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[QUOTE="Four Dogs, post: 1579803, member: 2668"]
I'm not sure about Poker Stars but at FTP the lowest limits are raked at $.01 for every $.20 in the pot up to $3 which means that a pot would have to be $60 before the rake would be maxed out, not something that is likely to happen at .02/.05.

Almost every major site abides by the No-Flop-No-Drop rule which means that unless 2 or more players see a flop there is no rake taken. So if someone bets and folds to a raise the winner takes the whole pot without rake.

There are many people, including myself, that believe that the rake in the lowest limits is so high as to make the game un-winnable in the long run without a really good rakeback program (PokerStars has no rakeback program). Most of the signed pros have deals with their sponsored sites which allow them to play completely without rake making any limit profitable. For the rest of us the best way to beat the rake is to try to play a tight aggressive style and try to take downas many pots preflop as possible by entering with a raise. Also treat the lowest limits as learning experiences only and try to move up to limits where the biggest reasonable pots will exceed the cap on rakes, at least .10/.25.
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