small time players on betfair poker

[stevie-p]

i play poker on betfair poker for fun and play mostly £5 stt's and mtt's. i have done this since betfair started and am quite happy to play here as i like the forum etc. i havent got too bothered when the site is crashing all the time etc. this is about the only site i really play at. so my point is i have been looking at other sites and the offers they have... i.e. rakeback, action points, freerolls, leaderboards etc etc. now these bonuses are open to all players and obviously the more you play the more rewards you get. but the principal is the same ...play our site and we will reward you. now i got to thinking that as i play betfair mostly they should have a bonus for this. so after reading about rakeback etc i felt tis was a reasonable place to start with betfair....so i emailed them asking about this....i got a reply ..... Dear stephen Thank you for your e-mail. Your current level of play does not enable us to offer you a rakeback deal at this time. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further enquiries. Kind regards Paul Cave now i got a bit annoyed at this curt reply. one is that it doesnt matter what stakes i play ...maybe they are not making thousands off me in rake but they equally wouldnt have much to pay back either ... also every other site has a sheme in place which includes all players ...if you pay more rake you can gather more points etc to enter private games etc. basically i am now of the belief that betfair poker has no interest in the casual player who are the basis of the sucess of online poker and are only interested in rewarding the high rollers. i dont like this attitude. AM I RIGHT TO FEEL LIKE THIS? HOW DO PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY DONT GET REWARD POINTS ETC LIKE OTHER SITES? HAS ANYONE STOPPED PLAYING ON BETFAIR BECAUSE OF THIS?

[philossify]

Re: small time players on betfair poker Must admit that I have some reservations on playing on Betfair because of the lack of points - the £5 STTs and MTTs are, I believe, shared with Will Hill and Littlewoods so one way of showing your disdain is to get an id on one of those and continue to play in the same games (not sure what the rewards are like on these two I must check!).