Archive for November 17th, 2009

How to Make the Right Rakeback Deal

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

In todays competetive online pokerworld, it has become more crucial than ever, to extract as much value as possible from the different pokersites. Knowing the structure of rake, being able to calculate value in races, and of course having the best rakeback, cashback or valueback deals, are key elements in becoming a winning poker player. To illustrate how these pretty “unsexy” topics affects your game and modulates your winnings, I will describe two short scenarios.

1) 2 FL Holdem players plays on Boss Media 6 Hours a day 2-3 tables simultaneously. Lets call them A and B. A plays only Euro tables, and B plays only TRY tables, a currency that has exactly 50% value compared to Euro. A plays 10/20 and B plays TRY20/40. In other words they play on the exact same level moneywise.

The maximum rake is 3 units ( or TRY) at all tables. Max rake is deducted from the pot in every called hand at these stakes. In a year player A will have paid app. 60.000 in rake and player B will have paid app. TRY60.000 = 30.000. In other words player B gets a 50% discount just by thinking about where he sits down. Even after rakeback (30%) the difference is a stunning 21.000 more to the TRY currency player!

2) 2 Sit And Go players (A and B) play $30 HU sit and goes. A plays Ongame and is charged $3 a game. B plays Everestpoker and is charged $1.5 a game. Again a 50% discount just by thinking for 2 minutes about where to play.

We have now established, that you can buy a luxury car every year just by choosing your pokersite and table carefully. The second important choice you have to make is getting the best rakeback deal.

Some pokernetworks still use a simple rakeback payment, but most networks and pokersites these days have complicated loyalty programs, that can be quite difficult to see through.

Most players therefore needs guidance, in order to find the pokersites and deals that fits their individual profile.

At pokergirl.nu we have specialized in doing exactly that, and the good thing is that there is a lot of leaks in loyalty programs etc. that you, as a player can, benefit from. Some of our players, who are under our guidance, speculate in races, bonuses and loyalty programs gets up to 100% of their contributed rake back.

As you can see getting the right deal and the right advice, can buy you 2 luxury cars a year without you having to improve your game at all. If you want to improve your game, sneak peak the next topic “gameselection” or simply just want to know more about our deals and advices, feel free to visit our website www.pokergirl.nu or write/add us at Pokergirl.nu@hotmail.com