{
  "checked_on": "2026-11-02",
  "scope": "Public international .com documentation, USD cash games; not an account-specific or jurisdiction-specific client audit",
  "retrieval": "Official pages read with the web tool. Direct HTTP downloads of GGPoker and PokerStars returned 403; saved HTML files for these sources are challenge/error responses, not rate evidence.",
  "gg_regular_6max": {
    "source": "https://ggpoker.com/poker-games/texas-holdem/",
    "rake_rate": "0.05",
    "cap_brackets": ["2", "3", "4", "5+"],
    "NL10": {"blinds": "0.05/0.10", "caps_usd": ["0.25", "0.50", "0.75", "1.00"]},
    "NL50": {"blinds": "0.25/0.50", "caps_usd": ["1.00", "2.00", "3.00", "4.00"]}
  },
  "gg_rush": {
    "source": "https://ggpoker.com/poker-games/rush-cash/",
    "rake_rate": "0.05",
    "cap_bb": "3",
    "cash_drop_contribution_bb": "0.5",
    "cash_drop_pot_threshold_bb": "30"
  },
  "stars_regular_nlhe": {
    "source": "https://www.pokerstars.com/poker/room/rake/",
    "rake_rate": "0.05",
    "cap_brackets": ["2", "3-4", "5+"],
    "NL10": {"blinds": "0.05/0.10", "caps_usd": ["1.00", "1.00", "1.00"]},
    "NL50": {"blinds": "0.25/0.50", "caps_usd": ["0.75", "0.75", "2.00"]},
    "rounding": "round half to even",
    "player_count": "players dealt into the hand"
  },
  "gg_rewards": {
    "source": "https://ggpoker.com/monthly-rewards/ocean-rewards/",
    "launch_source": "https://ggpoker.com/blog/ggpoker-to-introduce-new-ocean-rewards-program-on-january-30/",
    "program": "Ocean Rewards",
    "announced_replacement_date": "2026-01-30",
    "individual_effective_cashback": null,
    "individual_pvi": null,
    "note": "Tide Points and GEMs are separate metrics. Do not infer realized cashback from tier maximum or an unpublished account coefficient."
  }
}