Ongame Network Rake

Rake is the amount of money that the ongame network deducts from every pot as a fee for hosting the poker games. The rake is very important for the poker industry: this is how poker rooms and poker networks earn their money. Whitout the rake, online poker would not be profitable for online poker providers.

Ongame Network Rake Structure

It is important to know that rake is collected from the pot and not directly from player's funds. The rake structure shown below is based on the contribution of the table as a whole, and not the share any single player contributes.

Rake Structure for Fixed Limit Poker:

• Games below $0.50/1.00:
  1 cent for every $0.20 in the pot
  maximum $0.50
• Games $0.50/$1 to $2/$4:
  5 cents for every $1 in the pot
• Games above $2/$4:
  25 cents for every $5 in the pot

Rake Structure for No Limit Poker:

• Games $0.10/$.20 and below:
  1 cent for every $0.15 in the pot
• Games $1/$2 and below:
  1 cent for every $0.20 in the pot
• Games above $1/$2:
  5 cents for every $1 in the pot

Rake Structure for Pot Limit Poker:

• Games $0.15/$.15 and below:
  1 cent for every $0.15 in the pot
• Games $2/$2 and below:
  1 cent for every $0.20 in the pot
• Games above $2/$2:
  5 cents for every $1 in the pot

Maximum rake rules for all game types if nothing else is stated (less players means less rake):

• 2 players:
  the maximum rake will be $1 in all games
• 3 to 4 players:
  the maximum rake will be $2 in all games
• 5 or more players:
  the maximum rake will be $3 in all games