Just played a few sessions...and is it me or is the rake insanely high? Especially given the fact that there are a very limited number of PinkCoins in existence. If the site ever becomes big, the rake is going to soak up all the coins.
Hey guys I was playing poker with cryptoholic11 in 250/500 and it seemed to us the rake may be a tad high. Not sure if this will change with more players or if you guys are working out an awesome frequent player points program. I know its only 2.5% but maybe lowering it incrementally from the higher blinds as its quite a bit of pink to be losing in one hand when chips are just going back and forth (even though its larger amounts).
For example with the 250/500 generally the minimum pot to start was 2000 so the rake takes 50 chips
where as the 5/10 generally starts at around 40 so the rake is 1 chip
So with only 2 players at 30 seconds a hand before even betting the flop its minimum 6000 pink an hour where as the 5/10 is only 120 pink an hour.
As more players start playing I think it could be good to lower the rake on the higher tables so their is a bit more incentive to play at the higher tables longer. Just my opinion (although I do really enjoy the poker, just need more players online playing!)
Also would love to see a feature where you can send chips to other players in game! (not sure if its possible, so if somebody needs a few more chips for a tourney buy-in we can help them out!)
I did a bunch of reading up on rakes last night. 2.5% seems to be the lowest rake out there by any site, so we thought we were doing everyone a favor as per the usual #pinkway. However, I did see quite a few things and systems that did change the reak depending on the size of the table, and the amount of players. Which makes sense, if there are only 2 people playing, even a low rake of 2.5% adds up quite quickly.
I have definitely been looking at different system setups, some with rakeback, others with VIP groups. So I appreciate your suggestions here Beecoinfan, gives me a little more of a narrow gap as to what I should be looking at here.
We are Pinkcoin, and by no means do we ever, ever want people to feel like they are on the wrong side of a bad deal. Luckily we have some poker players on our team, and even more poker players in the community, so I have no doubt once all is said and done, we will be the most fair poker out there. This is just how we do things here at Pinkcoin.
Keep letting us know your opinions, and suggestions. We will keep developing and working on this until everyone is so excited about it that you invite your Grandparents to play a couple hands with you