Starting Bankroll: $0.00

Current Bankroll: $500.00 (withdrawn)

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Pokerstars vs Full Tilt Poker

That's the question of my poker career. The decision is tough for any poker player. If I didn't have rakeback on FTP then it would be instantly stars. Through extensive research I will attempt to break down my decision making process between money and other. Money just outweighs so many factors, so it will be a large part of my decision.

Pokerstars is better up until 25NL vs FTP with rakeback. After that the rakes become the same, but the rakeback on FTP outweighs the VIP/FPP on Stars. If I play high volume and reach Platinum VIP or better than Stars is better. I guess if I ever reach 1000NL stars will be an easy supernova even with low volume. But there's a good chance in the long run I'll end up stuck in the low/mid stakes playing low/medium volumes, which would make the FTP rakeback better. For as the money part, I think FTP has a slight lead just because reaching supernova status will be tough, but Stars can surpass it if I really put in the volume. This is keeping in mind that I will not be switching back and forth. It's one or the other because I never plan on making any deposits or withdrawals until MANY years later.

Now for the other part. Stars just destroys FTP. Software, customer service, volume of players, aesthetics. God the stuff at the stars store is just so much sexier than the FTP store. But then again I'm probably getting a better deal at FTP with the rakeback.

Well, the final decision comes down something else. Possibly being banned from FTP for making a second account with rakeback. Even though everything has gone smoothly since. I don't want to risk building a bankroll and having FTP taking it away because I created another account for rakeback. I mean I already got the free HEM, which is the MAIN reason why I did it. I have never submitted any personal information to FTP, but there's still that slight chance they can track me through IP address. Even though it would be totally suicidal to take a consistent loyal customer away by banning my account, I still don't want to risk it. So from that note I am now officially a

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