Rake and Blind Structure

Rake

A service fee collected from hands played in real money games, according to the rake chart below.

Raked hand

A hand that a) a player participates in (dealt cards) and b) has generated at least $0.01 in rake for that player. Generated rake is calculated by dividing the total rake collected in that hand by the number of players who were dealt cards.

Cash Games rake chart

Limit Cash Games
Limits Number of Players Rake @ Pot Size Maximum
$250/500 2-3 $1.00 per $100.00 $2.00
4-10 $1.00 per $100.00 $5.00
$50/100 & Above 2-3 $1.00 per $100.00 $2.00
4-10 $1.00 per $100.00 $5.00
$15/30 to $30/60 2-3 $0.25 per $10.00 $1.00
4-5 $0.25 per $10.00 $2.00
6-10 $0.25 per $10.00 $3.00
$5/10 & $10/20 2-3 $0.50 per $10.00 $1.00
4-5 $0.50 per $10.00 $2.00
6-10 $0.50 per $10.00 $3.00
$2/4 & $3/6* 2-3 $0.50 per $10.00 $1.00
4-5 $0.50 per $10.00 $2.00
6-10 $0.50 per $10.00 $3.00
$1/2 2-10 $0.25 per $5.00 $1.00
$0.25/$0.50 & $0.50/$1.00 2-10 $0.05 per $1.00 $1.00
$0.10/$0.20 & $0.15/$0.30 2-10 $0.01 per $0.20 $0.50
$0.05/$0.10 2-10 $0.01 per $0.10 $0.50
No-Limit & Pot-Limit Cash Games
Blinds Number of Players Rake @ Pot Size Maximum
$15/30 & Above 2-3 $0.05 per $1.00 $2.00
4-10 $0.05 per $1.00 $5.00
$0.10/0.25 to $10/20 2-3 $0.01 per $0.20 $1.00
4-5 $0.01 per $0.20 $2.00
6-10 $0.01 per $0.20 $3.00
$0.02/$0.04 & $0.05/$0.10 2-10 $0.01 per $0.20 $1.00

*The first $0.50 in rake for $2/$4 and $3/6 limit games will be taken when the pot reaches $15.

Tournament entry fees

Tournament fees vary by buy-in. In general the fee for a tournament will be anywhere from 0% to 25% of the buy-in amount.

Actual tournament fees are shown in the buy-in screen for each tournament.

All transactions, including rake, are in US dollars.

If you have any other questions about the rake, please contact us.