I believe this was mostly just an oversight. Obviously it is not directly in global's best interest to lower rake. But currently, players are punished for starting new games. This is not in line with any other poker site that I am aware of.
This is because the heads up and short handed rake is identical to the rake at a full table. When playing heads up, players are forced to go to the flop much more frequently. When people see a flop, they are raked. The average raked paid per player is MUCH higher when compared to a full game.
The problem with this is people will not want to start new games. Your chance to win is diminished the more rake you pay. This is actually bad for business for global. People might multi table more if there were more tables available. More tables = more rake, but starting tables is disincentivized, leading to a lower total number of tables (bad for everyone imo).
I love that global is rec friendly infrastructure, and truly believe this was simply an oversight when the rake structure was created. Anyone who knows anything about poker and rake will puke when they think about shorthanded rake, and not table start.
AFAIK global is the only site that doesn't cut the rake short handed. Please add shorthanded rake adjustments!
Edit: A great post from Rutledge Smitty on the subject:
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Originally Posted by Rutledge Smitty
^they currently have such a short sited view regarding the rake. They don't want to cut into their revenue, but what they aren't understanding is how many more tables would be taking off if lowered. I'm speaking only from a PLO side as I don't play NL. Once a table gets going 2 handed it usually fills up within 5 minutes from my experience. The fish typically don't want to table start or play short handed and the regs like myself aren't wanting to battle with this crazy rake. You are so far off the industry standard...grow your site don't rake it to death already.
Last edited by flopflop; 09-26-2017 at 11:59 PM.