Frequently Asked Questions
How are you able to give free money? What's the catch?Every hand you play in a poker a small part of the pot goes to the poker room as a fee. This is formally known as the rake.
The poker room passes on a part of this produced rake to partners such as PokerStrategy and YourPokerCash as a reward for getting you to play at their poker room. The money they make from this allows them to give players "free money" as they see it as an investment and they hope you will produce enough rake to cover their costs. In other words: when you sign up at a poker room receiving free money, they receive a part of your produced rake in return.
However, don't worry, the amount of rake you pay does not change based on whether you received free money or not. You don't pay a single cent more than the "normal" players. Essentially the poker room no longer gets 100% of the rake but instead shares it with your free bankroll provider.
Why do they need a photocopy of my I.D.?
As these sites are giving away their own money for free, it soon becomes obvious that many individuals will try and take advantage of these offers more than once simply to receive the free money. These sites must take steps to protect themselves from fraud, they do this by requesting your ID to make sure this is the first time you have requested free poker money.
What is a Rake Race?
A Rake Race is a competition to see who can rake the most money in the alloted time. At the end of the alloted time the prize money will be distributed according to the payout structure of that particular rake race with the person raking the most receiving the largest prize.
