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hourly rake = (rake per hand) * (hands per hour)

Which is more responsible for the NL rake overall to be lower? The rake per hand, or the hands per hour?


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Hands per hour.

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This is the opposite of it appears to me.

I find my NL games to be faster than $2-$4 limit largely because every $2-$4 hand goes to the river, the players are much slower in $2-$4 limit, and oddly enough I get asked how much the bet is much more often in a $2-$4 limit game then I do in a NL game. NL players tend to pay more attention to the game, and though there are some hands that go slow, overall I get out more NL hands.

However, I also deal many more NL hands that have no rake (no flop) or a small rake because a bunch of limpers all fold to a bet on the flop.

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I am guessing if you were to actually count you would find the limit hands still move faster. The dealer never has to figure out how much the bet is in a limit game. Given where you deal I can see a 2-4 game being really slow.