Beating the Rake
 

My local casino has a loose aggressive 5/10 limit game, 5% rake up to $3 max. Someone told me that this is a game to avoid as it's nearly impossible to beat the rake and tokes etc. Same person also told me that a guy needs to play 10/20 to show a profit. Is he right? Is that 5/10 game a waste of time?

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$3 max? my God, a decent player should crush that game if it resembles any 5-10 live game I've seen. Most places take at least 4 bucks out per hand.

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Listening to the person who told you this is a waste of time. I play 4/8 in many of the socal casinos with $4-$5 rake and average over 1bb/hour. If I played better there's room to make more.

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where is this casino, that rake is the best i've ever heard of for that limit. Also if your friend can't beat a 5/10 game its not because of the rake it is because of his game.

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$3 max? my God, a decent player should crush that game if it resembles any 5-10 live game I've seen. Most places take at least 4 bucks out per hand.

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where is this casino, that rake is the best i've ever heard of for that limit. Also if your friend can't beat a 5/10 game its not because of the rake it is because of his game.

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100%

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you think $3 is bad, try Amsterdam where the 10/20 is 5% and maxes out when the dealer gets tired of doing math.

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yea, games take more than this usually, this game is easily crushable, he prolly thought u were good so he talked u out of buying in, he pwned u

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My local casino has a loose aggressive 5/10 limit game, 5% rake up to $3 max. Someone told me that this is a game to avoid as it's nearly impossible to beat the rake and tokes etc. Same person also told me that a guy needs to play 10/20 to show a profit. Is he right? Is that 5/10 game a waste of time?

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Don't listen to idiots.

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at my casino 2/4 takes $4 max rake a pot, or 10%, plus 1$ for BBJ, plus 1$ tipping

that means if you win a 40$ pot, you are really winning a 34$ pot, and pots rarely get over 40$ at 2/4

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at mgm 2/5 rake was a max of $4 bucks and buy in was 500 with 10% rake. I made that back in drinks easily.

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yo man, thats a great rake, and that games ultra profitable, your friend thinks he knows what hes talking about, but hes a fish, spend your time playing him heads up with no rake instead

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Where is this game at? What casino? I havent heard of a rake this low in even Vegas, AC, or Tunica, and I doubt any midwest states which are much higher would offer this. Overseas games are typically higher than U.S., so OP, what are you talking about? The only places I can think of are in Reno or Laughlin or are you talking about some home game?

-J

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you think $3 is bad, try Amsterdam where the 10/20 is 5% and maxes out when the dealer gets tired of doing math.

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I hear you, I only come there when I'm ready to lose some money. Especially the lowest limits 2/4 they have got a 10% rake on those.

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$3 max rake at $5-10 is highly beatable. Los Angeles $4-8 was beatable for ~$6-10 an hour when the drop was mandatory $4+1(not so sure anymore with the dollar on the river) so your game is very beatable.

Most players here wish their games dropped that small an amount.

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Whoever told you that is probably trying to keep you away from the game

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Thanks for all the input! I thought it sounded good. The Casino is the Emerald Casino in Saskatoon, Canada. usually only 2 or 3 tables going, limit only.