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		<title>By: toebori</title>
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		<dc:creator>toebori</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 19:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i&#039;m in the &quot;dog house&quot; at my local casinos but i cannot afford to tip a dealer $1 every hand at 1-2 or 2-5 live and keep playing. the economy has my income down from other sources (like to zero)and frankly, as far as i&#039;m concerned a dealer does not deserve $25+ per hour. i do still tip but not like an atm.

as a grinder that saves me a couple hundred a month. when the money was flowing a couple years ago i wouldn&#039;t consider such a tactic but times are tuff. other players give me a hard time but i&#039;ll decide how much and when to tip for myself.

toebori</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i&#8217;m in the &#8220;dog house&#8221; at my local casinos but i cannot afford to tip a dealer $1 every hand at 1-2 or 2-5 live and keep playing. the economy has my income down from other sources (like to zero)and frankly, as far as i&#8217;m concerned a dealer does not deserve $25+ per hour. i do still tip but not like an atm.</p>
<p>as a grinder that saves me a couple hundred a month. when the money was flowing a couple years ago i wouldn&#8217;t consider such a tactic but times are tuff. other players give me a hard time but i&#8217;ll decide how much and when to tip for myself.</p>
<p>toebori</p>
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		<title>By: blood</title>
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		<dc:creator>blood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 17:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>... all the more reason why online is the way to play.  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230; all the more reason why online is the way to play.  <img src='http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: warlockjd</title>
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		<dc:creator>warlockjd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 10:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Welcome to Sarasota, where there is a 10% rake capped at $5, a $1 bad beat jackpot, plus a $1 &#039;promotions jackpot&#039; drop.  Add $1 tip per pot and we&#039;re talking $8/hand.

Max buyin at $1/2NL is $60.  The big game $2/3NL has a max buyin of $100.

All of the jackpots are, of course, prejudiced towards the $2 straight players ($2 preflop, turn, river, 4 max bets per street).  I don&#039;t think Sklansky or Miller could beat this last game (same rake).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to Sarasota, where there is a 10% rake capped at $5, a $1 bad beat jackpot, plus a $1 &#8216;promotions jackpot&#8217; drop.  Add $1 tip per pot and we&#8217;re talking $8/hand.</p>
<p>Max buyin at $1/2NL is $60.  The big game $2/3NL has a max buyin of $100.</p>
<p>All of the jackpots are, of course, prejudiced towards the $2 straight players ($2 preflop, turn, river, 4 max bets per street).  I don&#8217;t think Sklansky or Miller could beat this last game (same rake).</p>
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		<title>By: Strangefish</title>
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		<dc:creator>Strangefish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 01:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Welcome to Australia where the standard charge on a 1-2NL game is %10 of the pot capped at $6 AND $5 per player per hour. Oh, and in Sydney the buy in is capped at $100. The $5-$5 game has a capped buy in of $500, rake capped at $10 and a $10 per hour per player time charge. And tipping the dealers is illegal so there is no incentive for them to deal quickly...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to Australia where the standard charge on a 1-2NL game is %10 of the pot capped at $6 AND $5 per player per hour. Oh, and in Sydney the buy in is capped at $100. The $5-$5 game has a capped buy in of $500, rake capped at $10 and a $10 per hour per player time charge. And tipping the dealers is illegal so there is no incentive for them to deal quickly&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: JJS</title>
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		<dc:creator>JJS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 00:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;&quot;After doing some research it seems that a realistic winrate would be about $6 profit per 100 hands in a $1-$2 game.&quot;

As I understand it, the (roughly) 2BB/100 or 3BB/100 win rate estimates are win rates -after- the rake, not before it.  So if the time charge is only a little worse than the rake, then you can still have a positive win rate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;&#8221;After doing some research it seems that a realistic winrate would be about $6 profit per 100 hands in a $1-$2 game.&#8221;</p>
<p>As I understand it, the (roughly) 2BB/100 or 3BB/100 win rate estimates are win rates -after- the rake, not before it.  So if the time charge is only a little worse than the rake, then you can still have a positive win rate.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff D</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff D</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 20:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m pretty sure that once upon a time Foxwoods charged a seat charge AND took a rake, though now at least in the $1/$2 NL games it&#039;s just the rake.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure that once upon a time Foxwoods charged a seat charge AND took a rake, though now at least in the $1/$2 NL games it&#8217;s just the rake.</p>
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