What is rake in skill games?
Rake is a commission fee taken by the house. It is generally 5% of the pot in each poker hand, backgammon session or any other skill game session.
In gambling fields, Rake is also known as Rakeback / poker cashback.
In this explanation, we will use poker hand as an example, so it is easier to understand.
First, let’s set roles conditions for our example:
BUBA = BUBA.GAMES website is the house. BUBA takes 5% rake.
You = as an affiliate, and your commission is 35% for this example.
John = player who registered to BUBA through your affiliate link.
Let’s say John play at a BUBA poker game, and John is heads-up with another player.
Let’s suppose that John’s bankroll is 50$ and the other player’s bankroll is 50$ as well, and both of them go all-in.
So now the pot is 100$, right?!
At the end of the flop, John won the pot, which means John got the 100$. BUT remember that BUBA takes 5% rake?! therefore, John will get only 95$ (100$ pot – 5%rake = 95$).
Great, now you know what RAKE is.
So now the question is how do you as an affiliate benefit from it?
To understand it, we suggest reading carefully:
Now BUBA has a 5$ rake from John poker’s hand.
BUBA checks who is the affiliate that brought John to play and gives to affiliate(which is you) shares from the 5$ the house took.
We remind you that your commission plan as an affiliate is 35%. so your share from the 5$ rake is:
5$rake – 65% = 1.75$ => 35% = 1.75$
Final flow example:
1) John wins the pot of 100$.
2) BUBA takes 5%, which is 5$ from the 100$pot.
3) BUBA gives 35% from the 5$ they took to the affiliate who brought John, which is you.
4) affiliate (you) get 35% from the 5$, which is 1.75$.
Conclusions: you, as an affiliate, made 1.75$ in one poker hand of one of your players.
Imagine how many hands players play in one hour :).
How can you benefit as an affiliate from 10 players you bring to play at BUBA poker room :).
● This explanation and example are the same on Backgammon pots.
