Rake is the scaled commission fee, relative to the total size of a pot, taken by a cardroom operating a poker game. Generally, it is around 5-10 percent of the pot in each poker hand, up to a predetermined maximum amount.
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Site with beatable PLO rake?
I've just started getting into PLO but have quickly realized the low-stakes games are next to unbeatable because of rake. Apparently paying 2buyins/1k hands in rake is not uncommon.
An example of a ...
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Adjustments to the rake?
When playing low stakes with very little rake-back, I am hitting over 10bb/100hands for rake. Its really a pretty ridiculous number to beat for a decent clip, even at really low stakes.
Do any of ...
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Heads up NLHE, is it harder to beat rake then full ring?
I don't play HU but tried to play one game at 10NL. I can't remember exact numbers but we both started with 10$ stack and played many hands until I took his all stack. I left table with ~14-15$. Is it ...
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What's considered an acceptable rake in tournaments?
What percentage would be considered an acceptable rake compared to the buyin? For instance, there is a local casino that runs a $40 buy in $25 dollar bounty and $15 dollar rake. To me, this seems ...
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What online poker sites charge/rake the least?
I am pretty new to online poker. As far as I understand, the sites differ only by special events (which don't matter to me at all) and rake structure. Thus the question, which sites are the most ...
