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Originally Posted by szgdr6
If I'm a terrible player which game is better for me:
1. High raked game against terrible players
2. Low raked game against great players
I will lose either way, but I will probably lose less playing in game #1.
This is the point that Negreanu was making IMO. Yes, more rake can be better in certain absurd circumstances. Why does Doug insist that you must pick a side....it's either better or it's not better? In any event, it's great advertising for Upswing....nice move Doug!
Jesus how stupid can you be to make that comment. Lower rake benefits every single player at a table. Higher rake benefits no one but the casino, stop defending Negreanu stupid fan boy lol. There's no games which are high raked but go terrible players, they doesnt exist. There will always be some kind of equilibrium between rake and skills. Only difference is that if in case all these strong players for some reason doesn't show up (I.e weird hours or whatever) and the lineup would be "soft" everyone would benefit. If you are dying to give money to a casino or pokerstars go ahead and grind some black jack.
Doug is a man of the people, end of story. He doesn't make anything from saying Negreanu is wrong, he barely even plays online himself. At least not competetive.