Poker players looking for some guidance and help at online poker training site FloatTheTurn.com are in for some good news as the training site has reportedly reduced their monthly subscription.
The recent backlash at Netflix after they upped their subscription fees has seemed to have benefitted poker players. Poker pro Jonathan Little is said to have cut down the rate for his online poker training site, thanks to what happened at Netflix after they increased their fees. Poker players will now be able to avail the membership at FloatTheTurn.com for just $8 without any sign-up charges.
Earlier, the subscription fee at FloatTheTurn.com was about $19.95 per month plus a $99.95 sign-up charge. Jonathan Little said that he wants to stimulate the poker economy and he believed that most online poker training sites has fees around $20 to $30 per month. He added that when he heard that Netflix lost about 800,000 subscribers after upping their prizes, he knew he had to do the opposite.
He further stated that that it wasn’t a secret that the poker industry has been struggling recently. Participation in large buy-in tournaments has been reducing steadily in recent hears barring the World Series of Poker. He said that when he won the Foxwoods World Poker Tour event in 2008, there were 412 participants which reduced to 189 in 2011. He thinks something has to be done to encourage more people to play or the game will just have a handful of pros playing each other for small prize pools.
Little is hoping that the new lower price will appeal to a larger group of poker players and help them sharpen their poker skills as well build confidence to compete in games. He added that he wouldn’t complain if the new price helps him get 800,000 new subscribers.
The price cut isn’t all; the poker training site is giving away a new free poker training video each month which can be won by subscribers and non-members.