Why is it that pokerstars is such a popular site for online players?

[Beastmaster]

Honey- u ever play on Absolute?

[ZOMG_RIGGED!]

Thats exactly what I was thinking. a 6-man table at Absolute usually means at least 3 2+2ers. I remember two weeks ago thre was a Cowboys33 siting and I swarmed to get a seat on every single one of his tables. On two of the tables I could name 3 of the others players from this site and the third I new the screen name of all 4 other 2+2ers

[HoneyBadger]

No, I have not played there.

[jukofyork]

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In my experience stars has by far the toughest competition...

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They need some terrible customer service (like Party) to scare away some of them nits.

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[MicroBob]

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And I believe as a supernova you get about 25% of that back in FPPs, right?

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It varies by stakes and table-size so it also depends on your preferred game.
For some players it can definitely be higher than 25%.

I've read that on SNG's and MTT's for SN's it is 27%. I believe that SNG's and MTT's will be the only games where the RB equivelncy remains consistent.

[TheEye]

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...ue#Post11597277

[frommagio]

I think that many of us value customer service, customer respect, and basic integrity. That pretty much leaves PokerStars alone as a major site, and (as far as I know) WPEX as a minor site.

There is nothing that could make me play at (for example) FTP or Absolute, or at the lower tier; these are companies that just completely fail to meet the basic requirements of corporate ethics and competence.

Do you really want to deal with somebody you don't trust just to get a better rakeback arrangement?

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For the everyday grinder they offer no rakeback promotion, and only at the highest vip levels do they offer nice perks. I understand the high volume of players makes the site very attractive to people who want to multi-table, but it seems like these players are missing out on very lucrative rakeback deals. Could somebody please fill me in if im overlooking some details of the vip packages at pokerstars, thanks.

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[questions]

I don't know why, but I disagree with the person who said that even those who do poorly on other sites can win on Pokerstars. To the contrary, Pokerstars is the toughest site of them all. Either them or Full Tilt.

[selurah]

For me it's all about feeling that my money is safe and accessible at all times. If for some reason you have a problem at Stars you can email them and get it resolved within the hour.

Good Luck trying to deal with Full Tilt or UB or whoever if something happens with your account (hacked, frozen, cashout issues, etc.).

[rminusq]

The fish are there because of Moneymaker.
The sharks are there because the fish are there.