[MRBAA]

I have to drive about 2 hours to a casino to play, so the ride back provides plenty of time to go over hands with my regular playing companion. Many losing (and winning) hands are too simple to even discuss. Others are obviously correct plays. But some are not. After talking things over after a recent session, my friend sent me a list of all the errors he could identify in his play from a 7+ hour sit at 4-8 he. They added up to about 20 bbs! He hadn't played as well as he thought.

I made my own list for my play, mainly at 5-10 stud, and found 3 errors which cost me about 4bb. But I also counted how many excellent starting hands I had (4 in about 6 hours) and how many semi-dead/non-premium starting hands I had (only about another 10) and concluded I'd actually mainly suffered on this trip from sub-par cards.

Over a year, if you feel you are good at a particular game and limit, you should be solidly positive. I know this is the case for both my friend and me. We play for recreation and are always trying to learn new games (in my case, 2-4 and 3-6 he and moving up from 1-3 and 2-4 stud to 5-10, in my friend's case, playing higer he), but in the games we feel we have a handle on, the results are solidly positive.