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For all you math wizards out there (cash game players especially)

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  1. AK$ooted AK$ooted is offline

    Clarksburg, WV
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    Feb 21st, 2009 (2/21/2009 12:44pm)

    I had a conversation with someone and we disagreed. I come to ask all of you to be the judge and jury on this.

    This person claims that their BB/100 is 11 at the NLHE $.10/.25 level. The sample size is 25,000 hands which I know is not nearly large enough to get an accurate snapshot of exactly how one runs at any given level. I'd guess that would be somewhere in the 300,000+ range but that's another thread. Anyway this person claims that in those 25,000 hands at this level that they've earned 690 dollars. I conveyed that if he had earned $690.00 in 25,000 hands of $.10/$.25 that I felt his BB/100 was lower than 11....signifigantly lower; and he disagreed. He explained his formula but I was busy playing and didn't catch it all so I won't try and quote it here. Also, I'm not saying this person is a bad poker player and out of respect I won't mention names. I simply want to know if my way of calculating BB/100 is the way that others do it or if I've lost my damn mind. I know there's been some confusion on this subject in the past.

    So here's what we have:

    Hand sample size = 25,000
    Said BB/100 = 11
    Game = $.10/.25 NLHE
    Said Profit = $690.00

    Considering the definition of BB to be that of the ptbb which is 2x the Big Blind or in this case $.50 cents right?

    25,000/100 = 250
    $.50 x Said 11BB = $5.50
    250 x $5.50 = $1375.00 profit not $690.00

    If he has $690.00 in profit after 25,000 hands his BB/100 is actually 5.52 which is respectable and shows early success.

    25,000/100 = 250
    $.50 x 5.52BB = $2.76
    250 x $2.76 = $690.00 Profit
    Actual BB/100 = 5.52

    Thoughts?
  2. Wawa711 Wawa711 is offline

    Cherry Hill, NJ
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    Feb 21st, 2009 (2/21/2009 1:06pm) in reply to AK$ooted

    if he made $690 bucks, that 690 x 4 = 2760 BBs

    since hes played 25,000 hands, 25,000/100=250

    2760/250 = 11.04 BB/100

    im pretty sure this is the right way to do it, if so, looks like ur friends right
     
  3. Diggs Diggs is offline

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    Feb 21st, 2009 (2/21/2009 1:52pm) in reply to AK$ooted

    5.52 ptbb
  4. Ozzie Ozzie is online now

    Joliet, IL
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    Feb 21st, 2009 (2/21/2009 2:48pm) in reply to AK$ooted

    isnt it obvious that he thinks BB= big blind and you think it = big bet, or 2x the big blind?

    generally you go with big bet, as is used in PT, but no one is really wrong.
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