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For the nl/pl games, you can get damn near 90% raked, which is a catch-22.

Clears fast, but it kind of sucks to have it broken down into nickel rake.

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For a bonus whore, this doesn't suck. You can post and fold and make back more than the blinds in the NL 25 games. You will pay $0.35 in blinds every orbit and get 6+ raked hands in a full game. For added profit, don't fold AA. See my Basic Strategy for short-stacked NLHE, which was designed for clearing bonuses.

For a winning player, the 5% rake on tiny pots isn't worse than limit. Winning low stakes limit players often win about as much as their share of the rake or less, but low stakes NL players often win several times as much as the rake they pay. In low limit games, the rake can be 2.5-4 BB/100. In NL 100 on Party, the rake is about 4 PTBB/100 ($8/100), but many players win about 10 PTBB/100. Similarly, the low limit SNGs are raked 9%, but many players have a ROI of up to 30%.