What is Rakeback and What Is It Worth to a Poker Player?
If you are a poker player who plays online with any regularity, think about for a moment, how much money you have invested at online poker rooms for this month. Add in the cash you won and then re-invested in online poker. What is the amount for this year? This value is most likely equal to hundreds or even thousands of dollars. For every dollar on every poker hand you have played online, the poker room has collected a rake. Many online poker rooms offer a percentage of this rake back to players via other sites that affiliate with the online poker room. You should be careful though, that you are well-informed when it comes to a rakeback deal and choose the one that is right for you.
Reputable rakeback deals serve as a comp to regular players and will return anywhere from 15% to 35% of your rake back to you. Anything outside this range is probably a scam. Consider the amount of rake the poker room takes (this can usually be found within the poker room’s info on the home website). Then consider the amount of rakeback being offered. Finding a middle-ground between these two factors will result in the most lucrative rakeback deal for you.
There are two types of rake: contributed and dealt. Contributed rake means that if a player doesn’t contribute to the pot (if he folds), he does not contribute to the rake. On the other hand, dealt rake is collected from all players who are dealt cards, regardless of whether a player acts or folds. What this means to you is, if you are a tight poker player, you are going to pay less into a contributed rake table, but if you are a loose player, you will be paying to the rake a lot more. Tight players will end up paying more in rake when the table is a dealt rake game. Furthermore, low-limit and mid-limit staked games are more profitable for rakeback players, simply because a $5 rake cap goes further in a $50-dollar pot than at a $500-dollar pot.
The right rakeback deal can be very profitable for some online poker players, but you have to do the homework to find the most profitable one for you. Do some personal study on your playing style, game preferences, and frequency of play, and then plug in your stats to a few different rakeback deals to find the best one. There are a lot of rakeback deals out there; therefore, if you don’t shop around, you will fall for the wrong one.
January 20th, 2009
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Pittbull Poker Now Closed:
We Now Recommend Carbon Poker
Pitbull Poker is Grade A U.S.-Friendly
First of all, PitbullPoker.com is a Flash Online Poker Room. That means you do not have to download any software, so you can play at work, or at your friends house, or anywhere you can get to a computer, without having to download the software, and the flash software is compatible with Windows, Linux, and Mac. Jump in a tournament on your lunch break (or anytime for that matter) and leave no trace when you close out (except in the History-you’ll have to clear that out!)
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By the way, there are no Pittbull Bonus Codes for these offers-you must click the link above corresponding with the bonus you prefer.
Games
Pitbull offers all the popular poker games: Texas Hold ‘em, Omaha, Omaha Hi Lo, 7-Card Stud, and 7-Card Stud Hi Lo
Feature: Poker Leagues
Poker Leagues progress around a series of multi-table tournaments. Finishers earn points. Those players with the most points accumulated at the finish of the league season win part of the league prize pool. There are Public Poker Leagues as well as Private Poker Leagues if you and your friends want to compete against each other privately. The PitbullPoker software automatically keeps track of all points and prize pool payouts.
Game Formats
Pitbull offers all the popular poker game formats: ring games, sit & go, multi-table tournaments
Feature: 24 Daily Freeroll Poker Tournaments
These tourney are truly free, offer real cash prizes, and run every hour on the 1/2 hour
(Note: if you win one of these freeroll tournaments, you are not considered a real-money player until you actually make a deposit; however, you can use your winnings like real cash on the site.)
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March 6th, 2008
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One Giant Leap for Online Poker in the US
(New Update at bottom of article!)
Another option for US poker players itching to play online is the National League of Poker (NLOP). With 300K+ players on this site, not one of them has ever made a cash deposit; therefore, this site is perfectly legal and is not considered controversial. It does, however, yield cash payouts. How? NLOP.com is an advergaming website. It pays out by selling ads. NLOP.com is ad-supported and sells clickable ads for high prices, as they are a high-trafficked site.
Without your own cash hanging over your head, you might wonder where the fun is. Well, you earn points on NLOP.com and this is what you wager, in lieu of money, and if you don’t win, instead of losing money, you lose some of your points. NLOP has no real-money buy-ins or fees. All tournament fees and buy-ins are paid with NLOP points, and buy-ins are paid back to the top 10 seats of most tournaments. The higher you place in tournaments, the more points you get.
As your NLOP Bankroll increases, so does your position on the Weekly Leader Board. The top 1000 leaders each week qualify to compete in the Weekly Championship for cash prizes and other merchandise such as cruises, satellite seats, and other prizes. Win the satellite event for a chance to sit at the WSOP 2008 Ladies Only Live Event.
Just log in to receive 2000 points daily. Also, by singing up for an NLOP sponsor, you can win additional bonus points. Play in a seniors only tournament, or a singles only tournament. Win a t-shirt or win a car!
US poker is having to find new directions to go in that are legal in order to pave the way back to being able to play freely online. It’s probably the only online poker site that “only allows US players!”
Update:
Since this article was written over a year ago, I thought I would make some corrections, since I’ve had some comments regarding the information posted here. You can make real money deposits at NLOP now. In fact, players who purchase the $19.99 per month subscription have the advantage of earning VIP status. VIP members get shopping discounts, access to celebrity tables, access to bigger and better tournaments, access to Poker TV, buddy lists, avatars, VIP chat, expert advice, and private tables coming soon! Thanks to our readers for looking out, so we can keep our info up to date and current!
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February 21st, 2008
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