"You still can be a loser"

that's what mason told me. not directly, but on page 64 of gambling theory and other topics. im a little worried. im having a bit of trouble calculating my SD and so on. ive been running really good since the start of this year (my results are below if anyone wants to be a dear and help me with the math), but i want to try and get a handle on what my true expectation is. ive still only played about 1000 hours in live games and probably another 800-1000 online since i started playing consistently early last year..


i have questions. for instance, for the sd do i really have to take 50 numbers and square them and then divide them by the hours played and then so on? or is there a math short cut?


starting 1-1-02, ending 3-26-02:


3-6k, 4-8k: -$524 over 10.25 hours.... -$51.12 per hour.


5-10 (online): -$850 over 12 hours.....-$70.83 per hour


6-12: $600 over 18.5 hours...... $32.43 per hour


all 8-16, 9-18: $1804 over 53.5 hours.......... $33.72 per hour


all 10-20: $615 over 12 hours..........$51.25 per hour


15-30: $6071 over 49.5 hours ...........$122.65 per hour


20-40: $7986 over 45.75 hours ...........$174.56 per hour


30-60: $5408 over 33.5 hours ...........$161.43 per hour


40-80: $600 over 1 hours ..............$600 per hour


other games (omaha 8, 7 stud hi/lo, NL hold em, tourneys): -15 over 2 hours......................-$7.50 per hour


GRAND TOTAL: $21695 over 238 hours: $91.16 per hour.


15-30: +90 +535 +640 +30 +224 +1034 -1620 +174 +400 +325 +2874 +80 +986 +100 -350 +379 -200 +370


20-40: -330

+45

+150

+2900

+85

+20 -420 +500 -620 -1210 +4000 +502 +1804 +554


30-60: +2542 +747 -409 +3193 +716 +677 -2058


40-80: +600


8-16, 9-18: +818

-168

+569

+200

+1460

-1000

+350

+410

-380

+160

-130 -485


10-20: -100

+100

+170

-130

+410

+165


3-6, 4-8:

+63 -3 -600


6-12: +211

-105

+142

+254

-32

+100

-100

-40 +170


other: hustler tourney -15

Just one comment: p60-63 in GTandOT (fifth edition) has a easy example to follow for computing the SD. Program excel to do it for you. Or the best way is to do it all by hand - The disipline will be good for you.


-Zeno

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play more hours.

braggart.... ;- }

i spent the time and did the math and i came up with my SD being: 192.


does that seem right? and what exactly do i do with that info now? and what does it mean again?

you have to match your session win with length played.


if you post the pairs for 15/30 (18 sessions totalling 50 hours?) ill plug into my spreadsheet and comment.


brad

I have an Excel spreadsheet that tracks all of that and more for you. It even has nice charts! Send email to michstfan@hotmail.com if you would like me to send it to you