Hello guys,
I've been thinking about which format makes you inherently pay the most rake, and thus assuming everything else equal, should be tougher to beat.
I have basically tried to compare expected returns vs expected rake you're going to pay in that process.
Let's look at microstakes for example (cash game ~ NL10 and tournament buy-ins < 5$)
Cash games:
This website (
https://www.primedope.com/online-pok...ke-calculator/) shows that you're going to pay an average of 9bb of rake, or around 5% of the pots you win.
As for winrate, it seems like 5bb/100 of net profits is a reasonable target for this stakes.
So you're going to pay almost twice your expected profit in rake.
Tournaments
Where I play, tournament fee (rake) at these stakes is 10% of BuyIn. It was tougher to find industry averages.
Now for the winrate, the ROI targets I've seen seem to aim between 10-20% for something reasonable.
So here, you are actually paying less rake than the amount of money you expect to make.
Am i right to conclude that the rake in MTTs format is less punishing, and thus easier to beat (not considering variance, field level etc) ?
Or am I thinking about this the wrong way ? It could also be that these expected profit rates I've gathered are simply off.
Curious to hear your thoughts.
Thx a lot!
Nemo.