Comments about PS rakeback changes in 2016:

Spencer Moe (360flip19): I remember being intrieged by the high stakes action and hearing about people having elite status. This is what attracted me to poker and got me into playing. I can only speak for myself, but if I didn't think there was a chance I could profitably move up in stakes and potentially play this game for a living then I never would have started. I started playing for fun with my friends. But we all had a dream of playing high stakes one day. It seems like that dream is dead for anyone starting out.

Anonymous: I think Amaya is taking a big risk as I don't see these changes to be sustainable for the poker economy. I'm also surprised by the timing, Isildur is proving once again its possible to go for millions upswings like in 2007 :) These changes are just gonna kill any high stakes cash game action which was getting much better lately. I also think it's gonna be impossible and stupid to try to climb heads-up divisions which is extremely unfair, the same regs will stay in place basically for ever. Finally, as action between regs will almost disappear all the focus will be put on fishes, specific strategies vs fishes will become more common and they will just get crushed faster than ever.

Charles Hawk: Don't you think Amaya understands what they are doing and that they had in mind all the possibilities/problems that these new decisions could raise?

Anonymous: I think they understand and it's all planned according a well rounded business plan. However I think through killing the highstakes they are killing the dream. So they will probably make up for it through spin and goes and sunday mtts.