Joined: Feb '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 54 (M)
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sure do
had to stop for a while though cuss the 5/10cent cash games have a 10% rake - double everywhere else I know. It took me a few months to realize though.
moved up to 10/25cents now and the rake is a more reasonable 5%
so I'm back playing there
torneys are great there and the site has a good user interface.
Joined: Jun '08
Location: Italy
Age: 41 (M)
Posts: 411
Well if you wanna release the bonus a 10% rake is good specially if you play in a 9 handed table! consider the bonus rate is 6% and you wont play every hand so....
Joined: Feb '08
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted by GamblinDemon: Well if you wanna release the bonus a 10% rake is good specially if you play in a 9 handed table! consider the bonus rate is 6% and you wont play every hand so....
Surely if you're playing with the rake effectively at 6% ( including your bonus ) then your still better off playing else where at 5% rake, even with no bonus or rakeback.
When you consider that other sites offer both bonus and rakeback bringing the effective rake down to 3% or less then playing these games on Full Tilt is a definite bankroll burner regardless of how you play.
Stay clear of them and don't encourage Full Tilt to rip people off, and paying a high rake can really damage your win rate even though it only sounds like a few %
Joined: Jun '08
Location: Italy
Age: 41 (M)
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But the bonus is 6% even if you don't contribute to the pot and at low limit the pot is usually high, i cleared a 120 $ in few days playing NL omaha h/l at those stakes
Joined: May '08
Location: Germany
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Posted by GamblinDemon: But the bonus is 6% even if you don't contribute to the pot and at low limit the pot is usually high, i cleared a 120 $ in few days playing NL omaha h/l at those stakes
High/low games usually bild a bigger pot than high only games of the same stake. So that do not compare good to other players. 10% rake is still a rip off. Period.