Rakeback For Profit
A lot of online poker players may see poker rakeback programs as just a petty way to scoop up a few extra coins on the virtual felt. What good is a few cents when you’re playing for $50+ pots? The fact is those pennies add up a lot quicker than you think, and can turn a mediocre poker player into a profiteering winner.
When you use rakeback for profit, your entire poker strategy may change. If you’re already seeing consistent wins, don’t change anything. Just let your rakeback earnings increase you’re already impressive profits. Then again, if you have ups and downs, topsy-turvy wins and losses, you may find that a little strategy adjustment, combined with rakeback, can make you a regular winner on the virtual felt.
Imagine if you’re winning and losing back and forth, never really losing much, but not winning either. When you accumulate a few cents in rakeback for each and every raked hand, adding up session by session, day by day, week by week, after a full months of break-even poker play, imagine how much rakeback you could be receiving back in your bankroll?
The average poker player – not casual once-a-week players, but not serious grinders either – can easily rack up $150 or more every month in rakeback. Even if you play 2 hours a day, 4 days a week, that’s 8 hours of poker play. At a typical 6-handded table with a 50% viewed-flop percentage, where the average rake is $2 and the average hands per hour is 30, you can be drawing in around $0.15 per raked hand. That’s 15 raked hands per hour, for 8 hours a week, worth on average $72 a month in rakeback.
Making the Most of Your Rakeback
The best way to make the most of your rakeback is to sign up for a rakeback method that aligns with your current poker strategy.
Contributed Rakeback – If you’re a loose/aggressive poker player who experiences the most success when viewing more flops and intimidating other players with large bets/raises, contributed rakeback will be the best rakeback method for you.
Shared Rakeback – If you’re a loose/passive poker player, Shared Rakeback is your best bet. Loose/passive players like to see more flops, but won’t risk too much to do so, and will conserve their chips when the flop doesn’t help.
Dealt Rakeback – this rakeback method is best for all tight poker players who don’t see very many flops. These players will not contribute a single chip to the pot without good reason. Since dealt rakeback is paid to all players dealt in a raked hand, tight players can collect consistent rakeback without having to pay into the pot.
In some cases, a player cannot find a preferable online poker room with a rakeback method that suits their current poker strategy. If you prefer to play at a particular online poker room, but the rakeback method doesn’t suit you, you can always try changing up your strategy.
The idea is not to become a professional poker player, but to become, at the least, a break-even player. By doing so, you are actually turning over a lucrative new leaf by using your rakeback for profit.
