so you know how much you are going to get in advance, AKA more transparent and fair.
The 40% thing is weird and bizarre and the vast majority of the player pool will not be collecting on it, so it's not really worth worrying about unless you absolutely love playing poker 20 hours a day.
From what you have stated, the 10% one seems based on the same volume as the 40% one, only they give you an absolute pittance for making it there. Again not worth worrying about unless you absolutely love playing poker 20 hours a day.
They do however promise more positive changes in the future so perhaps that side of things will be addressed where the 40% add-on is a bit more reasonable and incentive based.
Hopefully this move helps grow poker rather than the player pool gradually shrinking all the time.