there a business... they make money from consumers... i dont see anything wrong with that. its the consumers choice to play with them... and the consumer has spoken.. 200,000 players online right now... happy with there service. [/close]
That is a fallacy ......there are 200,000 seats sat at , not 200,000 players and that includes all the play money seats as well.You're right they are a business, but they are a different business to the one it was this time last year.
also, i didnt see any other sites dropping a billion dollars to pay the US player the FT money they were owed, even though had nothing to do with it. the way i see it, Stars has done more for the poker world then any other site has ever done.
Again a fallacy , stars flouted the US law and paying off the Full tilt money was the only way they had of eventually reentering the US market. Even having done that its still not plain sailing for stars to get into the market with the bad actor clauses states are implementing.
They made a fortune and built their monopoly from flouting the US law, 888 party ipoker etc respected the US laws and avoided the illegal processing of deposits and put themselves at a disadvantage in term sof liquidity. 888 , party and ipoker are all publicly quoted companies , they had to respect the laws , stars as a private company could do as they please. Now stars are owned by a publicly quoted company look whats happening , they have to start abiding by countries laws , so countries where online poker is illegal are now preventing play on stars.
also... dont be mad about there spin an goes... not there fault people LOVE what they have to offer...if you really think about it... thats a business i would invest in... they make money.. if i had the cash i would buy tons... and tons of stocks with there company. they make money... cause they have consumers... they have consumers cause they have a great product. you make it seem like there running themselves into the ground... but there still here.. and will be for years and years and years and more years to come. making money... the whole time... like a business is suppose to.
Just ask yourself , if spin and goes are so lucrative for the poker site , where are the players getting their cut from . They will end up with deposits being converted rapidly into rake . you think hypers are bad , these things are hypers on crack ,
and if i want any poker site to make money... its the one that cleans up messes in the poker world.
rubbish .....the old stas cleaned up the mess , the new stars is stomping all over the goodwill that old stars built up . Old stars had the attitude that what was good for players would grow their maket share and grow their profits . New stars is all about maximising profits today and if traffic drops as a result , well they an just cut player rewards a bit more to compensate.