Loose/Tight theory at NO RAKE sites

[mtgordon]

Why does everyone have to be snotty even when they're wrong? WPEX gives the bonus as long as the hand is raked. So yes, it is like someone gives you 0.10 to play J8o or whatever if that is what it takes for the hand to be raked. If sb and bb are guaranteed to duke it out then you get the same bonus as if you played your hand. So it's not quite the same as no rake, and it's not quite the same as it being raked.

[d10]

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They should change their policy to only reward players
that were involved in a hand (contributors to the
rake).

So my comments would only apply to sites that truly
take no rake or only distribute the rake back based
on players that saw the flop.

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I agree, and yeah, in the case of a true rake free site your observations would be accurate.

[WiSeIVIaN]

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They should change their policy to only reward players
that were involved in a hand (contributors to the
rake).



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No they shouldn't...

[Gregg777]

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They should change their policy to only reward players
that were involved in a hand (contributors to the
rake).



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No they shouldn't...

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Yeah, no they shouldn't.

If they are paying based on hands played vs. contributed, then technically they are paying you NOT to play J8. Because the tighter you play, the less rake you actually pay vs. what you are credited for.

So a LAG technically pays more rake than a TAG if it is not actual contribution.

You need to find a math geek to crunch the numbers and come up with a figure for exactly where the cutoff is for playing more hands. 30VPIP? 35VPIP? 40VPIP?

[Photoc]

I've read this entire thread and I'm still waiting to find out what other SITES are no rake sites.

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Loose/Tight theory at NO RAKE sites

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[Riddick]

Nobody contributes to rake except the winner of the pot.

[Gregatron]

Rake or no rake I open raise J8o otb. Hehe. I'm drunk [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] But I still do it.

[thetruest]

I'm not sure i understand the concept of contributed vs played hands.

I thought wpex just has a regular rake schedule like all sites/rooms (maybe higher than normal to look better), and then refunds all of that rake you generated back to you at the end of the week.

is this method not contributed? Other than not charging a rake upfront at all to begin with period, what else is there and how would it/this affect the loose no-rake theory?


Thanks for the help.

[Benholio]

They don't look at how much rake you paid out of the hands you won, instead, each time they take rake, they give everyone at the table equal credit.

Example: 8 people fold, 2 people go all-in, and $3 is raked out of a $200 pot, payed by player 8, who won the pot.

In a contributed system, player 8 gets credit for $3 rake, and the rest of the table 0.

In a 'played', or 'attributed', 'party-style' system, all players at the table get credit for generating $0.30 in rake.

The attributed style greatly benefits tight players, which is usually good for us 2+2'ers, since we are rarely looser than the average player at a table.

[Shrug]

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They should change their policy to only reward players
that were involved in a hand (contributors to the
rake).



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No they shouldn't...

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