jbouton's reminiscences
this all reminds me of the times when dnegs and josem were selling to the players the idea that higher rake is better for the games and more profitable for the players of 2p2. There were a lot of angry players back then. I distinctly remember ansky's furred eyebrow interview with CJ:
But then something strange happened. Ansky and a few other influential leaders in the community got flown out to pokerstars headquarters. The were allowed to see something but only under NDA and when they came back they explained they legally weren't allowed to explain what they saw (I have this all documented).
Josem, are you allowed to explain to us what they were shown and the significance of it? I feel like it's relevant to Mason's point and I'm worried he won't admit it for fear of the bad guys catching on.
More importantly will this independent group be signing NDAs (or do I not understand the arrangement)? (important leadership/influence was lost to that pokerstars wine and dine)
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I make the conjecture that rake for online poker (sites) is targeted to be at the level that no player has a positive expectation, and no less.