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Originally Posted by Uh*Oh
It is pretty simple. If a dealer stacked the rake and tips on the table over a 24 hour period instead of making them disappear, the resulting mountain of chips would illustrate the true cost that players have to overcome every single day just to stay even, let alone win. That of course is the last thing the industry wants.
The rake at Commerce is obscene. Even worse is the rake at Playground Poker Club in Montreal, $15! IMO this is unsustainable. Rake is generally too high everywhere except the illegal backroom games that are usually better run than casino games. I've basically given up playing cash games, now I just grind tournaments online, and when they get too expensive I'll stop them. Online cash game rake is too high too but sites like PokerStars have a huge infrastructure to pay for so there is no easy answer.
How about getting poker rooms out of casinos? I remember when there were (legal) poker rooms in the back of pubs or attached to hotels etc. The rake was lower and the atmosphere was better too. Casinos are too greedy to manage poker properly.