To combat the player loss there are 8 new rooms opening on the Cake Network to bring in new players.  Cake is one of the best promotional poker sites out there and I am happy to see they are prepared for theses rooms leaving their network.  There is a good chance as well some of the players who enjoyed the benefits of Cake’s promotions will simply sign up to a new room on the Cake Network when the change is made.  Only time will tell, that time appears to be mid-April 2010. 

This would definitely be a good time to jump on one of the already established poker rooms on the Merge Network since they are sure to see an increase in their player base in April 2010.  The biggest player with the best sign up bonus is currently Carbon Poker.  Carbon poker offers 30% rakeback with a 150% sign up bonus up to $1,000.  The next best sign up bonus is Aced Poker with 100% up to $500 and 30% rakeback.  Trailing is Poker Nordica with 100% up to $200 and 30% rakeback.  Some of these rooms also offer monthly rake races with Carbon usually paying out the most.  Be sure to look at our monthly rakeback promotions as well as previous month’s races when selecting a room on the Merge Network.

It comes with little surprise the online phenom Tom Dwan was named the newest member of Team Full Tilt.  Tom has been a staple in the highest of high stakes games on FTP for quite some time now.  Tom has also become a regular in TV cash games making his brand all the more marketable.  Up and coming poker young guns look up to the success that durrrr has had at such a young age.  He is a fearless competitor that mixes it up with the best in the world. 

Tony G joining Team Party may have been foreshadowed by Tony G Poker merging with Noble Poker.  Noble Poker is owned by Partygaming Plc.  Bringing on a big name like Tony G shows that Party Poker is looking to regain some of the popularity they had in their heyday when their grip on the US market was HUGE.  Party Poker is also offering some nice promotions these days for non US Players including monthly big money points chases.

Unfortunately Sega is not supporting US and Japan based players at this point in time, I feel they are not offering anything special yet anyways but big things are to come!

How Rakeback Improves Your Game

Technically, rakeback is less about improving your game than it is about improving your overall winnings from your game.  Online poker rooms still collect a rake, a small percentage of pot totals, as a courtesy for hosting the games. Rakeback is the “house” deal that Full Tilt offers its regular real money players.

All a player’s eligible hands between Tuesday and the next Monday are totaled. For every real money hand you play when a house rake is taken from the pot, Full Tilt calculates a weekly percentage and deposits it back into players’ accounts each Friday.  There is a few days’ delay for the deposits, about 48 hours typically.  On average, players earn back what amounts to about four to eight percent of their weekly winnings.

Why Rush Poker and Rakeback Are Perfect Partners

Enter: Rush Poker and players accomplishing more than five hundred hands per hour. A player’s weekly hand totals increase exponentially with Rush Poker. When you remember that rakeback is calculated based on a player’s total of hands played for the week, Rush Poker and rakeback look like a match made in heaven for players. Rush Poker players can end up earning back closer to twenty or twenty-five percent of their weekly earnings.

Full Tilt is still offering its standard 27% rakeback to players who sign up for the rakeback program. It is so simple for Rush Poker players, particularly those who may be break-even players typically, to actually get ahead in their winnings due to the rakeback they can earn from playing so many more hands. Since Rush Poker functions like a multi-tabling strategy, even if a player only makes one entry at time, the fast turnaround between games gives players access to higher cumulative earnings at the tables and in rakeback.

Maximizing Rush Poker and Rakeback

It starts with the most simple process possible: Logon to your Full Tilt Poker account and find the account details.  Sign up for the incredible 27% Rakeback program that Full Tilt offers its players. Watch your extra, passive earnings grow like wildfire. That’s really how easy it is. 

For a little more strategy on how to maximize your rakeback on Rush Poker, keep your personality in mind. The best way to maximize your rakeback is to maximize your game play for many hands. Playing solid poker at one table, quick folding and playing solid poker at the next table, and the next, will keep you reaching large quantities of hands. If multiple entries slow you down as a player, stick with one entry and fly through your real money games. Knowing yourself and what you can invest per game will still help you earn a greater rakeback with Rush Poker.