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Originally Posted by KingZippy
I honestly believe the new chest reward program would have been genius if it returned around 15-20% rake. Even the fish won't be thrilled when the average chest they open is 20 cents and 50 starcoins.
I don't. I think it's a perfect example of stars not understanding or losing touch with exact part of their customer base they are trying to appeal to.
For the regs or any player who is mostly interested in profit or EV, it really doesn't matter, they'll hit volume targets, open chests or click start in the challenge window. They will engage in the VIP program in anyway necessary to get the reward or rakeback.
The casual? Pokerstars noticed a while ago that a significant part of this group were not engaging in the VIP program, often falling just short of achieving higher VIP statuses and improved rewards. This is why they introduced steps. Why were these people not interested? The most obvious reason why these people did not engage in the VIP program is that they just wanted to play poker nothing else, that's why they were on a poker site.
I think a very small number of people will have any interest in this and most of those will be down to the novelty.