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Dead
02-13-2005, 06:17 AM
I've been playing for about 6 hours now 3 tabling .05/.10 on Stars, and I've won 120 BB's.

But I've only won 38% of the showdowns tonight. 23 out of 60 or something. I've been rivered all night and had lots of good hands cracked. How can the winning streak be this good?

I know it's not the number of pots you win that matters, but the amount of money in the pots. But this seems extreme.
milesdyson
02-13-2005, 06:20 AM
That's counting unimproved overcards that you check through on the river, too, not just hands that you either bet or called on the river. Don't worry about the stat for a given session - it will be way up and down. You could win 3 showdowns in 20 BB pots over 1000 hands and still have a good BB/100.
EliteNinja
02-13-2005, 06:23 AM
Win % at showdown for individual sessions could be all over the place. You won't see your true win% until you track all of your sessions (a whole bunch).

A good number to shoot for is 55%.
Dead
02-13-2005, 06:48 AM
Yeah I guess so. I'm going to bed now, but this session of 530 hands finished out with me up about BB's. I lost about 50 BB's in the past hour. Not from tilt, but just good hands like high pockets and sets getting cracked. I guess that's just the variance from having 8 people in each hand. These games are still hella profitable. I'm guaranteed to come out ahead in the long run assuming I play correctly.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 530 hands and saw flop:
- 44 out of 53 times while in big blind (83%)
- 16 out of 60 times while in small blind (26%)
- 75 out of 417 times in other positions (17%)
- a total of 135 out of 530 (25%)
Pots won at showdown - 23 of 67 (34%)
Pots won without showdown - 16


I saw the showdown for about half the hands I played. I guess this means I was getting awesome cards, just lots weren't holding up.
zCereal
02-13-2005, 04:28 PM
that is the thing with ultra loose tables

you win less often, but when you do win you win alot more money. and the variance is a real bitch
guitarhero14
02-13-2005, 04:34 PM
Stats look fine but its just one session. At least you're in the green.
Dead
02-13-2005, 05:01 PM
True.

I can't wait till I am at bigger limits where an upswing actually means something in terms of money.
guitarhero14
02-13-2005, 05:08 PM
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True.

I can't wait till I am at bigger limits where an upswing actually means something in terms of money.

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Same here. I have been working at the nickle and dime games hopeing to build up a BR big enough for .25/.5.