PokerStars Rake Increase Announcement [Full Version]

And so the reign of Amaya begins...

does rake change for NL2, NL5 and NL10? 1$ cap on rake seems quite ridiculous imo

Are they not making enough money already?

Last month they also boosted the bottom line by terminating a lot of affiliates and pocketing the money that would have gone to them.

Originally posted by mineriva
Last month they also boosted the bottom line by terminating a lot of affiliates and pocketing the money that would have gone to them.

Also don't forget the 2.5% take on fees as well!

It's about to go down, I'm yelling timber...

Originally posted by vandeuren
does rake change for NL2, NL5 and NL10? 1$ cap on rake seems quite ridiculous imo

It's for 2 players only. So HUNL50, HUPLO50 (HU tables aren't offered for lower stakes) and those who start tables will get raked much more. But those who always play 3+ handed will suffer only indirectly.

Thanks Amaya, ur doing it great!

R.I.P

Is this the last straw? Is it time to finally admit to ourselves that PokerStars is no longer any better than the other shitty online pokersites?

Posting it here in the hope some Pokerstars Rep will see it:

In the comments to this change some guys came up with what I believe is a brilliant idea:

Why not put ads on the table visible only to the players that had folded? This is a source of revenue.

And then when they've got used to that why not put them on while they are playing hands as well.

Bit of a slippery slope that one.

trash

hi guys,

everybody knows that Stars has increases the rake since the company is not traded on wallstreet and it's all about the money and making the company profitable.
you can make any company profitable. the question is how. you can cut some employees : check , you can increase the charges , check.

so what are we going to do about it. just sit around, complain as wild and do nothing about it? probably yes. after all what can 1 person do ? nothing , right ? WRONG
ever heard of Kennedy , King, Gandhi , Thesla ? they did and so can we.
and it's much easier to do it together. in fact maybe it's the only way.

do you remember the ice bucket challenge ? how the hell did that happen ?
well it started with 1 guy and others follow and soon it spread all over the world.

now the question is you want to accept other cut in you life and the government and all those big companies do each year. everything gets more and more expensive and you earn less and less money but need to work harder and harder.
why does it still work ? the only reason is because the majority of the people complain and accept it. just imagine what whould happen if people from a town , a country or the whole world stood together and decided not to work for 1 day and protest again the greede of the corporations?
but more and more people are waking up and there are mass protest that are barely covered by mainstream lying media.

we the people have the power ! we just need to use it wisely

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

so I encourage everybody , black or white, male or female chrome or supernova status to speak out !

there has already been 1 day on the 5th of November that did not have much impact whatsoever. but so what ? success is standing up 1 more time than you fall down.
Did Thomas Edisson quit woring on the electric light bulp after 1 fail.
no he keept trying 10 000 times untill it finally worked. and when asked about it he said
"I did not fail, i just found 10 000 ways that did not work "

So lets get started.
I suggest to do the following: ( please also share your ideas what else we can do and how we can use our power)

1. we do not play on the 5th of each month

2. everybody writes a mail to PokerStars on that day and tells them that they do not like the new changes and therefore will not play today and on every 5th of each month untill things change ( it would be cool if someone could write a mail that everybody could just copy and paste )

3. stay active . write in the forum , write to pokerstars , keep the topic hot

4. everybody is welcome to copy my test and paste or whereever he wants

5. 2+2 and strategy should also work together I think and we should create 1 big thread
maybe on facebook

Hi!

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