Ya Poker rakeback and Elite Benefits in 2026

What Ya Poker rakeback looks like

Rakeback is the part of the rake that comes back to you after a poker room has collected it. Ya Poker gives that money back through Elite Benefits, a points program built on monthly and yearly tiers. Ya Poker belongs to the Winning Poker Network, so its cash tables and tournaments draw from the same player pool as ACR Poker and Black Chip Poker.

The Ya Poker site is available in English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.

The two point balances at Ya Poker

Ya Poker splits Elite Benefits into two point balances. Rank Points track your volume and place you in a tier, at 5.5 Rank Points for each $1 of cash game rake or tournament fees. Combat Points are the balance you spend, and the Elite Benefits store exchanges them for cash at a price listed inside the Ya Poker client.

Rake at the cash tables is attributed by weighted contribution: the rake of each pot is divided among the players who paid into it, in proportion to what each one put in. Points therefore follow the money you actually commit to pots.

Bronze to Black Diamond: the Ya Poker tiers

Bronze is the starting tier for every account. Silver, Gold and Platinum depend on Rank Points earned during one calendar month, while Diamond and Black Diamond depend on Rank Points earned during one calendar year.

• Bronze multiplies Combat Points by 1.
• Silver asks for 750 Rank Points a month and multiplies Combat Points by 1.5.
• Gold asks for 3,000 Rank Points a month and multiplies Combat Points by 2.
• Platinum asks for 7,500 Rank Points a month and multiplies Combat Points by 2.5.
• Diamond asks for 100,000 Rank Points a year and multiplies Combat Points by 3.5.
• Black Diamond asks for 1,000,000 Rank Points a year and multiplies Combat Points by 5.

The monthly tiers start from zero on the first day of every month. A player who reaches Platinum in one month and slows down the next falls back to the multiplier of whatever tier the new month's Rank Points reach.

Ya Poker rakeback example with $700 in monthly rake

Take a player who pays $700 in rake and tournament fees over a month. Multiplying $700 by 5.5 gives the Rank Points for that month. Set that number against the Silver, Gold and Platinum thresholds above to find the tier, then apply its multiplier to work out the Combat Points.

The last step is the cash value: open the Elite Benefits store in the Ya Poker client, note how many Combat Points a cash item costs, and divide. Once you have a monthly dollar figure, the rakeback calculator shows how it compares with a flat percentage at another room.

Can you switch from Elite Benefits to a rakeback deal?

Yes, once. The Elite Benefits rules at Ya Poker keep rakeback deal players out of the program and allow a single conversion. Pick the program that matches your volume before converting, because you cannot keep moving between the two.

Rake caps at Ya Poker

Ya Poker charges 5% of the pot in no-limit and pot-limit cash games. When five to nine players are dealt in, no pot pays more than $$3 in rake, and smaller tables carry smaller caps.

Ya Poker license and markets

Ya Poker holds a Curaçao sublicense through International Processing Services S.A. Players from Canada and Ireland can join on an offshore basis, without a local license. The minimum deposit is $$10, accounts are kept in US dollars, and cryptocurrency deposits are accepted, which puts Ya Poker on the crypto poker rakeback list of options. Ya Poker runs only as a desktop client for Windows and Mac, without a mobile app or browser play.

Both ACR Poker and Black Chip Poker run Elite Benefits under their own tier names, and the rakeback comparison table lists rooms on other networks. The general method for valuing a points program is set out in the guide to rakeback.

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