Rake in live cash games - how much..?

[Moskvich]

Inspired by the genial debate elsewhere on the forum, it occurs to me that from my limited experience of playing live cash games I don't really know how much of my money disappears into the house's box.

Can anyone tell me what the standard rake or table charge is in casinos and poker rooms, and how much this amounts to per hour? So for example, in a £1/2 pot limit game - what in your experience is the average rake per hour or per hand? And for £1/1, or £2/5?

Comments elsewhere suggest that paying per hour for your seat is generally better value, but I'd love to have some firm(ish) numbers, if anyone can help. Much appreciated, thanks.

[Ironside]

dont know the exact figures but on a full table your cheaper paying rake

short handed your cheaper paying per hour


so unless your in a busy card room like dtd your better off paying per hour

problem with paying per hour though is it can kill the game as as soon as

people are due to pay for another hour you can get 3-4 leaving and the rest desiding to give up aswell

[Stone]

I played in the Grosvenor Victoria last week on the 50p/£1 self deal 9 handed jobbie, the table charge is £3 per 30mins. My feeling is that taking £6 per hour from even a good win rate, makes the game pretty unbeatable.

So I moved up to £1/£2 rake game where it a 5% rake from a pot, not 100% sure but I think its capped at £10. For my quiet tight style it worked out really well, got involved in 3 big pots won 2 nearly got felted in the other, still ended nicely up. I am convinced my hourly rate would be better on the rake table.

At DTD it 5% for both the 50p/£1 and £1/£2 I think.

[boldie]

I played in the Grosvenor Victoria last week on the 50p/£1 self deal 9 handed jobbie, the table charge is £3 per 30mins. My feeling is that taking £6 per hour from even a good win rate, makes the game pretty unbeatable.

So I moved up to £1/£2 rake game where it a 5% rake from a pot, not 100% sure but I think its capped at £10. For my quiet tight style it worked out really well, got involved in 3 big pots won 2 nearly got felted in the other, still ended nicely up. I am convinced my hourly rate would be better on the rake table.

At DTD it 5% for both the 50p/£1 and £1/£2 I think.

surely 6£ an hour is beatable on a .50-1£ full ring table?

[Alex Scott]

surely 6£ an hour is beatable on a .50-1£ full ring table?

A lot of people talk about 9-10 big blinds per 100 hands being a reasonable win rate in the long run in No Limit Hold'em - that's about £3 an hour in a dealer-dealt game at the Vic and £2 or less in a self-dealt game. If you're paying £6 an hour, you need to be a really big winner in the game to still come out with a profit.

I suspect that at the Vic, it's still possible to come out ahead because the standard of play in those games is so laughable. But most people would probably be better off moving up to £1/£2, which is dealer-dealt and raked, as soon as they can afford it.

[boldie]

surely 6£ an hour is beatable on a .50-1£ full ring table?

A lot of people talk about 9-10 big blinds per 100 hands being a reasonable win rate in the long run in No Limit Hold'em - that's about £3 an hour in a dealer-dealt game at the Vic and £2 or less in a self-dealt game. If you're paying £6 an hour, you need to be a really big winner in the game to still come out with a profit.

I suspect that at the Vic, it's still possible to come out ahead because the standard of play in those games is so laughable. But most people would probably be better off moving up to £1/£2, which is dealer-dealt and raked, as soon as they can afford it.

ah allright..didn't know the small game wasn't deaer dealt.

[LLevan]

I find it hard to believe that a raked game takes less money off the table than an hourly session fee but since I haven't played live for a long time who am I to speak.

[boldie]

I find it hard to believe that a raked game takes less money off the table than an hourly session fee but since I haven't played live for a long time who am I to speak.

I tend to find that a raked game tends to pay more than an hourly fee..which is why most places have a rake

[Royal Flush]

I find it hard to believe that a raked game takes less money off the table than an hourly session fee but since I haven't played live for a long time who am I to speak.

They don't charges are better

[I KNOW IT]

I find it hard to believe that a raked game takes less money off the table than an hourly session fee but since I haven't played live for a long time who am I to speak.

They don't charges are better

[Alex Scott]

I think it depends a lot on the stakes you play relative to the charge. £6/hr at £0.50/£1 is pretty high in my opinion. I doubt you would pay that much in rake in one hour at those stakes unless you were super-loose.

[Moskvich]

Thanks for the answers, but is anyone able to answer the original main question, even in an approximate way? How much does the house take out of a £1/1 or $1/2 PL game per hour, on average?

Obviously my question is inspired by the Royal thread, where they said they took about £80/hour out of the game (through a 5% rake, max £20) and several posters leapt down their throats about it, saying it had to be much more. I clearly don't want to reopen that specific debate, but I would love to know if anyone actually had a good grasp of how much should be coming out of a game per hour.

[jackinbeat]

Thanks for the answers, but is anyone able to answer the original main question, even in an approximate way? How much does the house take out of a £1/1 or $1/2 PL game per hour, on average?

Obviously my question is inspired by the Royal thread, where they said they took about £80/hour out of the game (through a 5% rake, max £20) and several posters leapt down their throats about it, saying it had to be much more. I clearly don't want to reopen that specific debate, but I would love to know if anyone actually had a good grasp of how much should be coming out of a game per hour.

it's 5% capped at £10 mate, and we don't round up £39 is still £1..

for that we average around £70-£100 an hour for a full rng game (10 players)..or there about, as i'm only a dealer i don't count up but can make a pretty accurate guess..

[Moskvich]

it's 5% capped at £10

Apologies - I knew that actually, was a typo... thanks for pointing it out.

[RichEO]

This week during GUKPT manchester, the session fee was £10 / hour. I reckon I paid £600 this week. Although I would have paid less in a rake game, the table as a whole would be down a lot more money, and subsequent pots would be smaller etc with the fishy players paying more and going broke quicker. Sessions make a better game IMO.

Bring on the £5 / hour this week. Can't get better than that.