Re: \"loose\" play and variance
That 200BB/hr SD figure is much higher than in online games, and Standard Deviation is a statistic that converges very quickly. They're talking about a game with equal blinds, so that's 33% higher right there. Also, those games often have a minimum bring-in of 2x the BB, and/or straddling (having lots of straddlers itself can practically double the size of a game), plus people are buying in for 500BB instead of the 100 cap online.
As for winrates, it's really up to ones best guess. They don't really last long enough to be measured, since by the time you have the thousands of hours booked that you would need to limit your statistical winrate down to within a BB or two, the game has surely changed and your "real" winrate is probably different.
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