World Poker Exchange (no rake)

Scotty #

There was a thread about this before here. After reading it and an article in Card Player I was wondering if any of you are still playing it and how your getting on. I know there was a lot of talk of it being rigged (zzzz), bots, etc.

Cardplayer wrote:

No Rake for the Weary
On April 4, the World Poker Exchange (WorldPX.com) changed its policy and announced that its tables could now be considered rake-free. This is not a gimmick. World Sports Exchange will not make any money from its poker site. Players will not be charged to play at WorldPX.com. The site’s able to do this because it doesn’t depend on poker as its sole revenue stream.

“It’s completely free, there’s no strings attached,” said Ware, who is the World Poker Exchange’s managing director. “We’re in a unique position to do this. Our hope in this, and the business logic behind it, is that our poker players who enjoy other wagering products will enjoy our other gaming products, as well.”

Under WorldPX.com’s “no-rake” program, the rake for both cash games and tournament play will still be collected as players play, but at the end of each week, 100 percent will be refunded to players’ accounts.

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_magazine/archives/showarticle.php?a_id=15446&m_id=65589

Lafortezza

I think the proportion of 2+2'ers playing on this site is larger than most other sites. That'd be one down side. Maybe the lower limits are still fishy enough to make it worthwhile.
Any idea of the average pots on .25/.50 NL? Maybe compare them to Party and see if it's worth it.

Scotty #

ok. Joined about 2 hours ago with $30. Couldn't find a sign up bonus. 1150 players online. 1100 in play money I'd say. Sat down to $10 stt. Joined .10/.25 table while I waited for $10 to fill up. An hour later I was still the only one at the table. I left the cash table after about 2 hours up $60 and $8 made in rake. Very very soft. Similar to level on Vegas Baby.

lazlo

I play here, I think its very soft at 1/2 and 2/4. The traffic is slowly building and the 100% rakeback makes it the only place to play for cash online at the moment. There are a handful of really tough players lurking at thte 3/6 and 5/10 tables-but that shouldnt be too much of a deterrent considering the sites other offerings.

As far as I'm aware the software is still being polished, wihc is a good thing as there are one or two snags in it as well as some connectivity issues with the site in general. The absence of short-handed tables is a bit of a let-down too, however the minimal traffic means most games hover between being 5 and 10 handed. Overall though its the place to play from now on as far as I'm concerned.

Drakar

Some of the guaranteed MTTs are well undersubscribed too. I have to say I did find the lag quite bad at the start though, hopefully that's cleared up somewhat.

Boie

I tried out some NL50 and I found the skill level above average but the 100% rakeback might make it worth it anyway.