Poker News Daily has learned that Dirty Stack Poker and Propaganda Poker may soon be leaving the iPoker Network, according to a high-ranking official. Our source explained, “Both rooms are currently not accepting deposits nor giving rakeback to players as promised and both will be leaving in the next few days.”

Last month, posters on the TwoPlusTwo online poker forum reported cashout issues with Dirty Stack Poker similar to ones that unfolded with Eurolinx, which was liquidated by its parent company, the Linx Media Group, in August. A representative of Dirty Stack Poker sought to clear the air by posting, “Sorry for the lack of updates, because of the pending merger we’ve had issues with deposits – cashouts are operating as normal. You won’t have any ‘Eurolinx debacle style issues’ with us.”

The merge in question was with Dafa Poker, another iPoker Network site. The same representative noted in a September 25th post, “We were meant to be merge with Dafa Poker mid next week, but it looks like someone at iPoker has jumped the gun and merged us in the last 24 hours. Dirty Stack Poker Customer Support is and will be contacting players with their new username and password on Dafa, as well instructions on where to download the software from.”

Now, it appears that Dirty Stack Poker and Propaganda Poker may be sent packing by the iPoker Network entirely. The high-ranking source explained, “From what I heard from within the industry, the liquidity they brought was dwarfed by their illegal rakeback and player poaching activities.  The network, in response, is clamping down on rooms that are taking this route, as it hurts most of those partners that spend millions on player acquisition and growing the network.”

Another post on TwoPlusTwo stated that Propaganda Poker’s new home would be revealed today. The post, originally written in Norwegian, read in part, “Propaganda Poker is out of the iPoker [Network], but you can play as normal until we change the client.” The post noted that the room had violated iPoker Network rules regarding players and its new destination would be one with high liquidity. At the time of writing, Propaganda Poker has not distributed a press release unveiling the new network.

Speculation on Propaganda Poker’s new destination has ranged from Boss Media’s International Poker Network to the USA-friendly Cake Poker Network. One poster on TwoPlusTwo, “Mrbait” noted that Propaganda Poker was set to merge with Betsafe, which makes its home on the Ongame Network. He explained, “They got bailed out for their customer database and Betsafe promised them to secure funds for their clients.”

The iPoker Network is the third largest worldwide and the most populated site or network not to accept players from the United States. It owns a seven-day running average of 5,300 real money ring game players, with a 24-hour peak of just over 9,600. At the time of writing, which is late afternoon across Europe, a total of 7,905 cash game players are logged into the iPoker Network’s family of sites.

The iPoker Network does not offer rakeback on its partner sites. Instead, iPoker Network rooms like Titan Poker offer VIP programs that closely mirror rakeback. A representative of BonusWhores.com told Poker News Daily why sites like Titan Poker and PokerStars would rather offer VIP programs in lieu of rakeback: “Rakeback is really competitive, so when sites start offering it, it cuts into margins and there is a clear indication of who is offering the better program. With bonuses and VIP programs, the situation is a bit more ambiguous.”

Stay tuned to Poker News Daily for the latest on the possible departure of Propaganda Poker and Dirty Stack Poker from the iPoker Network.

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