888poker vs PokerStars rakeback compared 2026

888poker vs PokerStars rakeback table

The two rooms reward rake in opposite ways. 888poker looks at one week of rake, finds the band it falls in and pays that band's percentage in cash. PokerStars converts rake into Reward Points and pays you each time a points bar fills.

How 888poker Weekly Rakeback works

Weekly Rakeback runs from Monday to Sunday. The lowest band starts at $200 of weekly rake and pays 5%. The band from $1,000 pays 20%, and the top band from $5,000 pays 50%.

• Only accounts that have made a deposit take part.
• The terms open the offer to players who received an invitation by email.
• The cash lands after the week closes and has to be claimed within a short window.
• Players in Northern Ireland are excluded, and some other countries are restricted.

The 888poker Club runs alongside it with levels earned from challenges and rewards in Gold Tokens. More detail is on 888poker rakeback.

How the PokerStars chest system works

Stars Rewards needs a one-time opt-in. Cash game rake and fees earn 100 Reward Points per $1, and the points fill a bar that opens a chest. The chest levels go from Blue Chest up to Black Chest, and each level has a fixed chest value that PokerStars states as 15% of your rake at Blue up to 40% at Black.

Opening chests regularly moves you up a chest level, while a long gap moves you down. Above Black Chest, PokerStars Select and Select+ pay 50% and up to 60% in daily cash to players with high rake over twelve months. See PokerStars Stars Rewards for the chest list.

Four weeks of $400 rake at 888poker

Picture four weeks with $400 of rake each, $1,600 for the month. Every week lands in the band that starts at $300 and pays 10%, so the month brings $160 in cash and a year at that rhythm brings $1,920.

The band is decided week by week. A quiet week below the lowest band pays nothing, even if the monthly total looks high. At PokerStars the same $1,600 would return 15% at Blue Chest or 25% at Gold Chest, depending on the level your chests have reached. Use the rakeback calculator to test other volumes at 888poker.

Rake at the lowest stakes

At $0.05/$0.10 No-Limit Hold'em, 888poker takes 5% up to $$2 per pot, counting tables of three or more. PokerStars takes 5% up to $$1.

At $0.01/$0.02, 888poker takes 6.25% with a $$0.50 cap, and PokerStars 5% with a $$1 cap. For Pot-Limit Omaha at $0.05/$0.10, PokerStars charges 4.25% and 888poker 5%.

Countries, deposits and software

Both rooms run licensed sites in the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Italy, and both accept players from Canada and Ireland as offshore rooms. PokerStars adds France, Belgium and Switzerland, and in the United States it operates only in a few regulated states, where 888poker is not available.

888poker takes deposits from $$10, lists no cryptocurrency among its payment methods and no longer offers play in a browser, so you need the desktop or mobile app.

Who each room suits

888poker suits a cash game regular who pays a steady amount of rake every week, wants cash with a known percentage and lives in one of its markets. Players whose rake swings from week to week get less from it, because each week is judged on its own.

PokerStars suits a player in France or one of its other markets who prefers chests that react to recent play and accepts a rate that moves with the chest level. Compare other programs in the rakeback comparison or read 888poker vs partypoker.

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