Start with gross pot, end with net award
For a percentage-rake table, first multiply the eligible gross pot by the rake rate. Then apply the cap and round according to the smallest chip. The remaining amount is the net pot awarded to the winner or winners.
Example: a 20 BB eligible pot at 5% produces 1 BB of raw rake. If the cap is at least 1 BB and no smaller rounding step changes it, the winner receives 19 BB.
On a 100 BB pot at 5%, the raw calculation is 5 BB. A 4 BB cap reduces the actual rake to 4 BB, so the net award is 96 BB. The percentage describes the slope; the cap controls the maximum.
The pot may not be eligible at all
No Flop, No Drop
Under this rule, a hand that ends before the flop is dealt has no percentage rake. DeciDojo’s Online Standard and Continental profiles use this eligibility trigger.
Any contested pot
The Vegas-style and Macau-inspired simulations apply their rake to a contested pot even when the hand ends before a flop. That setting is shown explicitly because it changes the cost of short preflop pots.
Rounding down
A table cannot remove a fraction smaller than its chip unit. The DeciDojo cash profiles round rake down to the smallest supported chip. For example, raw rake of 0.237 credit becomes 0.23 on a 0.01-credit chip table, not 0.24.
The four playable rake schedules
| Profile | Rate | Cap | Eligibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Standard 6-Max | 5% | 1.5 BB with 2–4 dealt; 4 BB with 5–6 | Flop dealt |
| Vegas-Style Live | 10% | 2 BB | Any contested pot |
| Continental Live | 5% | 5 BB | Flop dealt |
| Macau-Inspired | 5% | 5 BB | Any contested pot |
Beginner Heads-Up and Practice 6-Max are intentionally no-rake learning profiles. They remove table cost rather than pretending it does not exist.
Online Standard is based on a representative published PokerStars low-stakes schedule. The live-style profiles combine published room, cash-rule, or regulation inputs with clearly named simulation choices. They are comparisons, not guarantees about every current table in a city or region.
What DeciDojo shows after settlement
The result breaks out the gross pot, rake, and net amount. Rake is assigned to the main pot first, capped once per hand, and recorded in a separate house ledger. The winner’s stack receives only the net award.
A fold does not make committed chips disappear. They remain in the pot, which is then awarded and—if eligible—raked at settlement. Wallet, table stack, session profit or loss, and house collection remain separate quantities.
See the accounting in a complete hand
Choose Online Standard or a live-style table, finish a hand, then open the result breakdown. No account or real-money wager is required.