RAKE ANALYSIS » No Limit Hold'em

The data below shows the rake cost per 100 hands for the average player at a given site and limit. To calculate this number, we observed a very large number of actual games and recorded the total rake taken by the house. We then divided this number by the total number of players in those games to determine the rake paid per hand for the average player. Many factors influence how much rake is taken out of each individual game but these numbers will give you a very good sense of what you should expect to pay to play 100 hands at a certain site and limit.

Full Ring (9 Max - 10 Max)

Stake	Cereus	Bodog Poker	Cake Poker	Full Tilt Poker	iPoker	Party Poker	Poker Stars	Poker Stars.fr
2NL	$0.17			$0.24	$0.28	$0.18	$0.20	€0.34
5NL		$0.31	$0.47	$0.51	$0.55	$0.30	$0.38	€0.73
10NL	$0.81	$0.87	$1.04	$1.11	$1.08	$0.77	$0.66	€1.29
25NL	$2.03	$2.31	$1.37	$1.82	$1.46	$2.64	$1.59	€2.83
50NL	$5.60	$4.89	$2.92	$3.29	$3.79	$4.41	$2.80	€5.21
100NL	$10.24	$7.82	$5.27	$5.98	$6.80	$6.62	$4.94	€8.54
200NL	$13.78	$12.21	$8.06	$8.95	$10.66	$10.91	$7.31	€13.51
400NL	$18.77	$16.42	$16.54	$12.48	$16.72	$15.13	$10.95	€20.90
600NL	$19.46	$18.96	$17.21	$14.15	$17.71	$14.74	$13.19
1000NL	$20.86	$13.15	$15.91	$14.40	$20.06	$18.33	$15.54	€22.48
2000NL		$23.35	$11.51	$13.80	$19.64	$21.10	$17.96
5000NL			$18.25	$35.96		$34.72	$37.46
10000NL				$19.07

Short Handed (6 Max)

Stake	Cereus	Bodog Poker	Cake Poker	Full Tilt Poker	iPoker	Party Poker	Poker Stars	Poker Stars.fr
2NL	$0.28			$0.35	$0.41		$0.25	€0.37
5NL		$0.56	$0.64	$0.77	$0.66	$0.42	$0.52	€0.82
10NL	$1.33	$1.31	$1.42	$1.48	$1.44	$1.07	$1.02	€1.60
25NL	$2.87	$3.07	$1.93	$2.52	$2.16	$3.30	$2.35	€3.62
50NL	$7.96	$6.11	$4.06	$4.47	$4.49	$5.53	$4.23	€6.49
100NL	$12.76	$9.17	$6.47	$7.50	$7.50	$8.29	$6.91	€10.42
200NL	$17.51	$13.13	$10.53	$11.13	$11.47	$12.45	$10.02	€15.88
400NL	$21.30	$15.15	$15.24	$14.78	$15.43	$15.98	$13.03	€19.36
600NL	$18.12	$17.11	$16.77	$17.23	$17.81	$17.37	$15.49
1000NL	$22.11	$16.56	$21.48	$18.69	$19.16	$18.89	$17.15	€25.85
2000NL	$30.03	$29.19	$9.21	$18.49	$21.47	$27.95	$17.34
5000NL	$27.47		$9.12	$16.70	$27.07	$32.23	$16.97
10000NL	$30.11		$9.09	$15.63	$37.60

Heads up (2 Max)

Stake	Cereus	Bodog Poker	Cake Poker	Full Tilt Poker	iPoker	Party Poker	Poker Stars	Poker Stars.fr
2NL	$0.62				$0.57
5NL		$0.66			$1.16
10NL	$1.85	$1.60			$2.62
25NL	$3.00	$3.90	$2.87		$3.30
50NL	$5.00	$6.82	$5.00	$4.45	$6.30	$6.11	$4.49	€8.22
100NL	$6.89	$10.00	$7.03	$6.07	$9.45	$9.45	$6.08	€12.85
200NL	$8.66	$14.38	$8.59	$7.37	$13.32	$12.83	$7.69	€17.56
400NL	$9.24	$18.09	$8.38	$7.77	$15.55	$14.18	$7.94	€18.87
600NL	$14.17		$9.11	$8.07	$16.85	$15.48	$7.92
1000NL	$13.56		$8.44	$7.69	$16.64	$15.62	$8.32	€19.47
2000NL	$13.63		$8.06	$7.64	$16.72	$15.61	$8.50
5000NL	$17.94		$8.23	$7.75	$35.43		$7.84
10000NL	$19.25		$10.15	$7.54	$35.03