Sky Poker rakeback and rewards in 2026

Sky Poker VIP levels and rakeback rates

Sky Poker Rewards has five VIP levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and Sky Elite. Each level sets the rakeback you receive, meaning the part of your rake that Sky Poker pays back to you. Bronze starts at 20%, Silver pays 25%, Gold 30%, Platinum 35% and Sky Elite 40%.

How to reach each Sky Poker level

You earn 10 Status Points for every €1 of rake. Points earned at tables played in pounds count at the matching sterling rate.

• Every account starts at Bronze.
• Silver needs 200 Status Points in a calendar month.
• Gold needs 1,000 Status Points in a calendar month.
• Platinum needs €1,000 in rake over a rolling quarter.
• Sky Elite needs €5,000 in rake over a rolling quarter.

Silver and Gold, once reached, stay with you for the next month. Platinum and Sky Elite are measured over the rolling quarter and, once earned, hold for a full quarter, so one quiet month does not cost you the top rate.

Turning Cash Points into cash

Rakeback arrives as Cash Points. Each Status Point you earn also gives you Cash Points at your level's multiplier: 1 at Bronze, 1.25 at Silver, 1.5 at Gold, 1.75 at Platinum and 2 at Sky Elite.

Every 50 Cash Points exchange for €1 in cash. You redeem them in the VIP section of the lobby at any time, with no fixed payout day. Cash Points expire if left unused for too long, so redeeming every few weeks keeps them safe.

The multiplier is what produces the rakeback rate. Multiply the Status Points rate by your level's multiplier, divide by the Cash Points needed per euro, and you arrive at the percentage in the table.

Sky Poker rakeback examples at Gold and Sky Elite

Say you play mostly evening cash games and pay €150 in rake in a month. That clears the Gold requirement of 1,000 Status Points, so at Gold the month returns €45 in Cash Points value, an effective 30%. Kept up for a year, that is €540.

A full-time grinder paying €2,000 in rake a month passes the Sky Elite quarterly mark of €5,000 well before the quarter ends. At Sky Elite, that month is worth €800, or €9,600 over twelve months at the same pace.

Enter your own rake and level rate below, or use the full rakeback calculator.

Sky Poker freerolls tied to Status Points

Status Points also open two recurring events. The Rewards Freeroll runs Monday to Friday for players who earned enough Status Points in the previous week. A daily qualifier hands out tickets to the Sunday Major to players who earned enough Status Points in the past day.

These events sit on top of the Cash Points return, so entry costs nothing beyond the rake you already pay at the tables.

Rake and deposits at Sky Poker

Network cash games at Sky Poker follow the iPoker rake table in euros. At the lowest stakes Sky Poker keeps 6.67% of each pot, capped at €€0.50 on €0.01/€0.02 and €0.02/€0.05 tables and at €€2 on €0.05/€0.10. From €0.10/€0.20 the rate is 5%, and the cap for three or more players reaches €€4 from €0.50/€1. No rake is charged on a hand that finishes preflop.

The minimum deposit is ££5 for every payment method, and Sky Poker takes no cryptocurrency. Balances are kept in GBP and EUR, with network games played from the euro poker wallet.

Sky Poker on the iPoker network

Sky Poker moved to iPoker, so its cash tables and most tournaments share a player pool with other iPoker rooms. Network games are played in euros through a separate poker wallet, and you move money from your main Sky account into it. Sky Poker exclusive games still run in pounds.

Poker at Sky is operated by Bonne Terre Gaming Limited under UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) license 065519, which covers the UK and the Isle of Man, and a Gibraltar remote gambling license, number 156.

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