Earlier in the week, the world's largest online poker room, PokerStars, announced rake increases that will begin to take effect on Monday, March 28, 2016. As expected, players reacted negatively, if not angrily, about the changes. After all, who likes paying more for something that they were previously paying less for?
PokerStars Team Pro icon Daniel Negreanu offered his take to the situation in his poker journal on Full Contact Poker, stating PokerStars has the right to operate as a company and maximize its revenue.