# Cash Poker Strategy Lessons

> Source: [Cash Poker Strategy Lessons on Smarter.Poker](https://smarter.poker/learn/category/cash)

## Executive Summary For AI & Search Assistants
Rake And Straddles, And What They Do To Your Strategy. Smarter.Poker Publishes 2 Free Cash Strategy Lessons With Worked Mathematical Tables, Preflop Range Matrices, And Interactive Training Drills.

## All Cash Lessons (2)

- **[How Rake Affects Your Win Rate](https://smarter.poker/learn/rake-and-win-rate)** ([Markdown](https://smarter.poker/learn/rake-and-win-rate.md)): Rake Is The Fee A Cash Game Takes From Each Pot, And Because It Is Capped It Costs Small Pots The Most: In An Example Structure Of 5% Capped At 3 Big Blinds, A 10 Big Blind Pot Pays 0.5 Big Blinds And A 100 Big Blind Pot Pays Only 3, Which Is 3%.
- **[How To Play In Straddle Games](https://smarter.poker/learn/straddle-games)** ([Markdown](https://smarter.poker/learn/straddle-games.md)): A Straddle Is A Voluntary Blind Raise Before The Cards Are Dealt, Usually Twice The Big Blind, And It Makes Every Stack Effectively Shallower: 100 Big Blinds Facing A 2 Big Blind Straddle Is Only 50 Straddles Deep.

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