The term rakeback is such a confusing idea to some new poker players the first time. The small sum is what popularly known as rake, it is taken out at every pots in the poker room, this is how site take money. Then there’s the rakeback, the rebate of poker room to their poker players. This is another alternative for poker room online, when you’re playing on a live game, this will only be like the room giving your points depending on your game. A poker room typically is not offering rakebacks in direct to their players. They will only give it through affiliates in such ways in assisting the poker room. Thus their rooms are taking rakes then they are keeping some, giving some to affiliates then rest of this money will be for the players.

Read about some of the discussions on the questions of rakebacks.