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StarCity casino(14), Sydney, Australia starcity.com.au (A$)
4 tables of $80 buy NLHE, 10% up to $8 AND $5/HH
2 table of $200 buy $5/$5 NLHE, Everyhand $1 by one player
2 table of ($200<buy<$500) NLHE, 10% up to $10 AND $10/HH
3 table of ($100<buy) $5/$10 LHE, Everyhand $0.75 by one player
1 table of ($200<buy) $10/$20 LHE, Everyhand $1 by one player

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Also not quite accurate. CC's (the $1/hand or $0.75/hand) are being phased out, and most are already gone - I think the only one remaining is the $1/hand for the 5/5 $200 max buy-in game, and you may find this has disappeared by the time you get there too (though it's a political fight to remove, and is proving resilient).

There's rarely more than 1 table of 5/10 limit, or of 10/20 limit. Can't tell you the rakes sorry.

Most of the slack is taken up by $80-buyin 1/2 tables.

There is a 5/10 PLO game that gets up at least once a weekend, and a 25/25 PLO that gets up every Wednesday after the tournament, and often instead of the 5/10 PLO on the weekends. $35/hr time charge either game, no rake.

There is also a 5/10 NL, min $500 max $1000, that gets up most nights, and almost always on the weekend (when it doesn't it's because the PLO is taking its players). $30/hr time charge, no rake.

Yes, the lower level games are unbeatable because of the rake, regardless of how bad the players are (and they are bad). The higher level games are beatable despite the rake, mostly because the players are terrible.

The casino is putting in six more tables in the next month, in preparation for the APPT event in December, but it's likely to just be more tables of existing games, rather than any new games being spread.

Self-dealt cash buyin tournaments are legal in NSW, so there are also a lot of places offering small buyin ($10-$200) tournaments all over the city every night of the week, plus a few dedicated venues doing SNG's 18 hours a day. Some will have dealers for final tables of the larger of these events, but for the most part its cretins who have trouble reading their cards dealing ten hands a blind level in poorly structured events run by drooling idiots.

All that said, don't come to Sydney for the poker. Not only is Star City poorly set up (local rules include ratholing being allowed, dealing has to be from a shoe, and waits are often 1 hr+, 2hrs+ on weekends), but Crown in Melbourne has a wider spread of games, lower rake, and just as poor players, especially at the lower limits.