PokerStars Announces Major Rake Structure Changes Effective November 3

PokerStars has announced significant changes to its rake structure, effective from November 3, 2014. The rake for all limits of hyper-turbo heads-up SNGs will increase. The rake in knockout tournaments will be the same as in regular tournaments with similar buy-ins.

The maximum rake limit in cash games for PL/NL with 2 players at the table will increase to $2 for limits $25/$50 and above, and to $1 for all other limits. In Spin & Go, the rake will increase for all limits from $3 and above, with the maximum possible prize increasing from 1,000 to 3,000 buy-ins.

The rake in all hyper-turbo SNG satellites with buy-ins below $2,000 will increase to approximately 75% of the current rake in regular hyper-turbo SNGs with similar buy-ins, effective from January 1, 2015. In some countries with special tax conditions, rake will be deducted for rebuys and add-ons starting January 1, 2015. The 'Battle of the Planets' promotion will end on November 1, 2014.