what is a typical rake?

[princeof56k 0]

What is a typical rake at a B&M casino? I've only been to Harrahs in Lake Charles and the rake there is 10% with a maximum of $5 (I play at the 3/6/12 tables). Is this high or average? I'm just curious as to if I should look for a casino with a more favorable rake or if this is as good as it gets. Thanks.

[KDawgCometh 2]

that's the going rate for the most part. This is why you can't make a living playing live small stakes, its too hard to beat the rake

[MasterLJ 0]

Most places I play at cap at 4 for up to 4/8. One place in particular keeps that same rake for 10/20. The higher the stakes the less rake impacts you generally speaking. Then you are also somewhat compelled to tip the dealer (which I do all the time). Thus, it's pretty difficult to beat the rake/tip.

[Smasharoo 0]

that's the going rate for the most part. This is why you can't make a living playing live small stakes, its too hard to beat the rakePfft, that's not true. Well, you can't make a living because you make like $10 an hour, but live small stakes games are certainly beatable long term. The horrible play of your oppisition easily compensates for the rake.

[KDawgCometh 2]

that's the going rate for the most part. This is why you can't make a living playing live small stakes, its too hard to beat the rakePfft, that's not true. Well, you can't make a living because you make like $10 an hour, but live small stakes games are certainly beatable long term. The horrible play of your oppisition easily compensates for the rake.

I didn't say that they can't be beaten, just that you can't make a living

[Smasharoo 0]

I didn't say that they can't be beaten, just that you can't make a livingYou siad you couldn't make a living because of the rake.You couldn't make a living with no rake.

[KDawgCometh 2]

I didn't say that they can't be beaten, just that you can't make a livingYou siad you couldn't make a living because of the rake.You couldn't make a living with no rake.

touche

[Vade 0]

Sadly, if you could make 10 dollars an hour after the rake, and you played 40+ hours a week, you'd be making double the minimum wage in the U.S.

[PestoSauce 0]

the rake usually does not include a dollar for bad beat jackpots or high hand bonuses, and then the dealer tips.

[MrConceit 0]

What is a typical rake at a B&M casino? I've only been to Harrahs in Lake Charles and the rake there is 10% with a maximum of $5 (I play at the 3/6/12 tables). Is this high or average? I'm just curious as to if I should look for a casino with a more favorable rake or if this is as good as it gets. Thanks.

That seems typical with what I've seen outside of vegas. 5-6 bucks max rake seems the norm sadly. Vegas is usually 4 dollars max (or occasionally, but rarely, 3), is this correct you vegas-people?And as others said, this doesn't include the almost necessary toking when you win big pots (or win any pots depending).The lower rake and no toking is one of the advantages of online play, along of course with easier table selection, player notes/stats, more hands per hour, and multi-tabling. The obvious downside is lack of social interaction, no free booze, and no COMPARABLE tells (for those live-poker purists). Sure you have some online tells, but not on the same magnitude.

[UglyJimStudly 0]

What is a typical rake at a B&M casino? I've only been to Harrahs in Lake Charles and the rake there is 10% with a maximum of $5 (I play at the 3/6/12 tables). Is this high or average?

Where I play, I believe it's 10% of pots $10 and over, to a maximum of $3 at the low-limit tables (2/4, 4/8, and 6/12, another buck is raked from those tables for the bad beat jackpot when the pot goes over $20), and a maximum of $4 at the higher limits and the no-limit tables, where there is no jackpot. Pots under $10 - which really only happen at 2/4, and then only rarely - don't get raked. Might go up to a $5 maximum at really big limits, the biggest game they regularly spread is $20/$40 but they occasionally set up bigger games on request.Overtipping actually bugs me more than the rake. I can minimize the rake by moving up in limits and building big pots, but seeing people toss more than the customary buck to the dealer tip fund is annoying since it's outside of my control. Tips don't go to specific dealers at my local casino, they're put into a common fund and doled out equally to all the dealers, even the table games staff downstairs. So tossing a big tip to reward excellence simply doesn't work, tossing a buck a pot means the table is contributing about $30-$40/hour to general dealer wages, which seems like plenty to me.