Alan Keating Snubbed from High Stakes Poker Livestream?

Alan Keating's potential exclusion from High Stakes Poker highlights a recurring tension in poker: the line between entertainment value and serious competition. Keating's hyper-aggressive style generates massive action in televised games, which is exactly what producers want. For online players who study HSP for educational content, the key is translating live 5-10% rake environments to online equivalents. Most online cash game rake runs 2-5% — but where you play determines whether you're getting any of that back. See how rakeback structures differ across our room reviews or use our rakeback calculator to model your own game.