Understanding Rakes

Rake is a fee paid by poker players to the poker rooms to play at their tables. Although the fees vary in different casinos, there is usually a specific dollar amount set per hour. It can also be in the form of a percentage of each pot. The money earned by the poker rooms is used to pay dealers and poker room staff, maintenance of the poker rooms as well as for profit.

The fees for online casinos are typically less than land casinos as there are no dealers and have a much smaller staff thereby reducing the wages considerably. The costs consist of the software and website for online gaming and the profit component. Online poker rooms typically set the rake at around $3 on the ring tables. However, small stake players will play smaller stakes and the high value players will land up paying maximum rakes.

The business of rake back is slowly gaining popularity in online gaming,especially with cash players whose primary interest is to pay less take while increasing their total profit.

Rake is charged while playing tournaments too and is known as a tournament fee, or commonly referred to as 'juice'. For example a $100+$10 means $100 goes to the tournament prize pool whilst $10 goes directly to the poker room.

Poker Champs is a unique opportunity that offers all players a percentage of their rake back and consists of a bonus system which maximizes at 50%.For a player mainly dealing in cash, the return of this rake is a huge addition to his profits. With increasing number of online poker Games rooms, there is bound to be increased competition and thus better money making opportunities for online players.