FREE CALCULATOR · CASH GAMES AND TOURNAMENTS · PRACTICE ONLY
Poker rake calculator
Put in any rake schedule (a percentage, a cap, a time charge) and see what it costs per pot, per 100 hands, per hour and per month. Compare two schedules side by side. Nothing is saved.
Rake on a pot is the smaller of "percentage of the pot" and the cap. A 5% rake with a $3 cap takes $2 from a $40 pot but only $3 from a $100 or a $400 pot. Over many hands your cost depends on how many pots get raked and how big they are, so this page turns the schedule into numbers you can compare: dollars per hour, big blinds per 100 hands and dollars per month.
Rake cost calculator
Use the rake schedule printed by the room or casino you play in. This page has no operator's current schedule built in, because schedules change. Every result is an estimate built from the assumptions you enter below.
Your game
Rake schedule A
Rake schedule B
"Hands that are raked" is the share of hands where the room takes rake. With a no-flop-no-drop rule, hands that end before the flop are not raked, so use the share of hands that see a flop. Time charge is the fixed fee some live games take from each player every 30 minutes (0 for none).
| Measure | Schedule A | Schedule B | B minus A |
|---|
Rake by pot size (schedule A)
| Pot (big blinds) | Pot | Rake taken | Share of pot | Cap |
|---|
How it is worked out: rake in a raked pot = the smaller of (pot × rake %) and the cap. Table rake per hand = that × the share of hands raked. Your share = table rake ÷ players dealt in, which assumes you pay the same as an average player. A tight player pays less than that, a loose one more. The calculator uses one average pot, but real pots vary and the cap makes rake rise more slowly in big pots, so treat the result as an estimate. Rakeback here is a simple percentage of the rake you pay; real rakeback has conditions, see the rakeback calculator.
Tournament fee calculator
In tournaments the room's cut is the fee added to the buy-in, for example $100+$10.
"Extra return needed" is the fee divided by the buy-in: your prizes must beat an average player's by that much of the buy-in just to cover the fee, ignoring rakeback and overlays.
01
How rake is charged
- Percentage with a cap (pot rake). A share of each pot, commonly a few percent up to 10%, limited by a maximum per pot.
- No flop, no drop. Some rooms take no rake if the hand never reaches the flop.
- Time charge. A fixed fee collected about every half hour, mostly in live games.
- Tournament fee. A separate fee on top of the buy-in, not taken from pots.
| Example (made up) | Pot | Rake |
|---|---|---|
| 5% rake, $3 cap | $40 | $2.00 |
| 5% rake, $3 cap | $60 | $3.00 (the cap starts here) |
| 5% rake, $3 cap | $100 | $3.00 |
| 5% rake, no cap | $100 | $5.00 |
02
FAQ
Why does rake matter more at small stakes?
The room takes a similar share of each pot, but when the pots are small the cap rarely applies, so the full percentage comes out. At bigger stakes the cap bites more often and rake becomes a smaller share of the pot.
What does bb/100 mean?
Big blinds per 100 hands. It lets you compare the cost of rake with your win rate whatever the stake. If rake costs 6 big blinds per 100 hands, you need to win more than that before rake just to break even.
Does rakeback remove the cost?
It returns a share of it, usually with conditions. Check the exact terms with the room, and use the rakeback calculator to model them.
Can I use my room's own numbers?
Yes, that is the point. Enter the percentage, cap and any time charge from the room's own rake page. This page does not claim any room's current rates.
Is anything stored or uploaded?
No. Everything runs in your browser and is cleared when you close the page.
03
Sources and checks
Definitions of pot rake, caps, no flop no drop, time charges and tournament fees were cross-checked against Wikipedia, Rake (poker) and Pokerology, Poker Rake Math. Other online rake calculators we looked at (for example DeucesCracked) compare a fixed set of rooms on one assumed pot size; this page lets you enter your own schedule and shows how the cap changes the result. Checked 10 November 2026. Examples are made up and are not any room's schedule.
How this page was tested: known-answer checks on pot rake, the cap point, per-hour, per-100-hands and per-month figures, time charge, rakeback, tournament fees and invalid inputs, plus a 2,000-case property test that a cap never raises rake and rake never exceeds the percentage.
Related: Rakeback calculator · Poker bankroll tracker · Pot odds calculator · Poker showdown trainer · Free poker trainer