cashmirrors
Dormant account
- Joined
- Jul 20, 2005
- Location
- Chained to my laptop
The multiple accounts by one player (whether using variants of their own details, or "gnomes", IS a serious problem (since it is often done to abuse signup bonuses from the rooms, and "gifts" from affiliates).
IMO this is the opposite of rakeback (which rewards staying on one account in one room) as it encourages "whoring" one's play around multiple rooms (even if the player does not try and cheat, multiple room play is bad for the poker sites.
Rakeback creates loyal players. Why the hell is this a problem?
I think the reason some affiliates have a problem with rakeback is
1) They don't understand it.
2) Some unscrupulous rakeback providers are encouraging people to shot down accounts and reopen them under a rakeback agreement. This is player poaching, pure and simple.
3) It means that non-rakeback affiliates are basically dead in the water for the business of the 8 table 6 hours a day winning players who are a dream in terms of the rake they produce.
I think Poker rooms have a problem with rakeback because:
1) They don't understand it (although ironically, many of the casino-based rooms are the most friendly towards it - maybe because it resembles a comp program.
2) It encourages player poaching between affiliates (the rooms are only really worried about players moving from CPA signups to rev share, for obvious reasons, although the squeals of big non-rakeback affiliates might influence the affliate managers' views a little).
3) It encourages honest players to move to (other) skins (rather than create duplicate or gnome accounts).
I would think that if rakeback was brought into the fold as much as possible, all of these problems could be greatly reduced. But that won't happen because people are greedy and stupid.
IMO this is the opposite of rakeback (which rewards staying on one account in one room) as it encourages "whoring" one's play around multiple rooms (even if the player does not try and cheat, multiple room play is bad for the poker sites.
Rakeback creates loyal players. Why the hell is this a problem?
I think the reason some affiliates have a problem with rakeback is
1) They don't understand it.
2) Some unscrupulous rakeback providers are encouraging people to shot down accounts and reopen them under a rakeback agreement. This is player poaching, pure and simple.
3) It means that non-rakeback affiliates are basically dead in the water for the business of the 8 table 6 hours a day winning players who are a dream in terms of the rake they produce.
I think Poker rooms have a problem with rakeback because:
1) They don't understand it (although ironically, many of the casino-based rooms are the most friendly towards it - maybe because it resembles a comp program.
2) It encourages player poaching between affiliates (the rooms are only really worried about players moving from CPA signups to rev share, for obvious reasons, although the squeals of big non-rakeback affiliates might influence the affliate managers' views a little).
3) It encourages honest players to move to (other) skins (rather than create duplicate or gnome accounts).
I would think that if rakeback was brought into the fold as much as possible, all of these problems could be greatly reduced. But that won't happen because people are greedy and stupid.