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I'm sorry but you can't tell me that at a table where you have 3 or 4 people playing so badly that they might as well be playing with their cards face up and they're limping in 90% of time or more and most pots regularly going off PreFlop for $48-$72. that a $7 rake is soul crushing LMAO...bullshit!
You still put in part of that money, and people are allowed to have hands better than yours before the flop.
Btw, sometimes in a really good game there will be tons of limping. Put in 4 dollars 6 ways and it's 24 dollars in the pot, still minus 7 when you win. You need over 24% equity in the pot to eek out a tiny amount of profit. That's nearly 1/4 of the equity when you put in 1/6 of the money. When they take out 1 BB almost, your equity share needs to be larger when you enter the pot, for a tiny amount of profit in the long run.
20/40 might not have a ton of games where people are going 6 ways for two bets, but I promise you they do happen. And at 8/16 almost every game is like that and even better. I mean put in perspective, it would be like if they raked the pot for $35 every time in the 20/40 game. Except they actually take out the same amount.
Now of course if you only have $200 to lose and you enjoy poker, then playing 4/8 is a fine option for you. But don't try to act like the rake doesn't make a difference in the long run, that just doesn't make sense according to the math. Anyone with a basic idea of how rake affects required equity for profit will tell you the same. Or even just any intelligent gambler.
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On a different note, someone from the casino I play at contracted COVID-19 and died. Really sad.