Talk:Rake (poker)

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[edit] Re-added rake free concept 10/20/2006

After a long and thoughtful debate regarding the existence of rake free cardrooms, it has been decided that the "rakefree" article should be merged into the "rake" article. Please keep the idea in this article, so as to preclude the need for a separate "rake free" article. Please see AfD/Rakefree for more information and an archive of the debate.Cloudreaver 15:45, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Added definition and links to rake free cardrooms

The reader deserves to know this information, which is highly beneficial to the poker-playing public. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cloudreaver (talk • contribs).

I don't think that adding links to online cardrooms in this particular article is appropriate. Since the article is about the rake, it would make as much sense to list online cardrooms which DO collect a rake as it does to list online cardrooms which don't. Rray 22:49, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Rake is a concept. No rake, rake free, or any other way of saying "abscense of rake" is just that. This article is certainly not for specififying the rake structures of online cardrooms. Articles about cardrooms can talk about whatever their features might be. 2005 23:51, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

There is definitely a difference between the concept of rake and rakefree. It is the same delineation as that between "care" and "carefree". Keep the two articles separate. Do not impose your personal bias and POV on others. Cloudreaver 22:49, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

This is not a matter of personal bias and POV, but of simple common sense. It's not a notable enough concept to warrant a separate article. Rray 10:43, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

The 'Mechanisms' section classifies a monthly subscription fee as a form of rake, which I agree with, so I don't think it makes sense to describe such a cardroom as 'Rake free' later in the article. —Kymacpherson 12:25, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Good point. Nice edit. Rray 16:14, 1 October 2006 (UTC)