5%/$5max vs. 10%/$5max @ 1/2 NL live

Bumbaclat

I currently play 2 weekly home games for extra cash while I'm in school. They are both 1/2 NLHE. They are also both raked 5%/$5max. I've been averaging $16/hour which I find satisfactory for my humble needs while I'm a student. I was thinking about picking up a third game but it is raked 10%/$5max. How can I expect that to affect my win rate? Can anybody provide rough numbers?

JimmyHo

why not try the Orangeville games on a Sunday... no rake= no calc!

ReefAquarium

Bumbaclat wrote: »

I currently play 2 weekly home games for extra cash while I'm in school. They are both 1/2 NLHE. They are also both raked 5%/$5max. I've been averaging $16/hour which I find satisfactory for my humble needs while I'm a student. I was thinking about picking up a third game but it is raked 10%/$5max. How can I expect that to affect my win rate? Can anybody provide rough numbers?

Rake has a huge effect on your game.

Tightness, aggression and stack sizes will effect how much the rake changes the game.

In this case you will pay the most drastic changes for pots of $50 where you will be raked $5 rather than $2.

Worst case:If there are 30 pots of $50 an hour this will mean an extra $90 leaving the table. If you win 3 pots an hour that will mean an extra $9 less per hour that you're making. That's about $90 over a ten hour session or $4500 over the course of a year playing once a week.