Main table settings: blinds, buy-in, rake

The Game Settings block comes right after the game modes. It sets everything a player sees in the lobby: stakes, buy-in and rake.

The default rake is 5% with a 3 BB cap. That’s the top of the market; above-market rake is the main reason regulars move to other clubs. What players see — PPPoker rake and rakeback.

If the club is in a union, a union cash table is paid in diamonds for every hour it runs — separate from rake and from the 5% chip fee. The price depends on stakes — see the list next to the second screenshot.

Game Settings

• Action Time — time per action, 20 s by default.
• Blinds — stakes, from 0.02/0.04.
• Auto UTG Straddle — an automatic straddle from the first position.
• Buy-in — min and max buy-in: 1.6–20 in the screenshot, i.e. 40–500 BB.
• Table Duration — how long the table stays open, from 1 hour.
• Fee and Cap — rake and cap: 5% and 3 BB by default.
• Union table cost — a union table’s price in diamonds per hour (4 at 0.02/0.04); next to it, Balance is your diamond balance.
• Auto Start — how many players start a hand: 2–5.
• Auto Extension — auto-extend the table (up to 12 times) and Auto Open — open a new table automatically.

Union table cost in diamonds per hour

• 0.02/0.04 — 4, 0.03/0.06 — 5, 0.05/0.1 — 8, 0.1/0.2 — 18.
• 0.2/0.4 — 38, 0.3/0.6 — 48, 0.4/0.8 — 68, 0.5/1 — 88.
• 1/2 — 168, 2/4 — 328, 3/6 — 488, 4/8 — 668.
• Example: a 1/2 table for 8 hours costs 1,344 diamonds — about $21 at shop prices (diamond prices).