PokerStars Defends the Introduction of Currency Exchange Fees PokerStars Defends the Introduction of Currency Exchange Fees
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Key Takeaways
  • When PokerStars introduced currency exchange fees a few days ago, it produced plenty of negative comments on the poker forums.
  • Unusually, Head of Corporate Communications Eric Hollreiser took to the PokerStars corporate blog to defend the action.
  • Hollreiser ended his post by putting his argument in poker terminology. “I like to think of it as bankroll management. The choices we make today aren’t for short term gain; they’re made because we believe they’re the right thing for tomorrow.”

When PokerStars introduced currency exchange fees a few days ago, it produced plenty of negative comments on the poker forums.

Unusually, Head of Corporate Communications Eric Hollreiser took to the PokerStars corporate blog to defend the action.

Hollreiser explained that the company has made many “hard decisions over the years, some of which have cost the company a lot of money.” As an example, he noted that PokerStars had “invested heavily in stabilizing the global online poker ecosystem following Black Friday; purchasing Full Tilt and paying back that company’s players.”