This seems like as good as place as any to bring this up. I just don't understand really what the big deal about rakeback is. Maybe it's showing off my naivete regarding online poker.
YES, I do realize that rakeback is obviously going to increase your profit but is it really such a big deal that you (and by 'you' I mean anyone, not specifically Thrash) won't play at a site without rakeback.
I've just started playing over at Party and was playing .50/1 limit and $25NL and was doing pretty good - especially at the NL tables. I've since started playing the $11 Speed SNGs. MAN those things are great. But when I was playing the cash games, I don't think I really paid that much in rake. I just went to PT to check and I see that of all the hands I've played there was $137.90 paid in rake. Now, this isn't only hands that I've won or necessarily even had any part of. I don't see an easy way (I may be missing it) to pull out only hands where I won the pot where rake was paid in PT.
If anyone out there wants to take the time to educate me on the horrible evils of rake and the benefits of rakeback, I'm more than willing to learn!
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