So there has been some questions up in the air as far as pokerstars offering rakeback is concerned. Pokerstars does not offer conventional rakeback perse but they do offer cashback in bonuses. I decided to do a rakeback equivalent from my samplesize of 30k hands in FRNL50z (zoom).
All calculations will be having alread obtained the level... not on the way there. All estimates will be 4tabling FRNL50z which equates to ~1000 hands per hour.
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First off is platinum star... (took me less than a week to get in FRNL50z):
1k hands = 128.2169 VPP ------ Plat Star = 320.5425 FPP
Rake = $21.369 per 1k hands
4 hours a day / 5 days a week = 20 hours per week
20 hours per week x 4 weeks = 80 hours per month
80 hours / month = 10257 VPP ---- so 10k VPP per month is easily achievable and will be used for this estimate.
Stellar Rewards = $100 per 10k VPP
Cash Back Bonus: $650 per 50,000FPP = .013c per FPP (cannot use supernova trade value)
10k VPP x 2.5 Platinum Star multiplier = 25,000 FPP x .013c = $325
Total Bonuses = $325 + 100 = $425
10k VPP / 128.2169 VPP per 1k hands = 77.99k hands = ~78k hands
78k hands x $21.369 rake/1k hands = $1666.78
Total Rake = $1666.78
Percent Rakeback = $425 / $1666.78 = ~25.5% Rakeback
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Supernova....
Stellar Rewards = $1300
Cash Back = $.016 per FPP per 250,000 FPP
100k VPP x 3.5 Multiplier = 350k FPP x .016 = $5600
Total Rewards: $6900
100k VPP / 128.2169 VPP per 1k hands = 779.9k hands = ~780k hands
780k hands x $21.369 rake/1k hands = $16667.82
Total Rake: $16667.82
Rakeback Equivalent: ~41.4%
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Supernova T2
Stellar Rewards = $1300 + $2600 = $3900
Cash Back = $.016 per FPP per 250,000 FPP
200k VPP x 3.5 Multiplier = 700k FPP x .016 = $11200
Total Rewards: $15,100
200k VPP / 128.2169 VPP per 1k hands = ~1560k hands
1560k hands x $21.369 rake/1k hands = $33,335.64
Total Rake: $33,335.64
Rakeback Equivalent: ~45.3%
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This does not include unlocking deposit bonuses which can increase Platinum star rakeback dramatically... example ($600 deposit bonus cleared in ~10k VPP) so adding that to the above plat star equation gives ~61.5% Rakeback for each month stars has one
