![]() |
|||
|
|
|||
What is Rake?¹Rake is the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game. It is generally 5 to 10 percent of the pot in each poker hand, up to a predetermined maximum amount, but not only can this percentage be anything, there are other non-percentage ways for a casino to take the rake. Some cardrooms will not take a percentage rake in any community card poker game like Texas hold 'em when a hand does not have a flop. This is called "no flop, no drop". Poker is a player-versus-player game, and the house does not wager against its players (unlike blackjack or roulette), so this fee is the principal mechanism to generate revenues. It is primarily levied by an establishment that supplies the
necessary services for the game to take place. In online poker it covers
the various costs of operation such as support, software and personnel.
In traditional brick and mortar casinos it is also used to cover the
costs involved with providing a dealer (though in many places tips
provide the bulk of a dealer's income) for the game, support staff (from
servers to supervisors), use of gaming equipment, and the physical
building in which the game takes place. What is Rakeback?¹Rakeback in cash games can be calculated using two different methods: dealt and contributed. The dealt method awards the same amount of rakeback to each player dealt into a hand, and the contributed method rewards players based on their actual contribution to the pot. In poker tournaments, rakeback is deducted from cardroom's entry fee. As online poker becomes more mainstream online poker professionals
have begun using rakeback as a means of increasing profits or cutting
their losses. Depending upon the stakes the player is playing, how many
tables they are playing at once, and the number of hours played daily,
online poker pros can earn thousands of dollars in rakeback every month.
The rakeback rate is also important as there is no industry standard
rakeback percentage. Currently supported sites:Getpokerskills.com currently offers you a 30% rakeback deal trough
PokerHeaven. You can apply for this deal by clicking the banner on the
rigth side of the page and download the software from there. After
having the software installed you can create an account and your
rakeback deal is activated immediately and will be paid every 1st of the
month directly on your account.
¹Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rake_(poker) |
|
||
|
Copyright 2011 www.getpokerskills.com |
|||