- The Equity Poker Network sees another poker room join its stable as IntegerPoker tries a soft launch this weekend.
- The non-profit network aims for a more collaborative environment in which individual skins can succeed in cooperation rather than in competition with each other.
- IntegerPoker is launching with a rakeback variation called Variback, aimed at tournament players.
IntegerPoker is starting its life as a skin on the new Equity Poker Network (EPN) with a soft launch and a $3k freeroll this Sunday to test the poker client. It is mainly seeking to target regulated markets within the EU.
IntegerPoker is launching with an innovative variation on the rakeback theme for multi-table and Sit and Go tournaments. “Variback” provides a cash payment based on tournament performance and is designed to reduce “negative variance.”
The “VariZone” consists of the top 12% of finishing places outside the money. In a 100 player tournament with places 1-20 paid, the VariZone comprises places 21-32. Under the Variback scheme: “For every 10 tournaments that you finish within the VariZone you will receive 50% of your average Buy In back.”
The EPN is a non-profit collaborative network which eschews the standard business model in favor of a cooperative structure where skins share in network revenues. In September, Full Flush Poker became the first poker room to launch on the new network.
EPN poker rooms pay a flat $10k a month, although there is a “shark tax” for skins which suck out a disproportionate amount of profit from the player pool. The network uses software originally developed for the Chico Network. Swedish company Playsafe Holding AS now owns the rights to that software.
