Explaining Rakeback

To a new poker player, the idea of rake and rakeback can seem a little confusing at first. Fortunately, it’s pretty simple to get your head around, and importantly, once you do, you’ll find it can work nicely in favour of your bankroll.

What is rake?

Rake is basically the fee that the poker room charges you for playing at their site. Just as a salesman would take a commission for selling you a product, the casino or poker room takes a percentage of your bet (skimmed off the total pot) for the pleasure of hosting you. Every time you play for real money, you play a raked hand on which you can earn loyalty points and so forth. However, what you might not know to start with is that you can claim some of that rake back – hence ‘rakeback’ offers.

Poker rooms and affiliate poker sites will offer rakeback bonuses to attract your business. It’s well worth finding out about a rakeback bonus as for every bet you place, you could get anywhere from 20-40%, or even more in extreme offers, back. If you are a frequent or high stakes player, it’s very easy to see how this could result in a respectable renumeration to your bankroll.

Develop your understanding of rake

At Poker Develop, we want to help you get more from your poker experience and nothing speaks louder than the potential of earning more money from your games. So, we’ve put together a rake Q&A area to address all the common questions poker players have regarding rakeback. Check it out below:

Rakeback Q&A: All your questions about Rakeback answered…