I am surprised at reading this, I am an affiliate at LucasPoker.com and have found them to be nothing but helpful, in fact I have found them to be upfront as regards deals and payments and my personal affiliate manager is Emma, who is always at hand on Skype to discuss any issues, as regards payment into a poker account, I certainly understand that rooms require a deposit before a withdrawal, this is to stop people from money-laundering, how easy would it be to scam a room if you didn’t have to verify your account, in fact I am sure poker rooms in general would have this requirement. From what I have read here and the several other forums/blogs you have copied and pasted this into is that your saying you got paid the standard rate and are not happy about that? Have you tried speaking to the poker room manager there? I hope this helps, but in my honest opinion I am sure it is just a mere misunderstanding.