[Siegmund]

There has been a shift from $3/6 toward $4/8 in the Washington state cardrooms over the last few years, IMO - some of it driven by the rooms themselves (the Muck for instance was only spreading 3 tables of 3/6 no matter how long the list was, but might have 6 or 8 tables of 4/8). The small rooms often run only $4/8, whereas they once might have run $3/6.

The trend seems to be different elsewhere, with $2/4 emerging as a common live game - seems to me a lot of places didn't spread lower than $3/6 until very recently.

As for the rake, makes very little difference to the house: pots hit the max rake pretty fast even at $3/6, so the house is making essentially the same amount per table regardless of the limit.