Re: Thoughts on the decreasing promotions in poker across the board?
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Why is the market getting worse and worse for the players?
When the concept of rakeback started getting more and more well known, i was licking my chops, not creating accounts at websites and hoping for them to compete with each other.
It never happened.
In fact its gotten worse. Sites that were offering 60% rakeback now only offer 30%. The biggest site that publicly offers rakeback, full tilt, deducts tons of fees. Absolute, long known as the webs most insane deal for the player, is now one of the worst.
Its almost like OPEC. Ever wonder why 1 gas station doesn't offer gas cheaper than the others? Its because they have an agreement to keep the price high.
World poker exchange is the one exception to this rule. 100% rakeback is every players dream... Besides the fact that its a rock garden (due to the fact that they have no money to advertise) and the software isn't very friendly.
What if World poker exchange decided to give out 80% rakeback, and spent the 20% on advertising or software upgrades. Frankly i don't actually mind the "software" per say, but moreso the interface.
I'm just baffled as to why no company has decided to offer an insane deal.......... yet.
Thoughts?
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Aside from the Prima cap and Absolute screwing with their terms, I don't think the RB market has changed that much in the past year, has it? Besides, I never found Prima that attractive since it is contributed, and most of the sites that have RB don't have much in the way of ongoing bonuses.
I guess it all depends on what stakes you play. I play low limit, so for me the best deals come from bonuses. Cryptos and UB with bonus & RB approach, and sometimes even exceed, 100% RB at these limits. Prima 5x bonuses are better than 100%, 10x are also very good. I suppose my perspective is different than it is for some others; playing low limit and usually only 1-2 tables, 4 at the most, I don't have to worry about running out of good bonuses any time soon. If you play higher limits and/or many tables, RB is even more important to you. That being said, I really don't see how things have changed much in terms of RB, especially for non-US, in the last year or so.
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