New Top100 Rake Race. Plus 5 New Races Starting in January
Our exclusive StrategyPoints rake race receives a makeover in 2013 due to bwin.party not participating in it. Also January brings you 5 additional new rake races and we have analysed how much you would need to rake to win a prize.
Starting from January 1, 2013, the new $25,000 Top100 Rake Race will replace the old Top250 Rake Race.
Just like the Top250, the Top100 is an exclusive race for our members with prizes awarded to the players who earn the most StrategyPoints in a month through one of our participating poker rooms (See full list below).
The prize pool is now $25,000 and the top 100 players get paid.
The payout tiers have changed slightly (right) and on average it will take less StrategyPoints to achieve them, meaning it is easier to claim a big prize.
We analysed the last 12 months and compared the actual Top250 results with what players would have gotten from the new Top100.
The results show that the new Top100 rake race is softer. You need less StrategyPoints to hit the same/a similar prize level and the overall valueback has increased.
The two graphs show you how many StrategyPoints on average were needed to make it to the prize levels and what this means for you in terms of valueback (based on 5 StrategyPoints per $ rake)
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| You now would have to earn much less on average for the top prizes (Click on image to enlarge) |
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| Your average rewards will increase (Based on 5 StrategyPoints per $ rake) (Click on image to enlarge) |
Participating Poker Rooms
When playing with a tracked account created via PokerStrategy.com on one or several of the following poker rooms, you are automatically participating in the Top100 promotion:
 paddypowerpoker |
 Everest Poker |
 24hPoker |
 Titan Poker |
 Cake Poker |
 bet365 |
 PKR |
 Poker Heaven |
 Unibet |
 William Hill |
 Poker770 |
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 Ladbrokes Poker |
 Mansion Poker |
Upcoming rake races
2013 sees not only the new Top100 Rake Race, but also the return of some old favourites:
| PokerStrategy.com January Rake Races | |||
| Poker room | Prize pool | Paid places | Details |
 Top100 |
$25,000 | 100 | View details |
| Poker Heaven |
€10,000 | 50 | View details |
 Betfair Poker |
$10,000 | 50 | View details |
| Unibet |
€5,000 | 50 | View details |
 EuroPoker |
$3,000 | 30 | View details |
| Cake Poker |
4 x $15,000 | 300 | View details |
To help you narrow it down between our rake races, we've crunched the numbers, analysed the races and determined how much you had to rake in November to make it into the money. Good luck!
Our rake races analysed
| Betfair Poker $10,000 Points Race |
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| Place | Prize | |
Min. amount of StrategyPoints you had to earn in Nov. |
| 1 | $1,100 | 19,800 | |
| 2 | $900 | 11.750 | |
| 3 | $700 | 11,350 | |
| 4 | $600 | 9,150 | |
| 5 | $500 | 8,850 | |
| 6-10 | $400 | 6,700 | |
| 11-20 | $200 | 4,060 | |
| 21-50 | $100 | 2,700 | |
| Create a Betfair Poker account | |||
Check out our Betfair Poker race thread
| EuroPoker $3,000 Points Race |
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| Place | Prize | |
Min. amount of StrategyPoints you had to earn in Nov. |
| 1 | $500 | 7,800 | |
| 2 | $300 | 6,200 | |
| 3 | $200 | 3,750 | |
| 4 | $150 | 3,625 | |
| 5-10 | $100 | 1,800 | |
| 11-20 | $75 | 1,100 | |
| 21-30 | $50 | 700 | |
| Create a EuroPoker account | |||
Check out our EuroPoker race thread
| Unibet €5,000 Race |
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| Place | Prize | Min. amount you had to rake in Nov. | |
| 1 | €750 | €9,900 | |
| 2 | €550 | €6,200 | |
| 3 | €450 | €5,300 | |
| 4 | €350 | €4,200 | |
| 5 | €250 | €3,250 | |
| 6 | €200 | €3,200 | |
| 7 | €150 | €2,800 | |
| 8-10 | €100 | €2,600 | |
| 11-20 | €75 | €1,375 | |
| 21-30 | €50 | €1,150 | |
| 31-45 | €40 | €625 | |
| 46-50 | €30 | €570 | |
| Create a Unibet account | |||
Check out our Unibet Rake Race thread
| Poker Heaven €10,000 Race |
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| Place | Prize | Min. amount you had to rake in Nov. | |
| 1 | €1,800 | €8,825 | |
| 2 | €1,000 | €6,925 | |
| 3 | €800 | €4,900 | |
| 4 | €650 | €4,600 | |
| 5 | €500 | €3,275 | |
| 6 | €400 | €3,000 | |
| 7-10 | €300 | €2,000 | |
| 11-14 | €200 | €1,500 | |
| 15-19 | €150 | €850 | |
| 20-30 | €100 | €625 | |
| 31-50 | €50 | €250 | |
| Create a Poker Heaven account | |||
