Rakeback or Poker Bonuses?

Everyone who plays poker online should definitely take advantage of the online poker site promotions. A small part of each pot is taken out by the online poker site to cover the costs of these online poker site promotions. This is called rake - a commission fee taken by the online poker site for operating a poker game. The amount paid in rake can add up quickly, and many players pay large amounts of money each month in rake to the online poker site. There are two methods to get a part of your rake back.

First, we have the sign-up bonuses offered by virtually all online poker rooms to attract new players. For these sign-up bonuses you will need to make a deposit before you can obtain the sign up bonus. How much cash you will receive back depends on the online poker site. At some online poker rooms you will get back less than 40 percent of your rake while others give you more than 100 percent such as Mansion poker. Virtually all sign-up bonuses are around 80 - 100% of the amount a player has paid in rake, leaving the online poker site with a tiny profit.

You can also get a part of your money back through ‘rakeback’. Rakeback is a loyalty program for online poker players. With rakeback you receive a part, usually around 25-35%, of the fees back. Each month you will get the money in your poker account. How much rakeback you will get depends on how much rake you’ve paid in that particular month. For example, if raked $2000 and you have 25% rakeback, you will get $500 (2,000 x 0.25) of your rake back. Even at the lower limits the amount of rake you pay will add up quickly since you pay relativily more in rake than on higher limits. This means that even a low limit player pays a lot of money to the online poker site each month.

Playing with rakeback or sign-up bonuses is the easiest way to expand your bankroll. If you like to play at one particular online poker site it is a good idea to get a rakeback deal since not all online poker rooms offer regular reload bonuses. If you would like to get more of your money back you should go for sign-up bonuses. Let's say, a standard poker player who plays $0,50/$1 5 Card Draw pays about $400 in rake to the online poker site in about four thousand hands. The standard rake back deal gives the poker player around 25% making you receive roughly $100 in rakeback. The standard sign up bonus, however, will get the poker player more money back. As mentioned earlier the standard poker bonus is around 75% of the rake paid. The same player would receive $300 in sign-up bonuses, so you can see how much better sign-up bonuses are than standard rakeback deals.

All players should play with either rakeback or poker bonuses. To benefit from the sign-up bonuses just open an account at a new online poker site. Once you have played enough hands withdraw your bonus and deposit and move on to another online poker site as soon as you have cleared the first deposit bonus. Keep doing this at all popular online poker roomsand you will get much more money back than all rakeback deals offer. Once you have exhausted all poker sign-up bonuses, you can