house fees

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how can poker sites get away with charging such high house fees for the higher limit games? i mean really, what is the difference in the service they offer between a $5+.50 game and a $200+15 game? you're paying $14.50 more for the exact same thing. granted the $200 one may take a little longer because the players are better, but not that much longer.

to me it seems like a complete crime and i can't believe people pay it. in fact, not only do they make more off the fee, but those higher stake players will often have thousands of dollars in their account at any given time which allows the site to invest that money and make more off of it.