How does the rake work when there are side pots?
The rake is applied to pots in the order in which they were created. If the first pot isn’t sufficient to provide the rake, the next pot created would have the remainder of the rake drawn from it. This applies both to the fixed percentage rake applied to very low stakes games, as well as to the step function rake. • How does the allowable bet get calculated for Pot Limit games? The maximum allowable raise is the size of the pot. The pot is defined as the sum of money already in the pot, all money in front (current bets and raises) including the amount needed by the current player to call, plus any rake. You will always be shown the correct range from which you may choose the amount to raise. We also enforce the under-raise rule. • What is an Under Raise, and how does it work? An under-raise occurs when a player raises a prior bet but has to go all-in to do so. If the player under-raising, going all-in to raise, has less than ‡ of the expected raise for that betting round, the betting r
