How to Beat the Rake | Upswing Poker Level-Up

[@FrozenLightning]

Glad to see my suggestion taken, thanks for the video guys!

[@CaptainMir]

Like your love for poker Remind me of myself back in 90s Smoked a lot those good old days

[@bobsburgers8885]

It's important to include any expected or planned tip in the rake.

[@BluffaloSam]

How much do you reckon the difference between 5% and 10% is? Currently playing 10/20 with 5% 5bb cap 😅 it hurts...

[@jimz1024]

Double

[@TooMuchInternetTMI]

yea find a new game thats the worst rake ive ever heard at decent stakes

[@charliewilmoth]

"You're basically saying GG before you start" haha

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Haha I was proud of that one!

[@jasonskeans8889]

Yea and those new 9max big ante games are I heard even higher

[@jezfox2985]

Hey lads - I play in a game with 10% rake (capped at 5bb's), chop pots are raked and pots taken down preflop are raked - anything favourable I can do apart from not play (boring) or tightening up? I've thrown in lots of extra preflop 3-bets with a condensed range, but that could be idiotic with preflop rake being a thing, at least it makes the pots bigger so we hit the rake cap more often. Idk lads - help?

[@ericy5670]

I see what gazzy did saying gg to high rake..😂

[@ilyakrasik3632]

Question: does a straddle make you actually play tighter or it depends ? Assuming 1/3 10 porcent rake up to 10$.

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Yeah you for sure play tighter, the game has just halved, so you have to tighten up a little as a result.

[@Nuayadventures2323]

Been watching your videos lately very good informative but I would love to hear your online poker strategy for preflop hands. Especially when raise size is usually just 2-3x

[@mbradycf]

We have some preflop episodes further back. Check out the playlist in description. The 3betting ep will be good for you.

[@edward6902]

1:24 those rakes (e.g. 4BB or more) …are those per 100BB in the pot, or stated short another way, are they percent rake?

[@mbradycf]

Percent rake, those amounts are the cap

[@stevenundisclosed6091]

I was reliably informed that more rake is better.

[@criostasi4080]

Rake structure where I play is 5% 5bb cap at 2/5 and 2,5% 5bb cap at 5/10. How do you describe it? When you reach the cap it should be an high take structure from your description, but a 95 pot at 5/10 is 2 Eur rake, so it's low. Not clear...

[@mbradycf]

The bb amount is referring to the cap, so your game does have relatively high rake (even though in some pots it's lower)

[@thedspenguin]

I always think it's so kind of Mike to call GazzyB a ''poker pro''.

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

A lot of talk from a penguin………

[@bobsburgers8885]

Do the preflop charts assume a percent rake or a flat drop (which they actually do in parts of CA; totally ridiculous; at 1/2 if the SB limps and the BB checks the pot is $0) Obviously if they are dropping a flat 2BB on any flop you need to play very tight as BB vs a 2.5x open and you should probably (?) never flat.

[@mbradycf]

Assumes percent rake. Calling gets even worse in those brutal flat drop games

[@giuseppe9771]

What is that thing of chopping the blinds about? Never heard of it..

[@mbradycf]

Both players agree to take their blinds back and move onto the next hand.

[@giuseppe9771]

@@mbradycf Thank you for the answer, and for the great content you put out by the way. I was wondering why the BB would take such a decision, considering they have such a clear advantage being IP.

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

@@giuseppe9771 It's deemed unethical to only chop from the small blind and only play from the big blind, you should always chop or never chop. Players like to do it just to speed up the game a little and avoid the rake in BvB scenarios.

[@giuseppe9771]

@@garyblackwoodpoker I see, so I guess it has to be a table agreement. Thank you for the explanation, keep up the great work!

[@lowlimitcashgamespodcast]

The problem with your analysis of what denotes a “high rake” by comparing the rake to number of blinds is this doesn’t account for how big the game plays and stack sizes. A 1/3 game with a $1k cap plays like a 5/10 game. So $8 rake isn’t crazy impactful. Nothing like it would be in a 1/3 game with a $300 cap. You should do a formula that includes effective stack size as well as average open size to define what a high rake game is. A 1/3 game where the average open is to $10, cap is $300, and the rake is $8 is relatively high rake. A 1/3 game where the average open is $25, cap is $1k, and the rake is $8 is not nearly as highly rake. I get it. You talk about online a lot. Still. You could do a much better job of defining rake and its impact so that it makes sense across all situation whether live or online.

[@OhioVworld]

If the average open is over 8BB, there needs to be a 2/5 opened/initiated.

[@mbradycf]

Thanks for sharing your perspective and suggestions!

[@SuperEuclidean]

Saying that there is no rake in tournaments is misguided. The rake comes off the top of the entry fee, as most tournaments are somewhere between 10%-20% return (edit: 80%-90% return).

[@mbradycf]

Semantics. Tourneys don't take rake out of the pot, so it doesn't impact strategy.

[@SuperEuclidean]

@@mbradycf true, but it would impact if you entered or not. Given the choice of entering two tourneys, one with an 85% return, and one with a 90% return, most savvy players are going to enter the second one. That means that I will be entering the first one, because I suck and would want to play against the weaker field :)

[@SqueakyClean87]

When is the rake low 😂

[@mbradycf]

If you play 1000NL or higher its usually negligible (except on GG).

[@kukivakaro3971]

in our poker club rake is 10% which is crazy

[@JazzYachtrocker]

Capped?

[@kukivakaro3971]

nope😂😂

[@chriskoshinski]

That's average in the US but its a 5$ cap... plus 1-3$ for promotions on pots over 50$ acrossed all games except when you play a "time game" and that's 7-10$ per half hour.

[@jimz1024]

Please! Delete this video, dont let the bad battling regs know theyre losing to rake playing each other! They think Im just weak because I adjust to rake and they think i always have it cos they dont understand dont ruin this for me! (jokes)

[@mbradycf]

Sorry Jimmy it's staying up