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Originally Posted by Shai Hulud
Thanks. Not sure I understand the last paragraph. They don't rake uncalled bets but they count the amount of the bet in calculating the rake? Seems like the same thing...
I'm actually at SHRT right now. I've had three opens where blinds folded and I opened to 15 in 1 and 20 in the others. I don't remember which was which but i got back 7 twice and 6 once. But seems like even open to 15 gets it to 22? Or they only count the 15?
If you open raise preflop to 15 total, you are actually calling the 5 blind bet, and then raising an additional 10. So the first 5 that calls the blind is raked, but if everyone folds to your raise, then the 10 you raised is not raked, as no one called it. The total amount raked is 12; the 2 and 5 blinds, and the 5 of your 15 that called the blind. The "uncalled" 10 that you raised is not raked. So on a 12 rakeable amount the rake is 1 for the rake and 1 for the jackpot drop. So the dealer should take a total of 2 from the blinds, leaving you with 5.
It doesn't matter what the size of your raise is. You could raise to 10, 20, or 100 and the rake would not change if no one calls your raise. Only the 5 that you called the blinds with gets raked.
There is no way you should get 7 back if you raise and the blinds fold, as that would mean no rake was taken at all, and there is no option for that under their rake rules. But as I mentioned before, some dealers know they should take the rake but don't bother. And as others have mentioned, there are a ton of new dealers that probably just haven't thought about how the rules should be applied and screw it up (although to the players advantage).