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Originally Posted by BartHanson
You think that I said that $1-$3 was not profitable because of the "wide range of the players" ????
FWIW you are comparing apples to oranges if you think the Vegas rake structure is anything like a $1-$3 $200 or $300 max buy-in game with a flat $7 drop plus bad beat jackpot which is what I was referring to in the many YouTube videos I have made on the subject. I also said that a California structure might be beatable for a few dollars an hour but its no way to build a bankroll nor is it any way to get better at the game. That is why in such a structure any player who wishes to be profitable should race up to the $5 BB level as quickly as possible.
Actually, David wrote "the rake and the wide range of players." Why did you leave the words "the rake" out?
While I agree that the rake is way too high, see my book
Cardrooms: Everything Bad and How to Make Them Better, many $1-$2 and $1-$3 games in Las Vegas are $5+$2 and they can certainly be beat for more than a few dollars per hour.
If you go to the other thread you'll see this post:
There aren't books on playing 1-3NL etc. by good mid-high stakes NL cash regs. The crushlivepoker videos are mostly 2-5NL and above and Bart says you can't beat the rake at 1-2NL. Like he doesn't really want to deal with games where it is harder to put players on ranges etc.
You can find it here:
https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/s...0&postcount=32
I think this is where what you supposedly said, whether you said it or not, came from.
By the way, one of the chapters in our soon to be released book is titled "The $5 + $2 Rake."
Mason