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Published 2026.05.12
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Poker Rakeback Calculator: See Exactly How Much You Earn

The gap between a 20% and a 40% deal adds up to four figures per month at the same volume. Players who register through VIP-Grinders exclusive rakeback deals lock in rates well above the default, and our guide on how rakeback works in online poker covers the mechanics.

Your Poker Setup

Pick the format you grind, your stakes, your volume, and your rakeback %.
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Rake & Rakeback Earned

How much rake you generate, and how much your deal returns to you.

Rake You Generate

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Rakeback You Earn

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Common Setups

Tap a preset to load it into the calculator.

Cash Game Grinders

Spin & Go / MTT Players

Important

Results are an estimate. Actual rakeback depends on each room's VIP system, rake structure, game mix, and monthly volume requirements.

How to Use the Rakeback Calculator

Pick your format, set your stakes and volume, enter your effective rakeback %, and hit Calculate. Use your real monthly average session length rather than your best week. If your room runs a tiered VIP system (like GGPoker’s Fish Buffet or BCPoker’s VIP Rewards), enter the tier you actually maintain each month rather than the headline max.

The Real Cost of a Weak Deal at NL100

At NL100 6-max, 4-tabling for 4 hours a day, 25 days a month, the calculator estimates roughly $9,600 in monthly rake. At 20% rakeback you get $1,920 back. At 40% you get $3,840. That $1,920/month difference adds up to $23,040 per year from the same hands, the same hours, and the same stakes.

For a deeper look at how your rakeback rate should shape bankroll management and game selection, see our guide on how rakeback changes your poker strategy.

Next Steps

Now that you have a monthly rakeback number, put it to work:

  • 1Set your bankroll thresholds. Plug your rakeback into our poker bankroll calculator to find move-up and move-down points that already account for your deal.
  • 2Calculate your real $/hour. Combine your win rate and rakeback into a single hourly figure with our guide on poker hourly rate.
  • 3Upgrade a weak deal. If the calculator shows BELOW AVERAGE, browse the current rakeback deals to find a better arrangement before your next session.

FAQs

How do I calculate my rakeback?

Enter your game format, table type, stakes, daily volume, and rakeback percentage into the calculator above. It returns your estimated rake generated and rakeback earned per day, week, month, and year based on real rake data from major networks like the published schedules at PokerStars and other major rooms. For the most accurate result, use your actual average volume rather than your peak session.

What is a good rakeback percentage for online poker?

40% or above is an excellent deal and places you in the top tier of rakeback arrangements at major networks. 25% to 39% is a solid deal with room to improve. Anything below 25% is a standard or below-average arrangement that most players receive when signing up directly without an exclusive referral code. Through VIP-Grinders, rooms like GGPoker reach up to 80% effective rakeback via Ocean Rewards, ACR Poker reaches up to 65% when leaderboards are factored in, and CoinPoker offers up to 62% via CoinRewards.

How does rakeback work for Spin and Go and MTT players?

Tournament players earn rakeback based on the entry fee portion of each buy-in, not on pot rake. For a $5 Spin and Go with a typical $0.225 entry fee, 30% rakeback returns about $0.067 per tournament. At 100 tournaments per day over 20 days, that is approximately $135 per month from rakeback alone. MTT players follow the same logic: the entry fee on each buy-in is the rake, and your rakeback percentage applies to that figure multiplied by your total tournaments played.

Why does the calculator show different rake for Zoom vs. regular tables?

Zoom (fast-fold) tables deal roughly 240 hands per hour compared to about 75 on a regular 6-max table. But because you fold pre-flop more often and see fewer multi-way pots, your per-hand rake contribution is lower. The calculator applies a 0.65x multiplier to Zoom rake per hand to reflect this. The result is that total rake per hour is higher on Zoom due to sheer hand volume, but rake per hand is lower, which matters when rooms calculate your VIP points or rakeback on a per-hand basis.