Rakeback

[duqnuk]

pokerstars rewards chests seems incredibly not rewarding in my opinion. Maybe it's because I'm in the lower levels... but I'm wondering if other poker sites has better rakeback reward systems, like partypoker, 888,GGpoker...

 

[Nafor]

Party has slightly improved its 'cashback', as they call it, on the low levels. But I wouldn't get my hopes up. They do pay it in actual money though.

 

[Gabe_7]

I always considered the "level system" of 888 the most player-friendly, especially when you like to play freerolls.

When I used to play there, there were certain freerolls up to 10000$, depending on your level in their bonus system.
You would level up by either reaching a different goal every day, like winning with a hand they had chosen for the day or by spending cash for tournament buy-ins or in cash games (also for sports betting and the casino).
I managed to reach level 40 and thus was allowed to participate in a weekly freeroll for a total prize money of 2000$ (there were also other freerolls you could register for, like a 1000$ freeroll 3 times a week for lower levels and many more), even though I only deposited about 50$ once.

Additionally, there were daily tasks, for example winning with a certain hand in a cash game, like A-K. In case you would manage to do so, you'd receive direct cash-back.

Last but not least, there were promotions with changing freerolls from time to time, which you were able to take part in with tickets.
There were a few tickets given to you at the beginning of the promotion and you could earn more tickets - again - by completing tasks as mentioned before.

In the moment I'm playing and Pokerstars and GG and I haven't seen any promotions nearly as rewarding as there is on 888 (in case they haven't changed it up too much).

 

[antonis32123]

ACR has 27% rakeback (for micro stakes players ) or the elite programm would be better if you are a reg at higher stakes . 888poker had the VIP levels awarding freerolls and other things . PokerStars , in the past they were great in terms of rakeback and freerolls , now not so good , but it is not so bad imo , I think it's 15% rakeback for lower chest levels , but still it could be worse .

PartyPoker I hear they improved the demands for the minimum weekly rake to get rakeback . I do not know . I have Bwin , which in Greece demands 25$ rake per week to get $5 back . I guess PartyPoker might have lower demands than Bwin although they are owned by the same company .
25$ rake per week is crazy for a nano or micro stakes player like me , in a poker room full of pros and regs ,with a harder RNG (imo) , it's literally impossible for me . (and in bwin.gr they do not give points for rakeback for the casino , strange ,

 

[Station_Master]

Pokerstars rewards chests seems incredibly not rewarding in my opinion. Maybe it's because I'm in the lower levels... but I'm wondering if other poker sites has better rakeback reward systems, like partypoker, 888,GGpoker...

Personally I think pokerstars rakeback is quite good as long as you get invited for the monthly challenge as this is 40% rakeback and is on top of the regular 15%-18% or so regular chests. The only problem is the monthly challenges normally are quite a challenge so need to keep volume up!

I think these monthly chests unlock at silver.

The other sites I play,888 and unibet have rubbish rakeback in comparison. A key difference seems to be it's not directly correlated to the rake you pay, so e.g. playing microstakes on 888 is good as they will give loads of free tourney tickets for relatively little rake paid. Its is often about time at table and hands won rather than rake paid that determines what they give you. So good at lowest levels but rubbish as you move up, plus the rake is higher in the first place.

 

[Gallarado777]

they also always play at pokerstars and give little for chests, maybe we are so unlucky maybe there are players who give big gifts from chests, although at the average level of the chest, I haven't seen gifts above $5

 

[Station_Master]

they also always play at pokerstars and give little for chests, maybe we are so unlucky maybe there are players who give big gifts from chests, although at the average level of the chest, I haven't seen gifts above $5

No the gifts are always the same monetary value, e.g.$5 for silver. This can be cash,starcoins or tickets but it always adds to the same amount

 

[canabero]

GG Poker, you can have rakeback even playing few games. Anyway rakeback is useful only to cash player and i'm not that type of player.