The Future Of Subscription SItes...

Right now the general business outline and marketing techniques of most pay sites ie. pureplay and clubwpt represents a bad forum with it's own poker client.. At best they take in a million plus in monthly revenue and only offer back $100,000 to their payed members via gear, gadgets, live game entries and cash. This is a tremendous flaw which I'm quite sure most are as tired of as myself. I'm petitioning a change. You see I have a new business model and either through allied support or on my own search for financiers I strongly believe that that the poker community can and will do more for it's members. Here's what I propose.

~ A sliding membership scale. ie a tier system in which basic members play free and can satellite their way into Tier one tournaments. Tier one would have access to their share of cash and prize tier one tournaments for a $19.99 a month subscription but most importantly it doesn't stop there. You see the tier one payed members would be able to satellite their way into tier two tournaments and compete with others who pay a membership of $49.99. Of course the tier two members would be able to play within their own class but also satellite into tier three tournaments and membership for another set price say $99.99. In this fashion you could continue as high as you want, legally avoiding government prosecution and avoiding the drama that comes with deposit sites.

~A ring game point system that is as same as cash based on the points that you incur by continuing your monthly membership each month and earning via tournaments..

~Only one cashout a month just like a government check all that needs to be done is verification.

~And most importantly NO MORE 90% rake like the big two get away with regularly. The site I'm potentially offering would give 95% of it's members dues back into tournaments.

~Server location... Not in Costa Rica Not foreign but right here on our own soil, perhaps held on a public domain server where people could regularly check hand statistics and the RNG accuracy. Priority Numero Uno unhackable..

I have little doubt that the above mentioned plan is the future of us online gaming and someone with a like mind needs to get on board and help me recruit investors. I have some funds to work with but far from what it's going to cost.. Let's revolutionize the industry once again.. Who's with me?

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To be honest, I would not have much faith in this type of system. It's kind of like buying a membership to Sam's Club, it's just a hell of a lot simpler to shop at Wall Mart.

nlop is 4.99 a month why pay 49.99 most of these sites fail-Chilipoker has scrapped it's plans to enter the USA Market using the pay to play system

Hmmm, really don´t like that kind of idea

Sorry but it sounds like it could turn into an all-in fest, nah mean ?

Maybe it needs work but this method approaches bankrolls of all sizes, I mean the sky's the limit you could have people paying $10,000 a month membership and only playing with people who pay the same .. which means 95% of that prize pool would be up for grabs in tournaments and a points same as cash RNG system. few have seen the potential yet as i expected but thankfully I have a few investors on the line. whether it gets worked on and the kinks ironed out or this business plan goes forward untouched this will soon be a reality. I'm about three thousand in and I'm going to be investing another 20 or 30k before it's where it needs to be, but the point of this whole thing, is to attract REAL poker players, not one time hit and run depositors that drop $20 once a year (although the tier system gets their money too). The client I'm proposing will be 100% skill based with leader boards and prizes for the best. In general the top 10% of subscribers are going to make a fortune with almost no rake to speak of and no noticeable rake for sure.. I think if some of you guys read up on whats going on in the USA and the success of similar sites that offer less then 25% back to the prize pool you will realize how lucrative this project could potentially be.. and perhaps most importantly you will decide like me to take a stand against the corporate giants who make millions without offering the players back their fair shares. Til then i digress.

I really do not know if the idea looks good, is to think

These sites are doomed.

just a smalltime online player for now. We'll see what happens but for real cash games I'll go to the local casino and play at home for fun and small change.

zab i would love some help with this advice ??

Maybe once it gets an actual site and looks more attractive some more people will climb aboard especially with the way the Gov is taking it to us players, but then once the regulated sites come online i think most players would roll over to the normal reg sites, but thats only 1 mans opinion, good luck to you in your buisness adventure

Interesting theory. All subscription sites should be free and offer as many promotoins as Poker Owned (A.k.a the best poker site on the web)

Wake up thread don't die on me

It's a great idea. There some improvement and idea I have. I've been thinking of something similar yet, different. Would love to chat with you about it. Same boat. Some funds but, no where near what I would need to make it happen. Tho, probably far less than what you would need. PM me if you like to chat. I'm serious. Good Luck -Cookies

I think your intentions are going to be quite difficult to be able to achieve. For there are things that can not be changed

I uses to play Pureplay. That was when it was $6.99 a month...now they are just as expensive as the other sites and don't offer lucrative prizes. I have been looking and looking at many of them, but just don't see the value in playing for a 1st place prize only on most of them.

O_O strange thing i dont understand it completely but sounds bad

Think You would totaly KILL ONLINE poker with this..

And now I have another issue with the "subscription" sites. I waited for RISE Poker to come along, joined their pre-launch to play in a $1000 tourney and then sat on their launch date to register. Then I found out it was the same company that has been running the UFC and WWE Poker and guess what, since I registered for those I couldn't register for RISE, and they wouldn't let me play the freeroll either. Now, I just found out Cardplayer was giving away two seats to WSOP, so I registered for their Poker School, took the quiz, scored 100% (without even reading the material), and it tells me to go join their poker room and I can play the qualifiers. Well, guess what, they are run by the same company as well, so I am screwed out of that opportunity as well.

Thanks Online subscription poker.

subscription sites are no good, and i think that system is too flawed to be of great value at the moment.

Well, let's see how this one works out. If it does, because of who is involved and what they plan to do, I would probably recommend this one to everyone.
Pokeroomusa.com will launch on July 4th with a $10,000 freeroll and with their VIP club you can win prizes and seats into Live Events. The best part about the company that I have seen so far is the fact that 5% of all subscriptions will be donated to the USO and Wounded Warrior Project.

Well that's true for $19.95 a month clubwpt should offer more for your money

I've asked around, doesn't sound like a good thing, so I'm going to steer clear for now...

I'm not opposed to subscription sites if that is all we end up with as legal US options, but I would prefer the normal model as it existed with Stars and FT and others.

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Originally Posted by Tiarra

To be honest, I would not have much faith in this type of system. It's kind of like buying a membership to Sam's Club, it's just a hell of a lot simpler to shop at Wall Mart.

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+1 Great analogy.

I do not like subscription poker site. I think they are a rip off.

Just don't trust them

well good luck in this forum dont play po client unless u have alot of po pts

it's crazzy i hope the usa aproves poker sites soon. yeah....