Empire, a skin for the Party network, are a site I used to use ages ago. In fact according to my records I last used them in May '07 so just over two years ago. I had left around £50 in my account, I hadn't cashed out as I thought one of these days I may want to go back there and after all it's only £50.
This afternoon the limit cash tables on Bet365 were a bit dead so I thought about playing some SnGs. I don't the tourneys on the iPoker network so I fired up a couple of alternatives - Ladbrokes, and recalling I had some cash in there still, Empire Poker. A quick scan round the Laddies poker lobby and it still seemed quiet even though it has moved to the Microgaming network. It's also not really supported by Poker Tracker so I didn't want to play without having all my tools available. Empire Poker it is then. Hang on, my balance is $0 despite the fact my records show I had around £50 in there. Where has it gone?
I checked my transaction history and for every month during 2008 they were taking $7 to $8 from my account as an inactive account fee! So having my money on deposit and being able to earn interest on it wasn't enough for them - they had to take roughly a fiver out every month as well. I have sent them a proper snotty e-mail about this and certainly will NEVER use them again. I don't know of a single other poker room that operates in this manner. Do they not make enough on the rake without drawing down $8 a month for accounts that aren't in use?
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Originally Posted by eruptive plot
