Some poker rooms now offer players a percentage of their rake back as an incentive for players to stay at their site rather than leave for greener pastures. For nearly all low-limit players, bonus collecting will be more profitable than a rakeback program. If, however, you answer "yes" to any of the following questions:
Do you play stakes higher than $5/$10 fixed limit or $2/$4 no-limit?
Do you play more than 15-20 hours a week?
Do you simply hate the thought of opening a Neteller account and moving funds from poker to poker room in order to take advantage of sign-up or reload bonuses?
you might want to investigate a rakeback program further. Nothing says you can't do a rakeback program and collect bonuses, but it is probably worth more to focus on one or the other and maximize the value from it.
ThisistheNuts.com is a very customer-friendly rakeback site. The site offers rakeback programs with the following poker rooms:
Battlefield Poker (a Prima Poker skin) - 35% back
Bet Hold 'em (a Prima Poker skin) - 35%
SunPoker (a Cryptologic skin) - 32%
Interpoker (a Cryptologic skin) - 30%
Absolute Poker - 28%
Ultimate Bet - 28%
Eurobet (a Pokerroom.com skin) - see site
Full Tilt Poker - 27%
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Rakebreak.com is another customer-friendly rakeback site that will provide you with daily stat updates. The site offers rakeback programs with the following poker rooms:
Interpoker (a Cryptologic skin) - 32.5% back
Royal Card Club (a Prima Poker skin) - 35%
Battlefield Poker (a Prima Poker skin) - 35%
Full Tilt Poker - 27%
Absolute Poker - 28%
Ultimate Bet - 26%
Sun Poker (a Cryptologic skin) - 30%-34%
CD Poker (an iPoker skin) - 30%
Fortune Poker (a BOSS media skin) - 25%
Eurobet (a Pokerroom.com skin) - see site
Nine Poker (an Action Poker skin) - 25%
Poker Source Online is another affiliate site that offers players a rakeback program with the following sites:
Titan Poker (an iPoker skin) - 27.5% back
Absolute Poker - 27.5%
Sun Poker - 27.5%
Ultimate Bet - 27.5% (PSO points only)
Aztec Riches Poker (a Prima Poker skin) - 27.5% (PSO points only)
Poker Champs is one poker room who directly offers their players a rakeback program. Players can earn between 5% and 50% of their rake weekly. Pay days are on Friday. The site claims that a player playing 2-3 hours a day on a $5/$10 table would make $100 a week. Poker Champs is the online home of WPT champion Gus Hansen.
True Poker offers a 27% rake back program to players paid twice a month (15th and last). True Poker is the online poker room that offers players the most realistic gameplay from players' chip stack sizes to the 3-D perspective. While smaller than the some of the other sites listed here, True Poker deserves a look.
Golden Riviera Poker is a Prima Poker skin that will pay players 30% of their rake back once a month. In addition, you can collect a $50 sign-up bonus as well. Prima sites have a pretty good volume of players, so if you can not get a rake back from one of the big four, this might be a decent option for you.
