How can fish NOT know about rake? Outrageous true example.

[Synergistic Explosions]

OK, this happened last night. I was playing a new network that a big former Prima site switched to. They have these promo's going that pay for every 10,000-1,000,000 even hands. Plus a black jack promo. So I wanted to try to win one of those magic numbered hands and went to the highest limit game going on there. .25/.50 it was. Good enough to qualify.

So anyways, before the magic hand goes off, the software crashes as it always does every 15 minutes or so. I thought it was just on my end, but when I reconnected I was the first person back to the table and everyone was then folded around to me and I took the pot that was stalled. Then the software booted everyone but me, and some new player sat down at the same time.

I decided to stay and play for the hell of it. I had 28 bucks and the new guy had 12. He kept rivering me the first 10 hands, really pissed me off. I had 17 and he had 17 at one point.

So then I decided to wipe him out for spite, cuz I hate being rivered like that when he calls with no odds everytime. 15 minutes later, he had nothing left.

Guess how much I had, after playing a total of about 20 minutes at the most heads up? I had 26. I started with 28.
So for 20 minutes of play we paid 14 bucks in rake.

How can a fish not notice when he wipes someone out and ends up with less money than he started???

So to those who say fish don't notice or care about rake, I think that can't be true for long. Eventually they'll realize at low limits where fish start, it's impossible to win. Then they won't continue further into higher stakes because they'll feel they suck at poker. Even though they may be pretty good. But the rake just sucks out everything from their bankroll.

Sites, listen up, don't rape the beginning micro limit players like this. Keep the rake down so they can get started and move up in limits.