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Dealt Rakeback Rewards The Nits

Everyone knows that if MGR(Monthly Gross Rake) is calculated using the dealt method you receive more than your fair share of rakeback if you are a very tight player. It can be surprising however, just how different your effective rakeback percentage can be depending on your VP$IP.

There are two different methods for calculating rakeback. One uses the “dealt” method, where an equal amount of rake is credited to each player dealt into the hand. The other is the contributed method, where the site calculates how much you contributed to each pot and credits you with rake based upon that contribution. Full Tilt and Poker Stars use the dealt method, where most other sites use the contributed method.

For this analysis, we will be looking at what we call your “Effective Rakeback Percentage,” which is the amount of money you receive in rakeback divided by the amount of rake you actually paid. In contributed rakeback systems, your effective rakeback will be very close to the percentage published by your rakeback provider, unless you tend to put in huge amounts of money and win very few pots. For dealt methods, your effective rakeback percentage can vary quite significantly from ...

Six Max and Heads Up Rake

Last week we looked at the cost per 100 hands for the average player in Full Ring games. We've calculated the same numbers for Six-Max and Heads Up games below. You can also find all of this information in our new rake analysis section including rake statistics for Pot Limit Omaha games.

Six-max is significantly more expensive for each 100 hands you play than full ring. 100 hands of 50NL full ring costs $2.80 on poker stars where 100 hands of 50NL six max costs $4.23. Even though six max games are considered fishier, you must earn 1.5 more big blinds per 100 hands at six-max just to break even at stars 50NL.

How Much Do You Pay To Play?

PTR will soon be launching a comprehensive section dedicated to explaining the true cost to play at the online poker rooms we cover. In order to preview this information, let's look at the cost per 100 hands at the different levels of full ring games.

Rake is often difficult to quantify by just looking at the rake tables published online and trying to understand exactly how much the poker sites are charging you to play in their games. This table contains the amount paid in rake per 100 hands played by the average player. It’s a great way to compare the true cost to play at the sites.