

At stakes up to NL25, it's less than the standard 5%.

PokerStars is definitely better in terms of rake structure in cash games. Let's start this benchmark with the rake and commissions both sites charge the players. PokerStars has changed ownership since then and ran not very successful experiments, the main of which was the launch of infamous "chests." As a result, PokerStars lost the leadership to GGPoker but still remains for many a brand that personifies online poker. In 2014, the site inked up a partnership with the WSOP, which has consistently been at the TOP10 of the online poker traffic ranking since then. The decision was one of the reasons for the beginning of the era of the PS leadership in the industry.Īfter rebranding from Pacific Poker in 2010, 888Poker began to work in its niche with poker fans. 888Poker, like many other sites, decided to leave the United States, while PokerStars remained. Both poker rooms were launched at the beginning of the 2000s, and they took different paths in 2006 after the UIGEA act.
