there are no casinos in texas so lots of underground.. one of the underground charge $10 day fee membership + $10/hr seat fee.. no rake per pot or tip to dealer..
i've not been paying attention to rakes in casino so i dont really know how much usually in an hour for $1/$3.. i also usually play $2/$5 live in casinos outside texas..
but as i said the options in texas are limited so we play underground games..
what is the "normal' roughly per hour rake total including tips in $1/$3 live and also $2/$5..
Say each player averages a 5 hour session. The "day fee" is then $2/hr.
Plus the "seat fee", that makes it $12/hr per player.
10 handed table makes it $120/hr.
30 hands an hour makes it $4 a hand.
20 hands an hour makes it $6 a hand.
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So, are your tables usually 8, 9 or 10 handed?
How many hands an hour do your games get?
How big are the pots (ie how much would a legal casino's percentage based rake be for comparison)?
If a poker dealer is only dealing 20 hands per hour, which is one hand every three minutes!!!, then they aren't going to have any players sitting at the table.
I'd be on suicide watch if I only saw one hand every three minutes.
This turned from what sounded like a 'nice' spot to one that would drive most nuts in the long run. There's no reason to expect that much tanking/shuffling to go on in an hour. Most 1/2 tables with below average Dealers take in $90 per hour at a $6 max rake .. and that's with quite a few 'no Flop no drop' spots and plenty of limp-fold Flops as well mixed in there.
Good Dealers will rake as much as $150 per hour with $110-120 being the 'expectation' of most operators.
If you compare that to $20/hour per player to start ($180-200) but then drop down to 'only' $90-100 per hour if everyone sticks around you can see that it's similar to lots of casinos and room in the USA. GL