Re: 3/5nl
This rake isn't even close to being unbeatable. $4/hand * 30 hands/hour = $120/hour that's coming off the table. That's the same as paying $6/half in time charge. High, yes. Unbeatable, not at all.
40BB is an awkward stack size, but in a live game you should find it easy enough to get all your chips in on the flop and get a quick double up. Play a solid short stack strategy and once you and some opponents have doubled up, you're 80BB deep. This will be very boring, no doubt, but also profitable. The key to making the best hourly rate in a game with such a low buy in is playing longer sessions. Once you double up or better, your winrate should go up.
And since it's an immediate drop, stealing the blinds is worthless. Just find someone who will play with you for all their chips when they're taking the worst of it. I'm sure most of the players will fit this description.
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