Re: Why people struggle at 1/2
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0.05 per pot is $5 per 100, or 1/4 BB per player per 100 hands... quite a bit of money over the long term.
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I'm not saying it's not a lot of money over time. I'm arguing that this increase in rake does not account for why players are struggling to beat $1/2 and why they have such large swings.
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In a great game, this isn't a big deal, but in a tough game, this could actually kill the game.
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I seriously doubt there are $1/2 games tough enough that the rake will kill it.
Let me rephrase my position a little. If everything else were precisely equal, players making 3 BB/100 at $.50/1 would make 2.75 BB/100 at $1/2. But since things are not precisely equal, players making 3 BB/100 at $.50/1 are struggling to make 1 BB/100 at $1/2. The rake alone does *NOT* account for this deviation. There must be other problems (such as the inability to adjust to game conditions, ie when the game gets a little tight).
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