30% PKR RakeBack

Rakeback Review

Rake Tracker offers 30% PKR rakeback, which is the maximum rakeback percentage allowed by PKR Poker. The rakeback payments are automatically made, by PKR Poker, to your PKR Poker account, on or around the 5th of the month, definitely no later than the 10th of the month for the previous month's play. Tournament fees are included in rakeback.

PKR does not accept USA players. PKR Poker offers some of the most original graphics available for an online poker room. This can be a bit resource intensive, but, most fairly new computers should be able to play up to four tables (their maximum) without too many problems.

The only item deducted from a player’s MGR at PKR are bonuses.

Do not use PKR Refer a Friend program when you sign up as it will prevent you from receiving rakeback.

Join Now!

Summary:

PKR is a European-licensed, standalone room known for their videogame-like 3D software. Players can play their robust software via a PC or Mac download. PKR puts a heavy emphasis on player community, as the site offers both a forum and a Facebook-like social networking.

Games at PKR are almost exclusively run at No Limit Hold’em with some limited PL Omaha action. Daily guaranteed tournaments abound, highlighted by the monthly $100,000 Masters, with the final table broadcast to over 100 million homes across the globe. Beginner players will be attracted to the wide variety of daily freerolls, points tournaments and micro buy-in tournaments.

PKR offers 30% rakeback and a 100% up to $800 sign-up bonus. They also offer a VIP Program that awards players with special freeroll entries and tournament tickets. A PKR Points store allows players to exchange their PKR Point for merchandise such as iPods and tournament tickets that adds to a player’s total return.

General Deposit and Withdrawal methods
Method	Deposit	Withdrawal	Notes
Neteller	Yes	Yes
Skrill (Moneybookers)	Yes	Yes
Visa	Yes	No
Mastercard	Yes	No
Electron	Yes	Yes
Bank Transfer	Yes	Yes
Webmoney	Yes	Yes
Paysafecard	Yes	No

Player to Player Transfers: Yes, $5 minimum. Transfer by going to "Cashier" and then the "Transfer." Player can make one transfer per day. Both players must have active real money accounts.

Attributes:

Network:

Independent

Established:

2005

USA Accepted:

No

EU Licensed:

Yes

Jurisdiction:

Alderney

Public Company:

No

Operator:

PKR Limited

Accounts on Multiple Skins:

N/A

Restricted Countries:

United States

Mobile Version:

No

Download Versions:

Windows, Mac

No Download Versions:

N/A

Website Languages:

English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Swedish

Email:

Contact PKR from website

Live Chat:

Yes- from website

Phone Help:

No

PKR Rakeback Help:

Contact Us

Poker Software

Multi-tabling:

9

Features:

3D software, Mix/Max Resolution: 800x600 min, 1280x800 max

Hands per hour:

84- NL Hold’em Full Ring, 99- NL Hold’em Shorthanded, 67- Fixed Limit Hold’em Full Ring, 102- Fixed Hold’em Shorthanded. 124- NLHE Shorthanded Speed

Client Languages:

English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Swedish

Mac Friendly Client:

Yes

Join Now!

Bonus Details

Bonus: 100% up to $800
Referral Bonus Code: RTRB
Clear Rate: 225 PKR Points for each $1 in bonus

Earning FPPs Points: You will earn 100 PKR Points for each $1 in rake or tournament buy-in, that you contribute to the rake.

Additional Terms: The bonus will expire after 60 days. Bonus releases in a lump sum. Bonuses are deducted from MGR.

Reload and Account Specific Bonuses

PKR offers occasional reload bonuses for players, usually up to $200 or $300. Clearance rates are usually around 200 PKR Points per $1 of bonus money. Like the sign-up bonus, bonuses are deducted from MGR.

Join Now!

Rakeback Equivalents- Cash Games
Cash Games	Full Ring	Shorthanded
Sign-Up Bonus RB Equivalent	44.4%	44.4%
Adds to 30% RB	31.2% (61.2% total)	31.2% (61.2% total)

Rakeback Equivalents- Tournaments
Tournaments	Full Ring
Sign-Up Bonus RB Equivalent	44.4%
Adds to 30% RB	31.2% (61.2% total)

Games

PKR offers games at all versions of Texas Hold’em including No Limit, Fixed Limit and Pot Limit. Most of the running games are available at No Limit Hold’em up to $25/$50. Games are available as low as $0.02/$0.04 for beginners and small stakes players. At Fixed Limit and Pot Limit, it is a different story with most of the action only available at the smallest stakes even though games are available from $0.01/$0.02 up to $2/$4 at Pot Limit Hold’em and $0.05/$0.10 to $30/$60 at Fixed Limit. Tables are available with 2, 6 or 10 seats.

At the other games, Pot Limit Omaha is the only other game with notable participation, although PL Omaha Hi/Lo, Limit Omaha and Limit Omaha Hi/Lo are also offered. For Pot Limit Omaha, players should be able to locate games up to $1/$2 during peak times with tables available up to $10/$20.

Most of the cash game tables at PKR are what we would call “Standard” tables that do not have any special style to them such as Turbo or Speed tables. Beginner tables are offered to new players at the very lowest limits. Players can play the games in a standard or 3D version.

Hold'em
Hold'em	# of Seats	Offered	Available*	Types
No Limit	2,6,10	$0.02/$0.04-$25/$50	Up to $25/$25	Beginner
Pot Limit	2,6,10	$0.01/$0.02-$2/$4	$0.01/$0.02
Fixed Limit	2,6,10	$0.05/$0.10-$30/$60	Limited/td>

Omaha
Omaha	# of Seats	Offered	Available*	Types
Pot Limit	2,6,9	$.02/$.04-$500/$1000	up to $10/$20
Fixed Limit	9	$0.50/$1-$1/$2	Limited

Omaha Hi/Lo
Omaha Hi/Lo	# of Seats	Offered	Available*	Types
Pot Limit	2,6,9	$0.02/$0.04-$25/$50	up to $0.20/$0.40
Fixed Limit	6,9	$0.05/$0.10-$30/$60	Limited
No Limit	6,9	$0.05/$0.10-$10/$20	Limited

Other Games: N/A

Multi-Table Tournaments

PKR is home to hundreds of thousands of dollars in guaranteed tournament each week. The biggest events at PKR include a $100,000 guaranteed Masters held once a month. The final will be broadcast on PKR.tv to over 100 million homes across the world, with hole cards revealed to viewers. Players can buy-in to the tournament directly or qualify via satellites starting as low as $2.

A High Roller tournament is held every Wednesday and Friday evening and Sunday afternoon. Players can buy-in directly for $150 with smaller satellites available for players who wish to qualify for less money. The tournament consists of 6-seat tables, 10k in starting chips and a 12 or 15 minute blind increases.

Another popular Sunday tournament is the Sunday Open with a $25+$2.50 buy-in and a $15,000 guaranteed. On Saturdays, players can participate in the Prestige $15,000 guaranteed or a$10,000 guaranteed “Mini Masters” on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month. Buy-in for the Prestige is $109, whereas the Mini Masters is only $5.

PKR also runs a $8,000 Bounty every Wednesday, where in addition to the regular prize pool, they will award a $100 a prize for every member of the PKR_Bounty team you knock out. If Hold’em isn’t your game, check out the $20+$2 Omaha Showdown with a $1,000 guaranteed.

Join Now!

PKR Featured Tournaments
Name	Buy-in	When	Gtd.	Sat	Notes
Masters $100k Guaranteed	$250+$15	Sundays	$100k	Yes
High Roller	$500+$30	Saturday at 18:35 GMT/2:35 PM ET	N/A	No	6 seater
Sunday Open- $15k	$25+$2.50	Sunday at 17:55 GMT/1:55 PM ET	$15k	Yes
Bounty $10k	$20+$2	Wednesday at 17:55 GMT/1:55 PM ET	$10k	No

SNGs

PKR has mostly No Limit Hold’em SNGs available, but they also offer Pot Limit Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo. Buy-ins for the No Limit Hold’em SNGs range from $0.10+$0.02 all the way up to $1000+$50. Most of the running action is up to $100+$9. Also, while tables are available in 6, 10, 12 or 24 seats, the overwhelming majority of action is at the 6 and 10 seat tables. Most of the multi-table action is at $2+$0.35.

The only other non-NL Hold’em tables that can be seen are $0.10 Giveways for Pot Limit Hold’em. These are essentially SNG freerolls that pay $0.06 to 1st and $0.04 to 2nd.

SNG game styles come in three varieties --- Turbo, Speed and Double or Nothing. Also, at the low buy-in tables, Beginner tables are also run. In Turbo games, players are given 5000 chips and the blinds increase every hand whereas at Speed tables they increase every four minutes. Standard tables start players with 2000 chips and 10 minute blind levels.

Double or Nothing tournaments award the top half of the participants with double their original buy-in. Also available at the low buy-in levels ($5+$0.50 and below) are Terminator Xtreme SNGs, which are Bounty SNGs where the entire buy-in goes to Bounty payouts for knocking out other players. In Phase SNGs, are PKR version of Steps tournaments.

PKR Rake Schedule

PKR Rake Schedule
# of Players		2	3	4	5-10
Fixed Limit	$0.01/$0.02-$0.10/$0.20	$0.01 per $0.10; $0.50 max (10%)	$0.01 per $0.10; $0.50 max (10%)	$0.01 per $0.10; $0.50 max (10%)	$0.01 per $0.10; $0.50 max (10%)
Fixed Limit	$0.25/$0.50	$0.05 per $1; $1 max (5%)	$0.05 per $1; $1 max (5%)	$0.05 per $1; $1 max (5%)	$0.05 per $1; $1 max (5%)
Fixed Limit	$0.50/$1.00-$1/2	$0.25 per $5; $1 max (5%)	$0.25 per $5; $1 max (5%)	$0.25 per $5; $1 max (5%)	$0.25 per $5; $1 max (5%)
Fixed Limit	$2/$4-$4/$8	$0.50 per $10; $1 max (5%)	$0.50 per $10; $1 max (5%)	$0.50 per $10; $2 max (5%)	$0.50 per $10; $3 max (5%)
Fixed Limit	$5/$10-$10/$20	$0.50 per $20; $1 max (2.5%)	$0.50 per $20; $1 max (2.5%)	$1 per $20; $2 max (5%)	$1 per $20; $3 max (5%)
Fixed Limit	$15/$30	$1 at $40, $1 max (2.5%)	$1 at $40, $1 max (2.5%)	$1 at $40, $1 at $70 (2.5%-2.85%)	$1 at $40, $1 at $70, $1 at $100 (2.5%-3%)
No Limit	$0.05/$0.10	$0.01 per $0.10; $0.25 max (10%)	$0.01 per $0.10; $0.25 max (10%)	$0.01 per $0.10; $0.25 max (10%)	$0.01 per $0.10; $0.25 max (10%)
No Limit	$0.10/$0.25-$0.25/$0.50	$0.01 per $0.20; $0.50 max (5%)	$0.01 per $0.20; $1 max (5%)	$0.01 per $0.20; $2 max (5%)	$0.01 per $0.20; $3 max (5%)
No Limit	$0.50/$1-$1/$2	$0.05 per $1; $0.50 max (5%)	$0.05 per $1; $1 max (5%)	$0.05 per $1; $2 max (5%)	$0.05 per $1; $3 max (5%)
No Limit	$2/$4 and up	$0.05 per $1; $1 max (5%)	$0.05 per $1; $1 max (5%)	$0.05 per $1; $2 max (5%)	$0.05 per $1; $3 max (5%)

Example: At a $1/$2 fixed limit Hold'em game with 6 players seated and dealt cards, $0.25 in rake would be taken for each $5 in the pot up to a total of $1 in rake. Once the pot reaches $20, no further rake is taken. "5%" represents the % of the pot that is raked from the table at the time the rake is taken. Because many pots do not end up being raked (i.e. if no flop is seen) or if the pot is in between rake levels, effective rake levels are lower.

PKR Points/Store

PKR Points, earned in real money games and tournaments at a rate of 100 PKR per $1 of rake or tournament fees, can be used to enter special PKR freerolls or tournaments. Players can also use the PKR Points in the store for such merchandise as electronics, apparel, tournament tickets, computers and much more.

The chart below details the value of PKR Points when used in the store, along with the equivalent rakeback percentages.

Sample PKR Store Rates
Item	Points	Value	Rakeback
iPod Shuffle 2 GB	198,000	$ 0.00028	2.78%
iPod Nano 8 GB	421,000	$ 0.00036	3.56%
iPod Touch 64 GB	1,008,000	$ 0.00036	3.57%
High Roller Ticket	700,000	$ 0.00076	7.57%

VIP Program

The PKR VIP Program awards VIP players with special perks such as freeroll entries, special tournament entries, free tournament tokens, birthday gifts and other special prizes. To move up VIP levels, a player must earn PKR points. Point levels are earned based on the PKR Points earned over the life of the account and not on a monthly basis, like many other sites run their VIP program. Also, once you earn a status level, you get to keep it.

PKR VIP Program
Level	Points	Rake Equivalent
Member	5,000	$50
Bronze	35,001	$350
Silver	100,001	$1,000
Gold	500,001	$5,000
Platinum	1,000,001	$10,000
Diamond	2,500,000	$25,000

Benefits

Special Level freerolls: All members
Monthly prize draws and competitions: Member through Silver
PKR Points booster: Member and Bronze. 5k points for Member and Bronze
Free Tournament Tickets: Member through Diamond
Birthday Gifts: Member through Diamond. Freeroll tickets
Invitational Tournaments: All members
Subscription to PKR magazine: Silver and above
Private Tournaments: Silver and above
Increased deposit limits: Gold and above
Gifts and Hospitality: Gold and above,
VIP access to PKR events: Platinum and above

Freerolls- (held on the 3rd Thursday of the month):

Member: $1000 freeroll
Bronze: $2000 freeroll
Silver: $3,000 freeroll
Gold/Platinum/Diamond: $5,000 freeroll

Tournament Tickets (when you achieve level):

Member: five tickets to $250 Premium freerolls, two tickets to $1,000 Premium freerolls
Bronze: five tickets to $250 Premium freerolls, two tickets to $1,000 Premium freerolls, one ticket to the $10,000 Premium freeroll
Silver: five tickets to the $1,000 Premium freeroll, 2 tickets to the $10,000 Premium freeroll and one ticket to a Waster Stage 2 qualifier (worth $9.05)
Gold: five tickets to the $1,000 Premium freeroll, three tickets to the $10,000 Premium freeroll and one ticket to the Phase 3 SNG tournament (worth $27).
Platinum: three tickets to the $10,000 Premium freeroll, two tickets to the Masters Stage 3 (worth $45 each)
Diamond: three tickets to the $10,000 Premium freeroll, one ticket to the PKR Masters Final (worth $250)

Invitational Tournaments (held on the first Sunday of the month):

Member: $2 entry, $500 added to prize pool
Bronze: $8 entry, $1000 added to the prize pool
Silver: $15 buy-in, $2500 added to the prize pool
Gold/Platinum: $30 buy-in, $5,000 added to the prize pool

Cash Game TV

Each Tuesday, PKR will run a “Cash Game TV Table” in the lobby that will be broadcast on cable stations across the world. Each week the stakes will change. The table will run a first-come, first-served basis – so be sure to enter early.

PKR Freerolls

Daily Freerolls:

PKR offers twelve freerolls per day. Prize pools are $5 with game types ranging from No Limit Hold’em to PL Omaha Hi/Lo.

10 Cent Giveaways:

PKR offers $0.10 prize pool SNG freerolls with $0.06 awarded to the winner, $0.04 to 2nd and $0.02 for third.

Premium Freerolls:

Players can use PKR Points to enter PKR Points tournaments with prize pools ranging from $50 to $10,000.

Tournament Rankings

Be one of the top 1,000 ranked SNG or MTT players and receive access to a $5,000 monthly freeroll, one each for SNG or MTT players. The MTT freeroll will be held at 19:30 GMT on the second Tuesday of the month, whereas the SNG freeroll will be held at 19:30GMT on the second Wednesday of the month. Starting stacks for each freeroll will be between 400 to 15,000 and will vary according to your position in the rankings. Points are awarded based on tournament buy-in, number of entrants and how recent the tournament was. Extra points are also awarded when you finish in the money. All SNGs/MTTs are eligible except Double Thru, Lottery, Terminator Xtreme and Terminator Two events.

Bounty Tournaments

Each Wednesday night, PKR is offering a Bounty tournament with a $10,000 prize pool along with six $100 bounties. Buy-in for this No Limit Hold’em event is $20+$2.

Blog Posts

News Posts