[pokerrookie]

I've never understood this complaint.

Suppose a casino rakes 5% of the pot at a 5/10$ game. Pot reaches 100, house takes 5, player wins 95.

Play at a 5/10pound game with 5% rake. Pot reaches 100 pounds. House takes 5, player wins 95. One can bitch that in the pound example, the house took more, but you must also note that the player won more. It isn't as if the house counts your winnings in dollars while taking the equivalent rake in pounds.

Perhaps I am missing something, but this complaint never made much sense to me.