Is this beatable because of rake/drop/greed?
So I haven't played poker in over 5 years but this past weekend I played about 10 hours in two days. The structure at this cardroom for rake is 6$ + 2$ (jackpot) once the pot reaches 50.00. Every 30 minutes at the dealer change they played a double board bomb pot and took double rake and jackpot (12+4). Some of these bomb pots took 10 minutes to sort out and I swear there were some dealers that only dealt one orbit of the button per 30 minutes. So less than 30 hands an hour.
The game was 1/2 NL and the buyin is 60-200 max. Over the ten or so hours on three different tables I only saw a few stacks over 400 and it just seemed like a cash grab by the card room in terms of rake.
Sure most of the players seemed horrendous but it just felt like the game was unprofitable. I played in this room before and the rake was 5+1 and it seemed like stacks were bigger.
Even though this is 1/2 and everyone was terrible. Is this game still beatable based on how much money was coming off the table per hour? They spread a 1/3 but that's the biggest game that runs with a 200-500 buyin.
Would the correct strategy be to avoid the bomb pots and play SUPER tight? Thanks in advance!
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30 hands an hour is absurdly quick for a live game
They are dealing insanely fast or the table is not seeing many flops if the bomb pots are taking 10 minutes π
If the bomb pots are PLO and the players are bad, I'd play; if not, skip. Just play your A game and adjust to how the others are playing.
Math much? Are poker players actually re-tard-ed? Boycott WSOP Circuit! With tournament rake over 20% even in $300+ events is proof of fact! All WSOP circuit should be boycotted! I don’t know how anyone thinks they can beat 20+% tournament rake, the pro and semi pro’s are losing the most money. Why don’t pros form a union and boycott the high rake? I’ve met too many players who gladly pay 25% WSOP rakes and they violently defend it when I present my opinion!!! Are poker players really desperate gambling addicts or simply dumb???