How is the rake structure where you play? (1 Viewer)

[thorwilliam]

Just curious about how much you pay in rake in the casinos and cardrooms you play in.

The poker room I mostly play in charges 5% capped at $18 for a game slightly bigger than $1/2. (Usually $1/2/5 though)

For tournaments the rake is 10% of initial buyin plus $12 to cover dealer cost.

 

[DrStrange]

The places I play, there is no rake, seat charge or fee. The only exception is when we play at the bar, there is a mandatory tip for the staff who walk up and down the stairs all night bringing food and drink.

 

[duffman]

Maryland Live - 10% to a $5 max...no flop no drop. Reduced rake at 6 players or less.

 

[Anthony]

The casino in NZ has $2/$4 lowest stakes (approx $1.6/$3.20 USD) and the rake is 10% capped at $15.

 

[thorwilliam]

Anyone else playing in raked games?

 

[detroitdad]

I used to play at a cigar shop around the corner. Tourney's were 20+2. No matter how many people played they only paid out the top two. I routinely cashed even though I was new at poker at this time. The cash game they took a max of 5 bucks, 1 per 10. Illegal as hell, but very profitable.

I stopped playing when I saw some dudes shooting up and selling drugs to each other. I had about 20 bucks on the table. I just got up and left. Didn't even cash out. A few months later they ended up getting shut down.

 

[Rhodeman77]

I played in a raked home game. $2 if there is a flop. I think it might go to $3 now if there is an all-in and a call.

For a raked game it is the best deal in town. Provides beer, pizza, and snacks. Great action of course is the main reason the game happens though. Some big fish routinely play.

 

[Seeking Alpha Social Club]

No rake at the Seeking Alpha Social Club. Some of my neighbors used to have a tip jar out to cover the keg when they hosted, but we live in Virginia where acceptance of any money can be construed as an illegal poker game. Thus, the beer flows for free at SASC.(y) :thumbsup:

 

[Kain8]

Casino in town rakes 10% up to max of $5 plus a jackpot dollar. Pretty standard fare. Though I did see one preflop all-in hand this past weekend that was around a $200 pot, dealer forgot to rake it. Never said a word

 

[manamongkids]

my game takes $1 for any pot that hits $30, basically covers paying my dealer tips are not required but encouraged as i do provide beverages

 

[GoStumpy]

10% up to $6 max at my local Casino

 

[kmccormick100]

Appalling. Most casinos in CA have a flat drop, here in SJ it's $6 if you see a flop even in a $1/2 and $1/3 game, but it's the same for $2/5 and $5/10 I think. None of that goes to bad beat jackpots either.

This is one of the many reasons I mostly only play home games here, there's at least 2-3 $.50/1 games a week to play.

 

[jiratic]

The Star (currently the only casino in a city of 4million + (Sydney)

10% rake pot-capped at 10 AUD PLUS time charge of 5 AUD PPPH

 

[Stylin]

Casinos I play at (Hollywood and sands) rake 10% up to 6+1 and 7+1, the +1 is bad beat. There are a few local games that don't rake, dedicated dealers earn tips or you don't get invited back. Home game rakes, or any kind of entry fee make you a casino here. However, you can get away with overcharging for food. I've thought about an optional add-on for tourneys that would go to the house, but I haven't looked into the legality of that yet.

 

[Nex]

Seeing all those high percentage-based rakes in US casinos, I guess the handful of state-run casinos here in Germany are really moderate with theirs. Below an example for one that's just under an hour's drive away.

NLHE €2/€4 with fixed €100 buyin, if I understood that correctly (they offer €5/€10 at €200 stakes and €10/€20 for any stakes bigger than €200 as well).
No rake for pots up to €50, then €4 if pot is €51-200, and €8 if pot is anything over €200.
So basically about 7.8% in the very worst case and more or less steadily falling the bigger the pot gets.

FLHE €20/€40 has a similar structure with rake at 4.9% worst case.

However I think I recently read somewhere that most of those casinos aren't profitable and barely manage to break even. Also have no idea what kind of games the majority of the crowd there usually is after. Poker doesn't seem to be particularly big in those casinos in general as they only have one or two tables. Maybe they're lacking the visitor numbers – they're right out in the sticks, plus there's a strict dresscode enforced. No sports coat, no entry.

 

[Gunnar]

Wow Clubs in Iceland all use the same formula

1us$ is 115kr

So game 100/200 min buy in 10.000kr no max normal buy in around 50.000
Rake 5% max 4000
Rake starts at 2000 in pot

If blinds are 200/500
Rake 5% max 8000
Rake starts at 3000

My homegame has a fixed rake
Club members have to be invited by a club member to join , join fee is 5000kr

On poker night club members pay 500kr to enter and guests pay 1500kr


Tournaments in Iceland usually take 10% rake dealers or not ...

 

[jbutler]

You're gonna want to lube up before you hear what I pay in rake in Atlanta because it's not pretty. All $1/3 ($500 or biggest stack cap) and $5/5 (no cap) NLHE games rake 10% up to $10. The PLO games which play with a unique button blind structure (button can post live $5, $10, or $15 at his discretion) rake 10% up to $15.

Closest drive to live casino poker is 2.5 hours to Cherokee, NC. Unfortunately, PLO only goes reliably during a tournament series. Otherwise $2/5 NLHE is the best you're going to get the vast majority of the time.

 

[12thMan]

Holy fuck, I can't wait to tell people about that rake when they bitch at my casino. Everybody thinks it's ridiculous but from what I understand Washington has some of the cheapest rake in the country.

Edit: Forgot to include what the rake is, 10% $3 max with another $2 going to the PSJ pool so $5 total. I heard somewhere that rake was approved to go up by a dollar this summer though, not sure if it's true, haven't bothered to look and find out.

 

[Jambine]

In Colorado it's usually 10% with a max rake of $4 to $6

 

[Dustin_J]

10% to $4 with a 1$ bad beat drop around here. Not too shabby.

 

[JustinInMN]

In Minnesota (Canterbury Park and Running Aces) most games are 10% up to $5.

Canterbury does a $1 promotion drop (including the BBJ) when the pot hits $15, Running Aces does a $2 drop but funds more promotions and does a higher comp rate. (But Canterbury will always be my room of choice.)

The percentage at Canterbury drops for higher LHE games (6/12, 8/16 are 5%, 20/40 is 5% with a max of $4, 40/80 is 2.5% up to $4, AKA $1 on every $40 up to $160, usually not always hit pf)

We have no-flop, no-drop and the max drops when games are less than 6 handed.

The max went up to $5 about 10 years ago IIRC (from $4), and if I had to guess, I bet $6 rake is coming in the next few years.

I played at Grand Victoria in Elgin, IL two summers a go and at 1-2 NLHE they were dropping 7 + 1. never played in a game raked that high in my life before or since.

 

[Payback]

In Minnesota (Canterbury Park and Running Aces) most games are 10% up to $5.

Canterbury does a $1 promotion drop (including the BBJ) when the pot hits $15, Running Aces does a $2 drop but funds more promotions and does a higher comp rate. (But Canterbury will always be my room of choice.)

The percentage at Canterbury drops for higher LHE games (6/12, 8/16 are 5%, 20/40 is 5% with a max of $4, 40/80 is 2.5% up to $4, AKA $1 on every $40 up to $160, usually not always hit pf)

We have no-flop, no-drop and the max drops when games are less than 6 handed.

The max went up to $5 about 10 years ago IIRC (from $4), and if I had to guess, I bet $6 rake is coming in the next few years.

I played at Grand Victoria in Elgin, IL two summers a go and at 1-2 NLHE they were dropping 7 + 1. never played in a game raked that high in my life before or since.

Go south of Elign to Aurora. 8+2 with a 200 max at the NL game.They were literally taking 1.5 buys ins per hour so the average stack is usually 70-80. The 20/40 limit holdem game or 15/30 Omaha or OE games were 5+0. Much better deal which is usually the game I played in if I had to. Either way all IL rooms are terrible.

 

[JustinInMN]

Go south of Elign to Aurora. 8+2 with a 200 max at the NL game.They were literally taking 1.5 buys ins per hour so the average stack is usually 70-80. The 20/40 limit holdem game or 15/30 Omaha or OE games were 5+0. Much better deal which is usually the game I played in if I had to. Either way all IL rooms are terrible.

Yikes, the underrated thing about LHE is how much faster it is. Because Minnesota has always had a betting limit, now 100, formerly 60, LHE is still very common. So they can probably rake less per hand and still be okay.

With the increase to the 100 limit they developed a 2-100 spread limit game which plays like 1-2 with a 100 limit on bets and raises. But it's a much slower game.

 

[colter ripton]

10% up to 5 dollars. Plus 1 for the bad beat jackpot usually.

 

[glom]

5 +2 for bad beat and high hand. $500 max buy 2/5 game, or $300 max buy 1/2 game.

 

[Scott Andrews]

I was in the Hollywood Aurora this past weekend and they were taking a Max of $6+$1+$1. Rake, bad beat and Promotions. That was in the $1/$2 NLHE games. With about $3k on the table the rake did not feel to bad.

 

[bg26892]

Anyone know the rake at MGM live in MD?

 

[Annorax]

The last one I played at was taking $1 preflop + 10% up to $20 in a 1/2 PLO game. This was an illegal room in Austin, though... the legal ones now are much more reasonable.

 

[v1pe]

In Portland the rooms charge a "daily membership fee" - at the club I play in it's $15 per day. Tables aren't raked otherwise.

 

[Payback]

In Portland the rooms charge a "daily membership fee" - at the club I play in it's $15 per day. Tables aren't raked otherwise.

Damn that's insanely low if that's only when you play. How are they paying dealers, overhead, etc with that? What kind of stakes/number of players come out.