One of the most important issues you'll have to consider when choosing a rakeback plan is how it affects a bonus structure.
An online casino might have an extremely generous bonus structure in place, but
these bonuses could be negated by rakeback. This is not always the case, however, so your best bet is to find a poker room
that offers both generous bonuses and rakeback.
Keep in mind that you may only be entitled to rakeback and bonuses if you open up a new account. Current players may see an
attractive rakeback offer and try and cash in. What they could find is that they do not have a new account, they can't take advantage
of first-time deposit bonuses and rakeback deals. Read the terms of your online poker room account. Don't try to sign up for
an affiliate rakeback deal if your poker room doesn't allow it.
This could, potentially, cause a player to be banned and even forced to forfeit his or her earnings.
If you are not banned outright, you may forfeit the ability to cash in on bonuses. Many of the rakeback deals you'll see online
are aimed at bringing in new sign-ups—much as sign-up bonuses are aimed at new recruits. Now, you wouldn't expect a player
with an existing account to cash in on a new sign-up bonus, would you? Of course not. This is why established players will
have to sign up for a new account with another poker room if they see a truly attractive rakeback-plus-bonus offer.
Established players probably will not duck out of their current account entirely because they may have bonus points
built up over years of play. And sometimes you can also find casino-bonus offers that have positive expectation.
But you must remember not to carry on playing video poker
, blackjack online, or whatever game you choose, as soon as the bonus is cleared,
in the long run, without a bonus backing your game, the casino always has an edge over all players.
All this said, new poker players should be looking for two major things when they sign up for a casino: rakeback and bonuses.
Other things such as software, customer support, and casino reputation should factor in as well. For now, we're talking about
profit: the ability to cash in on both bonuses and rakeback to the full extent not diminished bonuses if you also get a fair
rakeback percentage.
To get the best possible deal, you should look around properly. Even if a site does not have as good a rakeback percentage as
another, this may be offset by the number of bonuses it gives out. This works vice versa as well: a site with lower bonuses may
have a higher rakeback percentage. The moral is: don't go by rakeback percentage alone. A whole list of factors should go into
your decision about where to make your deposit. Some sites will subtract your bonus earnings from your net rake. This will
lower your amount of rakeback. Before you open up a new account, just make sure that you're able to receive bonuses and rakeback
at the same time.
