Its truly a shame that a game that has grown so much in popularity has had to be tainted so heavily with so many bad elements from so many different directions.
I am starting to agree with this. I am now looking for places that have some staying power.
I have been approached for deals by some places that I thought had decent names and would be honest and found them to be either flakey or misrepresenting things.
You have to keep in mind – rakeback attracts a percentage of the larger players, the type for whom the rakeback actually produced a decent return, but still small enough to care about this much. These are the sharks, with some small to medium whales thrown in who poop out soon enough.
The fishes come from non rakeback affiliates. They are both smaller players and larger whales.
Poker rooms need both to stay attractive.
I have no intentions of joining the rakeback crowd, scavenging for players, telling them they will benefit from something if they don’t, and dealing with being thrown in one pot with fly by night affiliates who promise the sky and then disappear without paying off.
Poker has attracted a criminal element.
I want nothing to do with that, not even remotely.
So, how do you promote it? At this time, I only provide a poker section as a service for my visitors. I have not found one single poker outfit yet where I can say yes, these are ethical people and yes, I can make a profit here and yes, my players are retained and not stolen.
I am still looking for someone I would be proud to endorse.