I'm playing at carbon poker and don't have a rakeback. Has anyone tried to get rakeback retroactively or tried switching to another merge room such as aced.com to get rakeback?
I just play on stars and there is no rakeback, just Player Points which you can trade in for money or stuff. I have never heard of retro rakeback, but if you pay a ton of rake (play a lot) it doesn't hurt to ask for something, anything. PokerTracker can calculate how much you are paying to give you an idea of what you are worth to them. Nothing wrong with being a squeaky wheel IMO. You have nothing to lose so the play is +EV.
Your best bet is to send an email to customer support. According to raketherake you can get 30% rakeback at carbon as well as other merge network rooms.
I have rakeback at full tilt which i got retroactively, i sent them a message about getting rb with an existing account and I was put on a list, about 4 months later I got an email saying I would be getting rakeback through an affiliate I had signed up with.
Send them an email, you never know. Why are you playing on merge, and not FT/Stars?
I really like the graphics and fewer players. its amazing how often the tournament guarantees pay out more than the number of participants pay. Huge ev sometimes.
35% rakeback eh? Wow! That sounds like a lot. I've paid $700 this month already. Any Omaha Hi lo there?
I haven't seen 35 myself...but I know 30 is definitely standard.
There is hi/lo plo. Not very active...but still there. plo high is pretty busy there though.
Funny thing that 100k freeroll...Merge asks it's skins not to talk about it or advertise it until this coming week..yet everyone knows about it and it shows up on the forums..lol It is a welcome, of sorts, to all the new members I guess...
Will be interesting to see what the guarantees do there..hopefully they stay as soft!
The 30 standard is changing to 35 standard wants playaces joins. The skins have already sent out newsletters advertising the 100k freeroll so not really a secret anymore.
Merge network is a pretty good cash game site up to 2/5nl, you can always find tables to play, especially the jackpot ones. Tournament still need a lot of work, but I believe they are making the $50k a freezeout now starting this sunday, which doesn't change much since it played like a freezeout anyways. Should be some pretty big overlay.
sweeet the 50k is a freezeout???.(not like I will playing it)
I have two sat. tokens now for 10 bucks total. One cost 4, the other 6. 2 buck rebuys. Hard to beat that...and still 45k +ev for this sunday..lol..that will change, will likely end up about 10-15k +ev.
If you have a good bankroll, you should be playing the mtt's on merge.
Yep, this is where I have spent the last 4 months playing...
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I have rakeback at full tilt which i got retroactively, i sent them a message about getting rb with an existing account and I was put on a list, about 4 months later I got an email saying I would be getting rakeback through an affiliate I had signed up with.
Send them an email, you never know. Why are you playing on merge, and not FT/Stars?
Cash games are slow right now..but as of the 15th of April, the sportsbook move happens...should bring lots of cash play.
I haven't seen 35 myself...but I know 30 is definitely standard.
There is hi/lo plo. Not very active...but still there. plo high is pretty busy there though.
Funny thing that 100k freeroll...Merge asks it's skins not to talk about it or advertise it until this coming week..yet everyone knows about it and it shows up on the forums..lol It is a welcome, of sorts, to all the new members I guess...
Will be interesting to see what the guarantees do there..hopefully they stay as soft!
Merge network is a pretty good cash game site up to 2/5nl, you can always find tables to play, especially the jackpot ones. Tournament still need a lot of work, but I believe they are making the $50k a freezeout now starting this sunday, which doesn't change much since it played like a freezeout anyways. Should be some pretty big overlay.
They added a 1.5k plo guarantee as well...sweeet..
The fish are boiling in the pond...which is great...but damn, it is a minefield out there! lol
The cash tables are very busy now too! Let me know if you want rakeback at Merge..
If you have a good bankroll, you should be playing the mtt's on merge.
I have two sat. tokens now for 10 bucks total. One cost 4, the other 6. 2 buck rebuys. Hard to beat that...and still 45k +ev for this sunday..lol..that will change, will likely end up about 10-15k +ev.
Yep, this is where I have spent the last 4 months playing...