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FTP (micro stakes) rake question

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  1. kgil33 kgil33 is offline

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    Jul 26th, 2009 (7/26/2009 12:16pm)

    So I am sitting in my continuing education seminar and decide to play 1c/2c Omaha to kill time. I split a multiway pot with another player and noticed I still lost money (granted, only 1c total) so I went to look for FTPs rake info page. Either my search skills failed, or they don't have info on it.

    They raked 18c on a 1c/2c game. I find it odd that they'd rake 9x the bb. Is it just me? It's not the money (obviously) - it's the % of rake v stakes that blew me away.

    Does FTP have a rake section on their site? I need something to read while the gal in the front of the room talks about CPT and ICD-9 codes...
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    Jul 26th, 2009 (7/26/2009 12:21pm) in reply to kgil33

    http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/rake.php
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    Jul 26th, 2009 (7/26/2009 12:30pm) in reply to kgil33

    Maximum rake isn't typically affected by the stakes. It's only affected by how many players are sitting at the table. I do see that the max at penny poker is $2, but I guess for that to be 5% of the pot, the pot would have to be $40 which seems pretty unlikely...

    % rake can vary from game to game, but the rake in any hand is generally primarily a factor of two things: number of players dealt a hand and amount of money in the pot.
     
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    Jul 26th, 2009 (7/26/2009 12:35pm) in reply to YoshiYashiki

    Yep, my search skills definitely failed.

    Still seems horrid to have a rake for a single hand that can theoretically be 1.5x the max buy in for the table.

    Anyhow...thanks for the link
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    Jul 26th, 2009 (7/26/2009 12:39pm) in reply to Adam

     
    Originally Posted by Adam View Post

    Maximum rake isn't typically affected by the stakes. It's only affected by how many players are sitting at the table. I do see that the max at penny poker is $2, but I guess for that to be 5% of the pot, the pot would have to be $40 which seems pretty unlikely...

    % rake can vary from game to game, but the rake in any hand is generally primarily a factor of two things: number of players dealt a hand and amount of money in the pot.

    Adam, I understand how rake works. But like I said above, I just found it horrid that the max rake could theoretically be 1-1.5x the buy in for the table. Forgive me though, I'm overthinking it in hopes to pass the time at this ridiculous seminar.
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