Re: [ba-poker] live button vs. rake from pot

[Joe Francis <jfrancis(deleted the rest)>]

My strategy adjustment to the prospect of $4 coming out of every 3-6 pot 
is to play 8-16 and 20-40 instead.  That may seem like a facetious 
comment, but I actually mean it seriously.

-joe (aka floppy)

James Kittock wrote:

> After a long time away from it, I've been dabbling in cardroom poker the past few weeks, and I discovered that Bay101 has moved away from a live button charge to simply raking a flat fee from the pot.  Other rooms, such as Lucky Chances, still take a button charge.
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> In 3/6 Hold'Em, both cardrooms take $4 -- they drop both blinds at Bay101 or $3 button charge plus $1 jackpot drop at Lucky Chances.
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> Ignoring marginal cases such as "everyone folds to the button" or "everyone folds to the small blind", I'm curious what people's thoughts about either the relative profitability and/or appropriate strategy adjustments for these two low-limit structures might be.
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> --james
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