go to recpoker.com and you will see tons of “affiliates” offering rake rebates for partypoker and other poker sites. i put affiliates in quotations because they are nothing but spammers in my opinion.
here is what i gathered….(maybe satya can confirm)
partypoker does NOT allow cash rake rebates.
partypoker does ALLOW rake rebates as long as it is not cash. for example, pokersourceonline.com tracks the play of their players and gives them points which can be redeemed for items on their website.
anyways, partypoker is my #1 performer and empirepoker is my #2 performer and i have not seen any slow down even with these “affiliates” offering rake rebates.