Live 1/1 Cash Game Rake Free
Hey all,
In Sydney, Australia we have this great value live cash game of $1/$1 in pubs and clubs around the city, these games are rake free and im wondering how this will affect preflop ranges.
Games usually run full ring,
Do I get to open wider and call wider due to the factor of no rake?
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Yes. But be aware that opening wider is fraught, as everyone will call. Don't c-bet air much at all. The name of this game will be "make a hand and get paid."
The rake shouldn't really impact your opening range. It's likely a game of people who don't play poker much and are probably all over the place. I'd play tighter than usual and expect people to be playing most anything.
Hey all,
In Sydney, Australia we have this great value live cash game of $1/$1 in pubs and clubs around the city, these games are rake free and im wondering how this will affect preflop ranges.
Games usually run full ring,
Do I get to open wider and call wider due to the factor of no rake?
The factor of no rake is at least 2 orders of magnitude below the factor of how your opponents play.
These games are really good - you can see more speculative hands like suited connecters that you would fold in a raked game unless the player is really bad.
Hands like 9s8s 7s8s 7s6s are folded UTG in a raked game but you probably open them in an unraked game assuming everyone is at least 100bb for 3bb and they don't 3b a lot.
It doesn't change the opening ranges that drastically, but it helps your win rate a lot - and keeps the money on the table so when you hit a hand you can get fully paid. The rake takes about $150-$200 off the table an hour depending on how fast your dealer is.
