Rake race

A Rake race is a contest between poker players (mostly on one poker room) to individually produce the largest amount of rake during a set amount of time, normally a month.

These rake races are set up tournament style with a set amount awarded in the prize pool and the number of positions that will be paid out. The top players get paid out extra for simply playing poker and receiving more rakeback then other players, thus winning more money to supply their bank roll and helping to avoid bad beats. These promotions are usually not directly related to the online poker website and are usually sponsored by privately owned rakeback websites.