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Calculating edge needed to overcome rake

Posted By: RealNick
Date: Thursday, 23 December 2010, at 8:35 p.m.

What kind of edge do you need to over come the rake in long term play compared to opponents average error rate to yours. Say the sites rake is 5% from each player taken from the winner for a total rake of 10%.

e.g. $10/point, cube at 2, single win for a total of $20 taken from loser and $18 awarded to winner.

Lets say you play with PR of 5 on average and your opponent plays about an 8 PR. Would this be enough of a edge to overcome the site’s rake in the long run? I don’t know if there’s any standard accepted guidelines or work done on this yet but perhaps someone could point me in the right direction.

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• Calculating edge needed to overcome rake
  RealNick -- Thursday, 23 December 2010, at 8:35 p.m.
  • Calculating edge needed to overcome rake
    Alexandre Le Siege -- Thursday, 23 December 2010, at 9:32 p.m.
    • Calculating edge needed to overcome rake
      Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 23 December 2010, at 9:48 p.m.
  • Calculating edge needed to overcome rake
    Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 23 December 2010, at 9:42 p.m.
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    eXtreme Gammon -- Thursday, 23 December 2010, at 10:05 p.m.
    • 1.0 PR = 0.066 points per game; Question for XG
      Paul Weaver -- Thursday, 23 December 2010, at 11:58 p.m.
      • 1.0 PR = 0.066 points per game; Question for XG
        eXtreme Gammon -- Friday, 24 December 2010, at 2:11 a.m.
        • Thanks to eXtreme Gammon for an interesting detailed response!
          Paul Weaver -- Friday, 24 December 2010, at 3:12 a.m.
          • Thanks to eXtreme Gammon for an interesting detailed response!
            eXtreme Gammon -- Friday, 24 December 2010, at 3:32 a.m.
            • Thanks to eXtreme Gammon for an interesting detailed response!
              svilo -- Friday, 24 December 2010, at 12:35 p.m.
          • Thanks to eXtreme Gammon for an interesting detailed response!
            Bob Koca -- Friday, 24 December 2010, at 7:21 a.m.
          • Thanks to eXtreme Gammon for an interesting detailed response!
            6stones -- Friday, 24 December 2010, at 8:24 a.m.
          • Thanks to eXtreme Gammon for an interesting detailed response!
            6stones -- Friday, 24 December 2010, at 9:07 a.m.
        • 1.0 PR = 0.066 points per game; Question for XG
          Iancho Hristov -- Saturday, 25 December 2010, at 2:40 a.m.
          • 1.0 PR = 0.066 points per game; Question for XG
            Leonardo Jerkovic -- Saturday, 25 December 2010, at 3:40 a.m.
        • 1.0 PR = 0.066 points per game; Question for XG
          Frank Berger -- Sunday, 26 December 2010, at 5:22 p.m.
    • Calculating edge needed to overcome rake
      Mochy -- Friday, 24 December 2010, at 2:47 a.m.
      • Calculating edge needed to overcome rake
        Stick -- Friday, 24 December 2010, at 11:38 p.m.
        • Calculating edge needed to overcome rake
          Mochy -- Saturday, 25 December 2010, at 1:06 a.m.
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      mtuhtan -- Monday, 27 December 2010, at 9:32 a.m.
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    Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 23 December 2010, at 10:33 p.m.