Recordkeeping Question

Just wondering -


Been keeping detailed records of sessions for years, but never really thought about this until last night. I know that the most important number to calcluate is the number of BBs won per hour - which is pretty clear. But we do often hear people talk about "win percentage" - as in, I win about 65% of the sessions in which I play.


The question is this - when you play, for example 3 hours of 6-12 HoldEm and 3 hours of 4-8 Omaha on the same night in the same casino, do you view this as 1 6-hour session or 2 3-hour sessions? The decision here has clear implications on win %. If, as I did last night, I win $375 at 6-12 HoldEm and $140 at 4-8 Omaha, is it one $515 win or two separate wins ($375 and $140)?


Ultimately, I understand that poker is one long lifetime session - but for analysis purposes, it would seem to me that you would be more correct to count the sessions separately, as they are different games/different limits...


Taken further, if you switch from a 6-12 HoldEm game to a 9-18 HoldEm game in the same night, is that one continuous session or two separate sessions?


Know this is likely semantics, but I do want to be as "accurate" as possible in my analyses...


Thanks!


DrJ

When you change games such that you are either playing in a different game (like Omaha versus Holdem) or when you play at a different level (like $6-$12 holdem versus $3-$6 holdem) then you should segregate your results and treat them as separate sessions. You should have separate records for each game at each limit you play. You should also further sub-divide them by location.

Session win percentage is a statistic that has no value. What does it say? You can be a loser with a winning session percentage or vice versa. What use comes from this statistic?

Just by Stat King and stop worrying.

You can add high hand bonuses and jackpots up to the amount you have paid in for these things. At Lake Charles, I won about 2.2 pots per hour on the average so I was contributing $2.20 per hour to the jackpot or high hand. If I played 1000 hours in a year, then I was contributing $2200 per year to the high hand or jackpot. So I would count all high hand bonuses and jackpot shares up to $2200 for a given year of play.