I just want to play devil’s advocate for a moment.
If I played a lot of poker, and I suddenly learned that I could get $500+ in rakeback per month, as a player I would certainly want that money. If the poker room where I played told me there is nothing I could do because I had already signed up through an affiliate then I would stop playing at that poker room.
I don’t know what the answer is. Maybe the poker room should give the rakeback to the player and give a smaller % to his original affiliate.