@nitrogensports
On the Security Matter.
Your “security team” has been proven worthless. No shocker here (well a bit, because not being capable of catching collusion – the easiest form of cheating to catch - on micro stakes is the worst I’ve ever heard of), most poker sites do have incompetent staff when it comes down to the integrity of the games.
Most of them don’t think it is a field worth putting money on, whereas it is the most important thing for a poker site along with keeping the players’ money safe.
That’s why poker sites HAVE TO give the players the ability to check the integrity of the games by themselves and there is only one way: let them download their HHs in a tracker compatible format.
All biggest cheating scandals in the online poker industry have been unveiled by players using HHs and trackers (UB cheating their own players, Pokerstars PLO BOTs rings, 888/Partypoker BOTs…)
Even when a poker site has a competent staff, they can’t/won’t reveal everything (see again Pokerstars PLO BOTs ring).
Question: Why are you still refusing to let players double check the integrity of your games by allowing them to download HHs in a compatible tracker format ? Too afraid of what they could reveal with proper tools ?
On the Rake Matter.
Your rake is outrageous.
Let’s take some examples.
On your 100NL Table Rake HU 4% capped @1mBTC || 5+ players 4% capped @5mBTC
On average on FIAT sites Rake HU 5% capped @$0.5 || 5+ players 5% capped @$3
Your rake % advantage is gimmicky when your caps are so high.
In term of units:
HU cost up to 2x more to play on Nitrogensports than on most FIAT sites (1 unit instead of 0.5)
5+ players cost you up to 66.66% more on Nitrogensports (5 units instead of 3)
Now convert that into dollars (let’s take 1 BTC = $2500):
HU cost you up to 5x more on Nitrogensports (caps @ $2.5 instead of $0.5)
5+players cost you up to 4.16x more on Nitrogensports (caps @ $12.5 instead of $3, $12.5 cap really ?!?)
Note: Obviously the higher you play, the “up to” becomes the actual rake you do pay since you can cap every time you enter a flop (starting around 200NL).
One of the biggest cost of a FIAT poker site is their processing fees, in comparison yours are close to none since you’re using Bitcoins.
Given that + no KYC + no regulation costs, a Bitcoin poker site should always have a lower rake than any FIAT site. Yours not only is not, but at any decent stake; your rake is way higher.
Question: Apart pure greed, how can you justify such a high rake ?
Nitrogensports has a very good reputation when it comes down to sportsbook.
Unfortunately, in more than 18 months timespan your poker offering has not evolved.
Your shortcomings are still the same (lack of security and no will to give players the tools to check by themselves the integrity of your games / one of the most highest rake on the market).
There is a very sad state of Bitcoin poker offerings, sadly it does not seem you are anywhere to change that fact.
Far from it actually.
Hi Wh0CaR3s,
Thanks for taking the time to critique our new Poker changes. Our position was clearly outlined in our blog post:
https://nitrogensports.eu/blog/lower-poker-rake/We've read thorough your comments. At this time we have no immediate plans to amend our position, other than to say (as mentioned in the blog post) that we will continue to investigate new ways to curb multi-accounting on Nitrogen Poker.
Thanks,
- Jason.
