Winning Poker Network switches to weighted contributed rake model; Ronnie Bardah severs ties with PPC after payout row escalates

Winning Poker Network has followed the other major online poker rooms by switching their rake/rakeback method from ‘Dealt Hand’ rake to ‘Weighted Contribution,’ and Ronnie Bardah severs ties with the Poker Player’s Championship after payout row escalates.

It took a whole year before Simon suggested we paid Ray a few quid for allowing us to play poker in his pub until the blackbirds started to sing.

Every few hours we would take £5 out of our stack and flick it in the middle. Most of the time we would forget. Ray didn’t care. He would give most of it back to us during a random river bluff.

Like Ray, as a recreational player, I never cared about the rake. It was the cost of doing business. It was a necessity. I couldn’t tell you whether £5 every few hours is a lot. I don’t know how much I paid online. I don’t care.