Originally Posted by EasyPoker

Is there any viable reason aside from prestige and technical reasons (like better software) why it's more beneficial for UK players to play at Pokerstars rather than any Eurodonk site?

I've heard that Pokerstars is the cheapest for low stakes (i.e. 25nl and below) in terms of rake, and that's fair enough.

But I've spent some time playing Stars, and I'm thinking that I would have been better off playing with Eurodonks at a site like Ladbrokes or Betfair, where at least my money is pounds rather than dollars. Spoonitnow seems convinced that I should play at Stars because it's the cheapest. But me, I can't see the logic of rake being the only thing one should care about, when all other things are stacked in my favour.

I'm pretty certain guys like Schwartz, Feldman and even the might Isildur built up their rolls playing Eurofish on sites like iPoker etc.

Any insight?