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Originally Posted by checkminraise
You American's have the lowest raked games in the world and you're all still complaining it's too high.
In London the rake in public cardrooms at £1/£2, £1/£3 and £2/£5 is 5% capped at £10.
Private, underground cardrooms the rake is 5% capped at £25, £50 or £100 depending on where you go/size of the game.
I know one dealer who was told to increase the cap on the rake mid hand!. He was told the rake was capped at £35, by the turn they whispered in his ear to cap it at £50, then on the river was told to cap it at £100!
My local Vegas casino takes 10% 4+2 at 1/2.
$10 pot - London 0.5, Vegas $2
$20 pot - London 1, Vegas $3
$30 pot - London 1.5, Vegas $5
$40 pot - London 2, Vegas $6
$60 pot - London 3, Vegas $6
$80 pot - London 4, Vegas $6
$100 pot - London 5, Vegas $6
$150 pot - London 7.5, Vegas $6
$200 pot - London 10, Vegas $6
My local Vegas casino takes 10/30/50/80 staggered rake 4+2 at 2/5
$10 pot - London 0.5, Vegas $2
$30 pot - London 1.5, Vegas $3
$50 pot - London 2.5, Vegas $5
$80 pot - London 4, Vegas $6
$100 pot - London 5, Vegas $6
$150 pot - London 7.5, Vegas $6
$200 pot - London 10, Vegas $6
It's also expected for players to tip a dollar (or more) on most hands. At the time of this posting, the GBP is worth 1.38 USD. So Vegas has higher rake on smaller pots and London has higher rake on larger pots. Unfortunately, a great deal of pots in my room are on the smaller side, especially at 1/2.