[logicallee]

This thread seems like a good thread to ask in:

In the poker subreddits the rake question comes up from time to time, and with the low cost and high quality of inference I have been considering making rake-free poker. The model is a small monthly subscription like $4.99/month for low stakes $9.99/month for mid stakes, one account per player, 20 tables max.

This actually would make a lot of marginally losing spots into winners, and there are a lot of coin flips where after rake both players lose. So if you keep coin flipping, you just lose over time. (But you don't want to fold and give up your equity for free either.)

The thing that gives me pause is that a lot of people cheat using solvers during hands, bots, or collusion.

Is there anything I could do at a practical level to keep the game fair? (no tools, no bots, no collusion.)

[bluecalm]

With any kind of gambling site your major cost will be credit cards chargebacks and other fraud.

>>Is there anything I could do at a practical level to keep the game fair? (no tools, no bots, no collusion.)

You can try catching unsophisticated cheaters. It will be expensive. There isn't anything you can do about sophisticated dedicated cheaters.

[logicallee]

Thanks, that's good to know.