A rake in simple terms is the fee/commission taken by the host of your game after a particular game is dealt with and finished. The amount or the percentage of rake is finalised before the deal between the players takes place.
There are various patterns of rake in which the host collects his share.
1. Time collection - This type of rake is collected after a certain time in each game. Usually, after half an hour from a pot or a player, depending upon the bet rules set before the game. These types of rakes are usually set during a higher investment game.
2. Pot rake - This type of rake is set and collected when more money is involved in the game. The set bet usually varies between 2.5% to 10% of the total amount.
3. Dead drop - A set amount of commission is fixed for the rake for a particular deal. This rake is collected by the host once the money is put in by the players in the pot before the actual game is started.
How does this rake affect the Poker strategy of a player?
In every bet, when there are more than 5 players involved, there is a Rake cap which is 2$ usually. If not, the players have to pay the pre-decided amount to their host as per rules.
It is a pattern that the higher amount you budge in, the lesser you tend to pay for the rake, as the amount gets escalated through rake cap. Otherwise, at times when there are fewer players involved, they end up paying a huge amount to the middlemen. All this leads to a player concentrating more on the rake that he has to pay every now and then and less on the game where he has to concentrate a lot more than anything.
Let's compare the stakes.
1. Micro stake - In micro stakes, you don't usually reach the level where you hit the rake cap limit. Hence, those small bets lead you to pay the entire rake amount fixed at once.
2. Small stakes - In small stakes, the rake cap level is easily hit since the number of players involved in the bet is also 5+ and the amount put in by each player is considerably higher than that in the micro stakes.
3. Middle/high stakes - When the amount involved in a deal is higher than expected and exceeds the amount of rake cap, the players then have to pay very less amount to the 3rd party. Since the rakes are decided on the basis of the amount invested, the higher the bet amount, the lesser is what has to be paid each time according to the rake cap. Well, as it looks very convenient to put more money in the bets, it isn't in a true sense. It is a risky business that the poker players deal with on daily basis.
This tip helps the dealers survive in the business and making the game easy to manage even for the players. So, to win big, keep paying. Oops, we meant, keep playing!
There are various patterns of rake in which the host collects his share.
1. Time collection - This type of rake is collected after a certain time in each game. Usually, after half an hour from a pot or a player, depending upon the bet rules set before the game. These types of rakes are usually set during a higher investment game.
2. Pot rake - This type of rake is set and collected when more money is involved in the game. The set bet usually varies between 2.5% to 10% of the total amount.
3. Dead drop - A set amount of commission is fixed for the rake for a particular deal. This rake is collected by the host once the money is put in by the players in the pot before the actual game is started.
How does this rake affect the Poker strategy of a player?
In every bet, when there are more than 5 players involved, there is a Rake cap which is 2$ usually. If not, the players have to pay the pre-decided amount to their host as per rules.
It is a pattern that the higher amount you budge in, the lesser you tend to pay for the rake, as the amount gets escalated through rake cap. Otherwise, at times when there are fewer players involved, they end up paying a huge amount to the middlemen. All this leads to a player concentrating more on the rake that he has to pay every now and then and less on the game where he has to concentrate a lot more than anything.
Let's compare the stakes.
1. Micro stake - In micro stakes, you don't usually reach the level where you hit the rake cap limit. Hence, those small bets lead you to pay the entire rake amount fixed at once.
2. Small stakes - In small stakes, the rake cap level is easily hit since the number of players involved in the bet is also 5+ and the amount put in by each player is considerably higher than that in the micro stakes.
3. Middle/high stakes - When the amount involved in a deal is higher than expected and exceeds the amount of rake cap, the players then have to pay very less amount to the 3rd party. Since the rakes are decided on the basis of the amount invested, the higher the bet amount, the lesser is what has to be paid each time according to the rake cap. Well, as it looks very convenient to put more money in the bets, it isn't in a true sense. It is a risky business that the poker players deal with on daily basis.
This tip helps the dealers survive in the business and making the game easy to manage even for the players. So, to win big, keep paying. Oops, we meant, keep playing!
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