RAKEBACK FAQ

What is rake?

Rake is the amount of money a poker room takes out of a "cash game pot", to make money. Usually the rake is from $ 0.5 till $ 3, depending on which rake cap the rooms are using. In a tournament for $ 10 + $ 1 BUY IN, the amount will be a + $ 1 rake.

What is rakeback?

Rakeback is the money intelligent poker players get back from their poker room, if they sign up through the right links (For instance the links on DPWRakeback.com). Thorough poker players pay large amounts of money in rake, and therefore have rakeback as an important part of their poker income. Players who sing up through DPWRakeback averagely get a third of their rake back. We have made a homepage with a motto saying DON'T PLAY WITHOUT RAKEBACK. You can see all of our Rakeback deals on DPW.

The easiest way for you to get rakeback right now is to look at our deals here on DPW. Follow the instructions when you open an account, and you will play poker with the best rakeback deals on the market, right away.

How is my rakeback paid off?

All deals through DPW, have automatic pay offs of rakeback, so your rakeback will be directly put into your player account. This will usually happen so that your rakeback is paid off one time a month. At Inter Poker and other Cryptologic sites the rakeback pay off will happen twice a month.

When will my rakeback be paid off?

Rakeback for one month will be paid off the following month. The Poker sites can have up till 5 work days, before they have processed the rakeback money on to your account. For instance you make $ 270 in rakeback in February, the rakeback payment will happen in March.

Sometimes Sign-Up bonuses and Reload bonuses affects your rakeback. At FullTiltPoker the bonus you get paid off, will be deducted from your rakeback. At our top 3 rakeback sites; FortunePoker, Inter Poker, and PKR the different bonuses and promotions do not affect your rakeback, but are actual extra tings to put on top. Here is an example of how a bonus affects your rakeback at FullTiltPoker: You have paid $ 1200 in rake one month and cleared $ 200 in bonus, your paid off rakeback will then be $ 1000. You can reed more about the different offers on DPWRakeback.com.

Flat or progressive rakeback?

Most of our deals offer rakeback calculated from a flat p.c. (%) structure. This means that you will get the same percentage in rakeback no matter how much you rake for. We have 2 deals with Progressive Rakeback p.c. (%) calculation. At Potraiser you have to hit the 1850 VIP points to get your approximately 45 p.c. (%) rakeback, which is in the reload bonus. At Inter Poker your rakeback will go up after how many MPP points you earn. You can reed more about this HERE. We find that rakeback deals with a flat p.c. (%) structure are the best suited for the serious and winning hobby poker player. This is because there is no extra stress factors involved, compared to play more then you can be focused on, to reach the highest degree of rakeback p.c. (%).

What does count for my rakeback?

All our rakeback deals counts for those money that generates in rake with cash games. Most of them also count for tournament fees in your rakeback. Look at the specific rakeback offer you find interesting for further information.

Please try our rakeback calculator located on the index page of dpwrakeback.com

Can I get rakeback at a poker room where I already have an account?

Generally poker rooms do not allow this. You can however contact our life-support, and hear further about your possibilities. They will quickly know what will be the best option for you in each case.

Is poker rakeback for everybody?

Yes everyone can get rakeback. If you are the type of player, who puts in $ 20, and then right away plays $ 100 NL, it probably are not worth the trouble, but as you develop as a poker player, you will find that it is one of the factors you might as well get to know from the beginning. Sign up for a rake check here on DPWRakeback.com.

If you sign up right, which means through our links, and follow the instructions, your poker account with rakeback will be activated right away. We background check with the poker room, and it might take a few days before we receive the confirmation on your account.

Where does DPWRakeback find it is best to play with rakeback?

That will be without doubt FortunePoker, with PKR as a very interesting alternative. It is in our opinion much cooler to win$ 1500 per month because of your opponents terrible skills + $ 350 in rakeback and bonuses, than to play right up on other sites, and then have a profit because of your rakeback. You can reed more about our deal with FortunePoker here