Rake vs Time Charge

[imthaifool]

Which one is better for the player?

[KurtSF]

Who's the player?

[WoodPaneling]

Rake is better for a tight player (involved in/winning less pots = paying less rake), time charge is intuitively better for a loose player.

Time charge becomes good for a tight player again if a time pot is used because they can just avoid playing anything but absolutely premium hands and let some donk who doesn't care give up a huge chunk of the pot and pay everyone's time.

[RarocASP]

hands dealt per hour should be considered. Time charge becomes more appealing as hands per hour increases obv.

[jk90029]

In my understanding of poker terminology,

'time charge' implies a mandatory paying a fixed amount by every players in the table, for example, $8 per half hour.

'collection pot' implies paying a huge chunk of pot by one player for everyone's time charge.

Also, in my opinion, on average like in Commerce, we play about 45 hands per hour. I heard it from a dealer at Commerce. It makes easy to compare paying hourly time and paying by pot rake.

[RarocASP]

Also realize that collection pots become less favorable as the number "dead stacks" at the table increases.