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A commonly asked question in the online poker world involves how to get rakeback. As you may or may not know, rakeback cuts down on the rake that people pay online poker sites, which is obviously a good thing because it means more money in your bankroll. For example, the rake for a $100 buy-in poker tournament would normally be $10; however, with a 50% rakeback deal like the one at Party Poker, you would only pay $5 in rake. Getting back to the question at hand, the first step to receiving rakeback is finding an affiliate site that offers …

While your skill level will greatly influence how well you do in online poker, your ability to find the top rakeback deals is also extremely important. And if you’re looking to make things easier on yourself, you can find a large collection of top rakeback deals at RakeTheRake. But before we touch upon the offers, it’s worth discussing what exactly rakeback is for newer players. Whenever you play online poker, the sites take a small percentage of each cash game pot and poker tournament buy-in as a fee for running the games. Usually, the tournament rake is 10%, while 5% …

One of the most frequently asked questions from new visitors to RakeTheRake.com is ‘What is rakeback’? And the simplest answer to this question is that it a loyalty bonus in the form of cashback. Rakeback works on a straightforward basis – the more you play online poker, the more cash, or rakeback, you receive. But surely this is too good to be true? Well no, actually. The reason that it works is that online poker rooms want to attract new players to their rooms. In order to do this they use affiliates like RakeTheRake to help them promote their room …

Anybody who has played online poker long enough knows that it’s a game of swings – especially at the high stakes. Even with this being said, it’s worth nothing that Gus Hansen, Patrik Antonius, and Di “Urindanger” Dang have already earned $1.5 million in 2011 – and we’re not even two months into the year! It’s not surprising that all three players play at Full Tilt Poker because this site has one of the highest rakeback offers at 27%. And you can only imagine the massive amount of rakeback that Hansen has made with almost $2.5 million in ‘11 profits. …

So what’s Annie Duke been up to ever since she left UB Poker and their 30% rakeback deals? She’s been busy helping the Federated Sports and Gaming league finalize their poker tournament schedule. We finally got a glimpse of this schedule yesterday when Federated Sports and Gaming released it. The main points of the schedule is that it will feature four regular season tournaments, a $20,000 buy-in Main Event, none of the tournaments will charge rake, and all of the poker games will take place at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. The first tournament will run from August 12th-19th …

While Phil Hellmuth’s status as the lead man behind Ultimate Bet and their 30% rakeback deals may be up in the air, he’s still made time to entertain the online poker world through Twitter. Hellmuth’s latest Tweet reveals that he might appear as a contestant on the hit ABC show “Dancing with the Stars.” Hellmuth’s recent Tweet read, “OMG! Phil Hellmuth (me!) on ‘Dancing with the Stars!’ Outrageous! Might make a fool of myself on worldwide television one more time.” If this Twitter post is accurate, Hellmuth would be the first professional poker player to appear on Dancing with the …

A lot of online poker rooms offer new players the chance to participate in a freeroll poker tournament or two.  However, few rooms offer online poker deals that give players the chance to play for $54,500 like Pacific Poker does.  That’s because when you sign up at Pacific Poker, you’ll not only receive rakeback deals up to 36%, but you will also have the opportunity to play in $54,500 worth of freerolls. Any new player who signs up at Pacific Poker will get to play poker in seven $500 New Depositors’ Freerolls.  This is totally free poker and all you …

Everyone has heard the phrase “poker takes moments to learn, but a lifetime to master.” However, there are few who actually take the significance of this quote to heart. In order to really become proficient in the game one must invest time and effort. The more playing experience you have the better grasp you will have on building your ideal poker strategy. Poker is not a game of chance but a game of skill, skills that must be developed over time. With the multitude of online poker sites now available to Internet users it’s a breeze to keep sharp and …