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As you work through a round of hands in online poker the house take of the pot, set at a fixed or scaled percentage, can add up over time. Even if you're a winning player, rakeback can help you earn a rebate on all pot contributions you make which end up with the house. In today's competitive online poker world, sites actively compete to attract players with rake rebates, and adding rakeback to your bankroll can make a world of difference when it comes to earning more from each hand. Over the course of months of poker, the rebate can make the difference between a profitable and break-even poker player.
It doesn't matter whether you are playing at a low limit table, or flexing your poker muscle at a no limits table, that percentage of the pot that goes to the house rake can really add up. However, through rakeback offers you can be receiving a rebate up to 40% - rebates that are paid directly to your bankroll, which can help you build up steadily through effective play. Once aware of the many advantages of rakeback you will have trouble understanding why you waited this long to sign up for the program.
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Many players choose to deposit with initial bonuses. These situations pay back rebates over a set amount. This process works this way ... a 100% deposit match up to $500 may release in $10 increments until you have reached the maximum rebate, or until you have to re-deposit. While these bonuses are marketed in a way that makes them look attractive, a careful look at the math shows that rakeback may deliver a greater return over time. And, if you sign up through a rakeback affiliate, you may still be able to collect rakeback while you are working on deposit and other bonuses.
Some deposit bonuses preclude rakeback - if you take one you cannot receive the other. So, prior to taking any initial bonus consider the long term impact on your bottom line over the long term. While it is true that a high quality deposit bonus may deliver better returns than rakeback for the initial amount, rakeback is there for the life of your play. Rakeback continues to earn an unlimited bonus on your play, without consideration of deposits, and that can add up to thousands on the tables. Because of this you may want to decline initial sign up bonus offers in favor of rakeback.
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Once you have played and become familiar with a particular site you are likely to want to continue to play it. Under an initial deposit bonus you will have to wait around for reload bonuses, losing that fixed percentage bonus you would have received if you had opted for rakeback. This time interval between deposits may turn you from a profitable to a break-even player, probably limiting the amount of tiem you play. With Rakeback, serious and semi-pro poker players, especially, can see a world of difference to their bottom line.
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A side benefit from rakeback is in the statistics it delivers. The data collected by rakeback and delivered to the player allows you to dig deeply into the factors that have impact on your profitability at the tables, and can go a long way in sharpening your game as you progress toward becoming a +EV player.
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There are many different variants of poker, but nearly all of them use the same ranking system to decide which hand wins. Therefore whichever type of game you prefer, it's vitally important that you memorise the rankings of all the possible poker hands listed in this article, in order to make calculated betting decisions.
1. Royal Flush
The best hand you can possibly have. It's very rare and you generally only ever see them in TV programs or Hollywood movies. It consists of 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace, all of the same suit.
2. Straight Flush
This is the next strongest hand and similarly consists of five cards in numerical order, all of the same suit. The only difference is that the cards are of lower value than a royal flush, eg 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack.
3. Four Of A Kind
As you can imagine, this is where you have four cards of the same number, with the higher set of four winning if two or more players both have four of a kind. For example four 6's would beat four 5's.
4. Full House
This is where you have five cards in your hand and three are of one number and two are of another number. For example Jack, Jack, Jack, 8, 8 or 7, 7, 7, 3, 3. The higher card of the set of three will prevail in the case of two or more players both having a full house.
5. Flush
This is where you hold five cards all of the same suit regardless of their number or ranking. So for example, King, Jack, 6, 4, 3, all of the same suit. The value of the highest card determines who wins in the case of two or more players also making a flush.
6. Straight
This is where you have five cards in numerical order (not of the same suit). As always, the value of the higher card will determine who wins in the case a tie. For example, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen would beat 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
7. Three Of A Kind
This is simply where you have three cards of the same number (and two random cards), with the higher card prevailing in the case of a tie.
8. Two Pair
This is where you have two sets of cards of the same numerical value. For example, 8, 8, 10, 10, King. The highest ranked pair wins in the case of two or more players having two pair.
9. One Pair
A pair is obviously where you simply have a pair of the same number (and three random cards) with the higher pair winning in the case of a tie. For example, Ace, Ace, 8, 5, 3, would beat King, King, 8, 5, 3.
10. High Card
If you don't make any kind of hand listed above, then all you're left relying on is your high card. This only generally comes into play in heads up play, and is simply determined by who has the highest card if neither has made a hand.
If you're serious about becoming a profitable poker player, then the very first thing I suggest you do is to learn these rankings off by heart. You have to know how strong your hand is, and determine how strong your opponents hands could be, and how likely they are to hold a better hand than you.
This is particularly true in online poker where you have a time limit and therefore less time to think than in offline games. In my experience, the hardest thing to remember is whether a full house beats a flush or vice versa, so make sure you've memorised the complete rankings before you go anywhere near a poker table.
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