OT: Party vs Stars (ROI impact)

[Dr_Jeckyl_00]

Saturday I opened a Stars account because I could not log into Party. I was happy to see that the turbos had a lower rake! ... But only 9 players??? So I wondered if this lower rake would improve my currently break-even [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] ROI. So I put this little analysis together. Other factors such as skill level will affect ROI, but I don't know how to measure that. Does anyone know if Stars players (at the low buy-ins) are better/worse than Party players? Anyway here is my quick analysis.

..................Stars......Party
# Games..............12.........12
# Players.............9.........10
Buy-In...........$15.00.....$10.00
Fee...............$1.00......$1.00
Total Buy-In.....$16.00.....$11.00
Rake %.............6.7%......10.0%

Payout %
1st.................50% 50%
2nd.................30% 30%
3rd.................20% 20%
OOTM.................0% 0%

1st Finishes..........1..........1
2nd Finishes..........1..........1
3rd Finishes..........3..........3
OOTM..................7..........7
Total Games Played...12.........12

Cost.............$192.00...$132.00
Winnings.........$189.00...$140.00
Profit/(Loss)....$(3.00).....$8.00

ROI %.............-1.6%.......6.1%
ITM %.............41.7%......41.7%

So I guess I need to stay at Party because that one additional player outways the lower rake... unless their servers are down... and obviously continue to work on my 'break-even' game [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]