[andyfox]

"The three or four extra hands per hour gained using shuffle machines makes up for part of this, but some players seem to tip less since "the machine" gave them the lucky cards."

Plus, at Commerce, the switchover, in the mid-limits section, from a time collection to raking the pot has meant almost all blinds now chop, so there are fewer flopped hands per hour than there would have been had they stayed with a time collection.

(However, there is also now a lot more walking, which means shorter handed games, which means more hands per hour.)