Pick a Partner Poker Pick a Partner Poker Pick a Partner is a variant of draw poker which requires players to work as a team. It must be played with an even number of players (at least four) because it requires them to work in pairs and combine their hands. Everyone is dealt a five-card poker hand face down, then chooses one card each to expose. The player with the highest hand selects another player as a partner. They are not obliged to show their strongest card. Then the next available player with the highest card picks their partner, until everyone is paired up.
Rake (poker) online poker sites or their affiliate partners return part of the rake or tournament entries a player pays as an incentive for them to continue playing on that site Rakeback in cash games can be calculated using two different methods: dealt and contributed. The dealt method awards the same amount of rakeback to each player dealt into a hand, and the contributed method rewards players based on their actual contribution to the pot. In poker tournaments, rakeback is deducted from cardroom's entry fee. Rakeback is similar to comps in "brick and mortar" casinos. As online poker becomes more mainstream online