[harboral]

Congratulations on your first win - good job. The .50/$1 games on Party go about 70 hands per hour. For my play at these limits I make about 4BB/hour - and for anybody that says "you could make 7BB/hour, but why bother", well I play 3 tables at a time and for $7 per table I don't think $21 per hour is something I wouldn't bother to do. I don't know anybody that made that amount for a large sample size (25K hands or more) but I suppose it could be done by a few very good players. As you said about "putting people on hands", I usually bet or raise with what I believe is the best hand until they try and convince me otherwise with a reraise or check-raise, and I'll still call them down in many cases if my hand is strong. AL