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Originally Posted by Victor
i mean, obv a superuser would be a "drain" and some 100/100 maniac wouold be a nice donator, but irl these sort of things are negligible.
That's an awfully big assertion. Again, if I deposit 1000, withdraw 10000, and 'pay', with other people's money, 1000 in rake. What's my net value added to the poker site? It'd be one thing if someone achieved this through pure luck. However, many pros do this basically all the time.
The conclusion you're going to be eventually make is that poker sites want regs, not massively winning pros. That's why pokerstars pushed SNE. That's why rewards programs push players to continue playing. Other sites, like bodog, have gone in the other direction by discouraging play to 'protect' fish. Frankly I don't think this is ideal because so many people will grind themselves into oblivion (see pokerstars), but bodog has other reasons like it's casino and sportsbetting for that policy.
It seems like I'm trying to be out nitted here, and I don't think either one of us really remembers how this discussion started, but I want legalization to happen, even if it sucks, so that more fish can deposit. More fish depositing is nothing but good for online pros. The reason why games have sucked so much lately is that the casual player is not willing to put money online, and for good reason.
Last edited by ikestoys; 02-15-2012 at 06:18 PM.