I live in rural North Carolina and recently played a game with $1/2 blinds and mandatory $5 straddle for previous pot winner. Game was perfect, loaded with ATMs. I'm usually a TAG and bet big but got sucked out on a couple pots so I barely profited.

Anyway, a guy there invited me to his game that plays the same $1/2/5s. Some of the same fish will be there. Based on what I heard from others, the game in question is basically B-I-N-G-O, and the rake is %5 uncapped with $100 min buy.

I am rolled for the game by lenient standards, but under rolled by conservative standards (this doesn't bother me). I'm not an absolutely stellar player, but I fancy myself over most of my opponents in the home games I play (mostly in rural NC - lots of poorly educated hicks with minimal understanding of NL).

Should I play? If so any recommendations as to how I should play?

I want to at least check it out. I can always leave quickly and never return. But with it being a bingo style, let's say I pick up KK in EP and make it $30 to go and get 3 callers. Flop: Q-9-7. Usually here, I'll bet kings like they're the nuts, but in bingo, people might be calling with suited computer hand, not willing to fold JTo (ok) pre, call big bets OOP with 97s. (I'll obviously still bet 3/4 or more here). I know their mistakes = longterm profit, but what if I just can't thin the field?

My concerns are thinning the field and that ranges will be way too wide to effectively hand read. I know it would be high variance which is whatever. But I feel that these gamblers won't be observant enough to see how much I'm folding so I can wait for AA and bet half my stack (get called by 4 players and lose). Anyway I haven't played bingo since 5/10 cent back in the dorms over 4 years ago.

Y'ALL have any thoughts???

5% rake uncapped doesn't seem beatable but maybe the donkeys really are that bad.

The rake is huge, but it could be worth it. The only way to know is to go a couple times. If it's borderline the same as your normal casino you can try to work out a rake back program with the host to push it over the edge. Or just try anyhow once you've established yourself. If the host always has empty seats getting an hourly wage from him shouldn't be hard as long as you're not a nit, somewhat friendly/social, and are somewhat dependable. If this home game is raking 5% uncapped they are killing it, and paying you $15/hr to keep the game going is a no brainer.

Food for thought:

This game is going to play big. Are you okay walking into some barn with large sums of cash on you?

Big games attract good players. Even in the backwoods of NC, I would not be surprised if there were at least one or two good grinders who play in this game.

Underground games=unregulated games. The possibility of getting cheated is real.

Very high rake (already discussed.)

Whenever I am invited to underground games, I usually decline to go for the above reasons.