Rake and fees
What the room charges for play, in one place.
Cash tables
| Table | Rake | Capped at |
|---|---|---|
| Cash tables, 3 or more players | 3% | 2 big blinds |
| Heads-up (2 players dealt in) | 2% | 2 big blinds |
Every cash table uses the heads-up rate whenever only two players are dealt in.
Rake is a percentage of each pot, never more than the cap, taken in the token the table plays for.
A table can set its own rake: its page on Games shows it.
Tournaments and heads-up matches
| Format | Fee | A 10 buy-in costs |
|---|---|---|
| Tournaments | 5% | 10 + 0.50 |
| Heads-up matches | 2.5% | 10 + 0.25 |
The fee is a percentage of the buy-in, paid on top of it at entry; the whole buy-in goes into the prize pool.
Where it goes
Every rake and fee is split three ways: 33.3% to $CHIPS holders, pro rata to how much each one holds, 33.3% to the house, and 33.3% to whoever created the game (a player who hosts a table, or the house on its own tables). A host’s third is paid to them after every hand. The holder share goes to holders who connect their wallet and sign every 30 days, paid into their poker balance every day in the currency the game was played for: $CLASH rake in $CLASH, $SOL rake in $SOL. The house keeps the holders’ third of anything taken while no holder has a signed wallet. How that works.
Rakeback for $CHIPS holders
Hold $CHIPS in a connected, signed wallet and get part of the rake you pay at cash tables back every day, into your poker balance in the table’s currency. It comes out of the house’s third.
| You hold | Rakeback |
|---|---|
| 5,000,000+ $CHIPS | 5% |
| 15,000,000+ $CHIPS | 10% |
| 25,000,000+ $CHIPS | 15% |
| 50,000,000+ $CHIPS | 20% |
It counts cash-game rake only, not tournament fees. The rake you paid is your share of each pot’s rake, by what you put in it. Your $CHIPS are measured like holder rewards: the lowest of the day’s random checks, across your signed wallets.