Rake
What it means
The percentage the card room takes from each pot (in cash games) or from the buy-in (in tournaments). The amount and cap depend on each room, and it reduces everyone's winnings.
Example
A room might take, for example, 5% of the pot up to a cap: in a 20 bb pot, 1 bb is taken. If there's no flop, many rooms don't take anything ("no flop, no drop").
Also called: Comisión · Tope de rake
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