donkeyradish
07-27-2004, 06:20 AM
I recently got a copy of PokerOffice (one of those on-line hold-em statistics loggers) and to put it through its paces I went through an exercise of playing 1000 hands at $0.50/$1, which took about 13 hours in total.
The problem is that 1000 hands is so small a sample I don't know what use to make of the results.
Is there anything remotely useful I can deduce from the statistics, or do I need to be playing for several months?
I made a profit of $12 in the 13 hours; somewhat less than I was expecting. But the swings up and down were quite large, so I don't think this tells me anything. I mean, to make $12 (or lose $5) in a single hand at this level would not be extraordinary.
But there must be some use for the summary info. For example say you aspired to make 1BB an hour, and played for X hours, is there a range you would expect your results to be in that involves the value of X?
The problem is that 1000 hands is so small a sample I don't know what use to make of the results.
Is there anything remotely useful I can deduce from the statistics, or do I need to be playing for several months?
I made a profit of $12 in the 13 hours; somewhat less than I was expecting. But the swings up and down were quite large, so I don't think this tells me anything. I mean, to make $12 (or lose $5) in a single hand at this level would not be extraordinary.
But there must be some use for the summary info. For example say you aspired to make 1BB an hour, and played for X hours, is there a range you would expect your results to be in that involves the value of X?