What you don't get, and frankly if you had even read my post, I don't give much of a flying fuck about being below EV. I couldn't care less if I was 100 buy-ins below EV. That's not the problem. The problem is the 10pt/bb rake Pokerstars is charging Microstakes players. It truly makes the games almost pointless to play. I am reminded of why I quit two years ago very quickly. If you even just reduced the rake by 50% at micro limits, I'd be making thousands of dollars hand over fist. Pokerstars entire economy has been set up to set the rake just high enough that microstakes players will almost always lose.
The few players who escape the rake trap and get to say 400NL/PLO+ do very well. They serve to inspire the others grinding mindlessly away at low limits. Uninformed that they pay a far higher ratio of rake to winnings and their chances of success are bleak. Pokerstars is a business that cares only about squeezing the maximum money out of players that won't force them to all quit. Since most players fueling the games are recreational and don't realize how much they are paying to play everything hums along just fine. There aren't enough educated players willing to not play. The ones who get to 200NL/PLO stop caring because they're paying a low enough ratio of rake that they can win lots of money if they work hard and have a decent level of VIP status.
What needs to happen for things to improve. Poker players around the world need to bind together to form a union. They need to demand rake that comes out to a maximum of 2pt/bb for every stake. Just like it does at 600NL/PLO+. I don't know if I'll ever live to see the day where that happens, but that's what really has to happen.
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Canada. Feb 25 2012 01:34. Posts 20070
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