[Jax_Grinder]

Interesting info on that site, thanks. In my calculation I tried to backdoor the number of hands raked by tracking the turnover on the bad beat counter ($.5 per hand - came out to $60 per minute over a 3 minute period...i extrapolated that to 2 raked hands per second over the 75 bad beat tables and used that as an average for all ring tables of 60 raked hands per second). Your methodology and assumptions may be more accurate (who knows), but the number, including tourney fees, still comes out to well in excess of $1B for the year....if they don't continue to add players at the rate of +25% per month.