Question about rakes, as it pertains to bonuses.

This isn't a complaint, I am just interested in the reasoning behind it.

I will use Absolute Poker as an example as that is the bonus I am currently working, but I have noticed this at numerous sites. At Absolute Poker, you are credited with one "point" at a ring game for participant in a raked hand of 25 cents or more. When you participate in a STT, however, you get one "point" for every dollar in entry fees you pay. It would seem logical that you should get more "points" for participating in a STT than a ring game (as you are contributing so much more) yet this seems to be the case at nearly every online poker site. Is there a particular reason why, or is this simply the way it is?

Thanks in advance.

Chris

[1p0kerb0y]

Admitingly, I have oftentimes wondered this myself.

Perhaps because the rooms make more money in rake from cash games than STTs, they really want to encourage players to exhaust their money there.

[ewashingtons]

maybe its because if you pay $1 to the poker site to play a tourney which lasts an hour your equivalent in hourly rake is much lower than if you are playing a cash game (where you might see 50-100 hands per hour, totaling maybe $20/hr in rake for the table).

[timprov]

It may be that they're unable to multiply. There are several sites I wouldn't put that past.

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maybe its because if you pay $1 to the poker site to play a tourney which lasts an hour your equivalent in hourly rake is much lower than if you are playing a cash game (where you might see 50-100 hands per hour, totaling maybe $20/hr in rake for the table).

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Yes, I had considered that as well. However, that $20/hour would be split amongst all of the players at the table. For a 10-person table, that's $2 per hour each (a little more for a 9-person table, obviously). In addition, I would receive dozens of "points" over than same hour, potentially as many as 80. (In reality, the number of credited raked hands would probably be about half that).