Poker rake is a standard part of the game and is something all players have to deal with in one way or another. If you’re just starting and have no idea what I’m talking about, rake in poker is a fee that the room or the casino takes as compensation for providing their services and organizing games. The gambling industry is one of the most innovative, creative and forward thinking industry. Rake is like a commission fee that is charged to the game on a per hand basis or on a per game.

• In the state of Colorado it is perfectly legal to sit down any time with a group of friends and acquaintances and play poker for any stakes you choose. As soon as you rake the pot you are no longer just a private game.
• In poker, the rake is how the casino or poker site makes money. Following a pre-set schedule, a portion of the pot is taken out at the conclusion of certain hands and set aside for the poker room. Almost all casinos follow the “no flop, no drop” rule which means only hands that reach post-flop are eligible to be raked.

Rake may refer to:

• Rake (character), a man habituated to immoral conduct
• Rake (theatre), the artificial slope of a theatre stage

Science and technology[edit]

• Rake receiver, a radio receiver
• Rake (geology), the angle between a feature on a bedding plane and the strike line in geology
• Rake (software), a software task management and build automation tool for Ruby

Tools[edit]

• Rake (tool), a horticultural implement, a long-handled tool with tines
• Rake or hay rake, a farm implement
• Rake angle, a parameter in machining and cutting geometry
• Mash rake, a tool used in brewing

Transport[edit]

• Rake, the caster angle of a bicycle or motorcycle
• Rake, the difference between the front and rear ride heights of a car
• Rake (train), a line of coupled passenger coaches, or freight wagons, or railcars (excluding the locomotive) that typically move together

Mathematics and computing[edit]

• Rake (angle), mathematical definition
• Rake (cellular automaton), a cellular automaton pattern that moves while regularly emitting spaceships
• Rake (poker), the commission taken by a casino when hosting a poker game
• Rake (software), a variant of the make program coded in the Ruby programming language

Arts[edit]

Architecture[edit]

• Rake (architecture), the slope of the roof at the end of a gable

Music[edit]

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• A guitar-playing method involving muted notes
• Rake (band), an American noise rock/avant-garde musical ensemble

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Television[edit]

• Rake (Australian TV series), an Australian television series that commenced airing in 2010
• Rake (U.S. TV series), an American adaptation of the Australian series of the same name that commenced airing in 2014

Place names[edit]

• Rake, Iowa, a small town in the United States
• Rake, West Sussex, a village in England
• Rake, Kostel, a settlement in the Kostel municipality in Slovenia

People[edit]

• Rake Yohn, a member of the CKY and Jackass crews
• Rake (singer), a Japanese singer-songwriter
• The Rake of Rivera, a nickname for the Italian tycoon Gianni Agnelli

Other uses[edit]

• Raking fire, fire along the axis of a ship in naval warfare
• Another name for the Hooker position in rugby league football
• A lock picking technique in which a lock pick is slid outwards from the back of a lock to push its pins up
• The Rake, a fictional creature featured in many Creepypasta stories
• Raking, a nickname for a home run

See also[edit]

• Reiki, a form of alternative medicine
• Rake (tool), an alternative tool for fire prevention.
• Raking, a weighting method in statistics