Please excuse my noobness. But is the jackpot drop you speak of $1 for every hand you play? or is that a timed thing?

Also, when you say that you pay $6 or whatever per half hour, is there a rake charged on top of this?

I've only played BnM twice in my life, my local casino only started playing poker about 3 weeks ago. Their structure is $1 for everyhand you play (ie $1 to get your cards), but they never take a rake from the pot and there is no time charge and no jackpot drop.

They run two games, 5/10 and 10/20. My first instinct was that this is way too high at 5/10, being that it is 10BB/100hands. It is always 10 handed, and they generally get through 10-15 hands/hour.

My question is, how do you think this compares to a traditional rake or time charge. The $1 charge is the same at the 5/10 game as it is at the 10/20 game. Obviously this makes the 10/20 game better to play. The players are very bad.