Rake Race

What is rake?

Rake is the commission taken by the online poker rooms when you are playing a poker game and if the pot is exceeding a specific amount of money. The best poker rooms are taking usually a maximum of 5% rake at the poker tables. This rake allows the poker sites to offer poker promotions, deposit bonuses and first of all to be profitable.

If you are playing a lot of poker, the rake can be a significant amount that you are paying to the poker rooms. For example if you have a winning hand and the pot is $1, you pay usually 5 cents to the room.

What is rakeback?

Rakeback is some kind of bonus offered by the online poker rooms through some poker related websites, just like RakeRacers. It is a refund to you if you are playing poker, and if you are generating a specific amount of rake at the poker room. The amount of rakeback is usually 25-35% of a percentage, but you can get up to 100% of rakeback at specific poker rooms, and even more if you are playing in a rake race too. There two kind of rakeback offers. You can get dealt or shared rakeback and contributed rakeback. Dealt rake and rakeback is a rake system, where as long as you were dealt cards, you will have your share of the actual generated rake in the pot. Contributed rake is a rake system, where the distribution of the generated rake will be determined by your actual contribution to the pot. You can find some poker rooms that are offering cash back, value back or loyalty bonus offers. These promotions are some kind of rakeback too and are labelled with VB (value back), CB (cash back) or VIP (loyalty program) here at RakeRacers.

How can I get rakeback?

You can get rakeback if you register a real money account at one of the poker rooms listed here at RakeRacers and if you play poker at this poker rooms. Registering is quit simple. You should click on one of our banners or text links, and if you are using our bonus code if you are depositing.

What is a rake race?

A rake race is a promotion some kind of competition organized by poker websites, poker rooms or even by a complete poker network. As mentioned earlier you generate rake by playing poker at the poker rooms. In these competition your aim is to generate as many rake as you can, collect as many poker points, rake as many hands as you can or reach a certain amount of rake or points as soon as you can depending on the type of the rake race you play. By completing these criterias you will be awarded with pure hard cash. A rake race is usually a monthly, but always time based events.