Quote Originally Posted by deacon_bluez
Quote Originally Posted by TLR
20% rake is a killer, try to move to the 3.25/3.40 ASAP
A killer? Aren't we talking about the difference of a dime between 10% and 20% here? I know the guy's br is very tight right now, but....

Good luck on the br project.
Lets assume your ROI in a game with 10% rake is 20%, which is a decent ROI for a good player.
With buy in X and Rake 0.1X long term you win
0.2*1.1X = 0.22X, suppose I tell you you have to pay 0.1X more for each game, now your average win is 0.22X-0.1X = 0.12X, so you lose about 50% of your profit over the rake.

Going a step further I would say that if the rake was 30% (i.e $1+30c) the game would be pretty much unbeatable