Why small stakes players should move up in limit as soon as possible.

[theriverwild]

Recently i dropped back down from 10/20 and 15/30 games to 2/4 to perfect my game. After 10k hands I'm doing fine at 2bb per 100 hands, but this morning I decided to calculate the amount of rake I payed at low limit. As it turned out at 2/4 I am paying 7 cents per hand or $7.00/100 hands. Almost 2 big bets per hundred hands. It's pretty clear this accounts for a substantial portion of what would be a players winnings at this limit, and many players that might be break even or slight losers would be doing better if the rake wasn't such a large portion of the pot. Rake back will help conpensate this disadvantage, but even at 30% RB you're still paying $5.90/100 hands which is substantial.

If you have a bankroll that's even decent and ability you should be moving out of low limit as soon as possible.