Ongame Stands in the Line and Changes Rake Calculation Method

Over the past year or so, many-many poker sites decided to change their rake calculation method from ‘dealt’ to ‘contributed’.

Contributed rake calculation means, that only those players will receive rakeback, for example, that actually put their money in the pot, whereas with the dealt method, all players would receive points, with no regard to the fact that they fold their hand or decide to play.

Starting from Thursday, the 15th July, the Ongame Network has joined the sites using the contributed rake calculation. Their new system is called ‘Essence’.
Here is a brief overview on how exactly the new method will differ from the former version.

Factors that remain the same:
-    The total rake taken in a hand
-    The total bonus points given out to players
-    The ratio of points per dollar rake

Factors that will be different:
-    How the rake taken from a pot will be attributed to the individual player
-    Because of this, how many points a certain player collects
-    Because of this, how much rakeback a certain player receives.

Basically, the new method means that the winning players will probably receive a bit less rakeback and the losing players will rake slightly more.
A firm advantage of this method, however, is that it definitely encourages players to play more aggressively and participate in as many hands as they can.