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Originally Posted by Call...how much?
People who complain about reasonable rake are horrible at poker and just can’t admit it.
There is plenty of bad players, action and reloads to win in the NH games. The point was with $5 max +$2 promo +$1 tip there is over $200 an hour going off the table makes beating the game difficult.
The part that simply can't be calculated is how many times will players reload or be replaced by a new buy-in? This is the only thing that will allow the 1-2 game to be beatable.
Example:
Table opens with 9 players with full buyins. (usually less, but whatever use full buy-in for this example): $2,700
Over 12 hours rake, drop and tips are taken off table: -$2,400
If it stopped there then 1 player broke even and everyone else got stacked. However, in order for the table to be open there had to be players. Let's assume the last hand of the night there was still an average stack of $100 (probably low, but whatever): -$900
Table is left with -$600.
So you are correct that rake can be beaten. However when the rake is higher and the buy-in is capped, skill alone isn't what will determine your chance of winning. You need a steady flow new money on the table throughout the day. And any player that cashes out as a winner during the session greatly hinders the ability of a grinder beating that game.