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Originally Posted by Jr0d
They give rake back in the form of splash pots. If you play for any amount of time you will see many of them.
Regardless if you win, that extra money goes to the table.
The splash pots are nice, but they are grossly tilted towards the high stakes tables. At 5/10, they are getting > 22% rakeback, at 10/20, > 36%, $2/hand. At .05/.10, it's at best 18%, and likely a lot less - a measly $.01 per hand. They could easily tilt the odds so that they give back the same overall amount, but in proportion to where it comes from. I would like to see no splash pots above 1/2, because the rake is pretty insignificant at the higher stakes.
Also, the splash pots are raked, which blunts the rakeback effect. At levels up to .25/.50, the max rake is greater than the splash amount. Always nice to take one down preflop, though.