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Originally Posted by WhiteFang
Regarding rake vs. drop. Could someone explain to me how a rake is worse than a half hour drop? One time long ago I play in Biloux (excuse the spelling, please). The game was 1-3 and it had a drop instead of a rake. Every half hour I was donating $10 to have a really bad day. At the end of a siege of second best hands I was out on losses and another $100 on the drop. So I believe a rake in the long run is less costly. True, if I win a $100 pot I'm only getting back $90, but it is a winning hand. Rake or drop, if I walk away from the table a winner for the day I'm not thinking too much on the 'green's fee' I paid for a safe, secure game. Thank you.
If they are charging $10 drop vs $10 half hour time rake it is all about how many hands are being played. If you are playing about 30 hands a hour the casino is taking $300 off the table vs $180. Now at 1/3 they might not be taking off that much but at 2/5 or 5/10 you will generally hit max rake. There are a few other reasons time rake is better though. One, raked game incentivize tighter play. If there is money taken out of the pot you have less reason to defend your blind or steal the blinds. Secondly, if you are playing a game that gets short often you will be paying even more in rake. Finally, time rake encourages faster play. If someone is taking too long you can say come on we are paying time rake and usually they will speed up.
That said, the rumor I heard is the rake at Rivers will be 6+1 which would be great.