[MLerra]

I'd imagine that $40/hour is reasonable at the $2/5 tables. In Vegas, I averaged $35/hour at the $1/2 tables. This was over 34 hours in one week. I would estimate I got lucky, and a reasonable winrate expectancy would be around $25/hour.

For those interested, I took pretty meticulous notes after each session. All in all, I had AA only once, but was able to get two people all-in on the flop and not get outdrawn. My other big hands were one four of a kind (for which I received a bonus $25 on the wheel at Excalibur), one straight, one A-high flush, three pocket-overpair hands, two top-two pair hands, and one bottom-two pair hand. The rest were unnoteworthy hands of one pair or less, in which I won or lost a small pot.

Again, I was quite lucky in that I was only outdrawn one time - my two pair against flush draw all-in on the flop. I made around $1200 over this time, though I could have reasonably expected less had I got outdrawn as often as I should have... I'd estimate I'd have made $900 instead, which comes out to around $26/hour.

Though this was my first time playing in a casino, I did learn to practice some prudent table selection towards the end of my trip. And I NEVER played while under the influence.

So given a wholehearted attempt, if people say the $2/5 games average $25-50/hour... I'll likely stay at the lower limits. For one thing, people exaggerate, and if they say $25-50, they mean $10-30. I'd much rather play for $25/hour than $30/hour with the possible swings of $2/5 being $500 or more. The people, I'd imagine, are more fun too at the lower levels.