Almost everyone is familiar with a per-hand rake. In each pot, the house takes out a few dollars as its cut. In live play, this rake is often taken $1 for every $10 in the pot, capped at $4 per pot (in the United States), So if the final pot Q&A #87: Rake and Time [...]

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Tom asks,
I was playing 2/4 at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City yesterday, and I made 2 mistakes on the river: On one hand I didn’t notice that the river card made a flush, and I raised and lost. On another, I mucked a hand that would have split the Q&A #24: Tilt and the [...]