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1) $5 rake plus $2 for promotion is pretty standard. $8 of just straight rake is arguably a better structure for 1/2NL because all the money you save raking $2 on $20-29 pots probably makes up for that extra $1 your rake in 40bb+ pots.
2) $20/hr is probably crushing. I wouldn't expect to crush, so I don't know, like minimum wage? 1/2NL is a great place to learn the game, but long-term, you need a plan for how to build your bankroll (eg: have a day job so all winnings can stay toward your bankroll).
3) No, a big part of your transition to big bet games is going to be relying less on pot odds and relying more on things like implied odds, reverse implied odds, equity realization, etc. Basically, it cost a lot of money to make it to showdown in NLHE especially OOP in multi-way pots, so you need hands that can withstand pressure and/or can win big pots.
4) Theory and Practice is fundamental. As far as practical how-to guides on beating a certain game, I'm pretty skeptical of those sorts of books.
I notice you've posted on LLSNL. Best advice i can say is to take everything you read there with a ginormous grain of salt. One of the worst poker forums (almost certainly the worst sub on 2p2). I guess my advice there is to not give people with a lot of posts the benefit of the doubt, regardless of how self-assured they seem. Post counts in LLSNL are like bars in Halo: if you've played that much and haven't improved your rank, that's more of a slight against you than an endorsement of your skill.
It might not even hurt to read HHs in MSSNL alongside ones from LLSNL as a sort of sanity check.
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