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OK folks, Friday night, I open up a $2/$4 table that is in the mid range of average pots on Party. Let it run for 1.5 hours, take the first 80 hands and then ran them through every major sites rake structure.

The action seemed to get a bit wild at times so the sample average pot is higher than the analysis yesterday.. anyhoo.

The GOOD:

POKERSTARS IS GOD. 3.17% average rake, they take $1 at $20, @$40 and then not til $70

The good include: Fulltilt, Paradise, & Truepoker at 3.38%, very nice, only $1 for every $20.

Party and the Gaming Club start at $1 for $20 pot and take 50 cents for every $10 extra.. just ok at 3.82%

Absolute and Pacific take $.50 for every $10, and start at $10 for 4.19% average rake.

The bastards at Cryptos and UltimateBet feel it is necessary to take $.25 for every $5 out there for 4.51%

The greed award goes to Pokerroom, $.80 rake for $8-$23 pot, then $2 rake for higher. They chimed in at 5.23% tonight.

To recap in order of good to sucks:

Pokerstars 3.17
Fulltilt 3.38
Paradise 3.38
Truepoker 3.38
Party 3.82
Gaming Club 3.82
Absolute 4.19
Pacific 4.19
Crypots 4.51
UltimateBet 4.51
Pokerroom 5.23

Try doing some other levels later. Any sites I miss?

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Yup. That is why my *unmentionable* piles up faster
at AP than Party. That, and one fewer player per full
table.