Though I will admit that knowing the rake is important to game selection, I think you're too focused on the rake here. Avoiding playing for a pot because it has a higher actual rake is just silly. Sure there becomes some limit to where what you're saying is true, but at that point I would make the argument that you shouldn't play that game at all. For instance, I played an underground game $1/$2 NLHE where the rake was supposedly 10% capped at $5. I noticed after about an hour into the session that the dealer was pulling about 30% uncapped. It was no wonder why I had slightly less than a starting stack even though I took down a couple of med size pots. If I had known that going in I wouldn't have played. I quickly got up and left and texted my buddy that he should leave too. Rake should be more of a variable of game selection rather than hand strategy. Once you choose to play a game knowing the stakes, you should put the rake out of your mind.
March 11, 2017 | 10:20 p.m.
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Though I will admit that knowing the rake is important to game selection, I think you're too focused on the rake here. Avoiding playing for a pot because it has a higher actual rake is just silly. Sure there becomes some limit to where what you're saying is true, but at that point I would make the argument that you shouldn't play that game at all. For instance, I played an underground game $1/$2 NLHE where the rake was supposedly 10% capped at $5. I noticed after about an hour into the session that the dealer was pulling about 30% uncapped. It was no wonder why I had slightly less than a starting stack even though I took down a couple of med size pots. If I had known that going in I wouldn't have played. I quickly got up and left and texted my buddy that he should leave too. Rake should be more of a variable of game selection rather than hand strategy. Once you choose to play a game knowing the stakes, you should put the rake out of your mind.
March 11, 2017 | 10:20 p.m.