Frequenting 2+2 messes with my head

Cerril · #1 07-17-2005, 04:02 AM

I guess it's in a good way but...

Alright, so I'm having an amazing month, but the overall effect is that it's bumped up my longterm winnings from around 0.8BB/100 to 1.5+BB/100 at around 55k hands (5/10 SH). Obviously it says something that two weeks and change of amazing hands can swing even a reasonably large sample that much, but then again it was a terrible downswing that was responsible for crawling my way back.

Anyway, two points. The first is that 1.5BB/100 had at one point come to seem like loser stats (not loser as in 'losing money' but as in 'you suck, loser') because of my time here where something like (entirely made up numbers) 80% of winning players and 90% or maybe much higher of pro-level online players frequent.

Second thing, I qualified today for that porsche freeroll over at Party (10k raked hands since 6/24 if anyone doesn't play there - if you do you can't miss the banners). By the time it rolls around I'm sure the EV will be miniscule, but I had another realization. Just like a 1.5BB/100 5/10 longterm winrate would be incomprehensible to almost everyone playing poker online, 10k raked hands in a month is a serious feat, judging by the only 400-some registered players.

So it's just a bit of a double-wakeup call. Even if not everyone here is a winning player and a lot of us 2+2ers are far short of brilliant, as a whole we -are- the elite, and we -are- representative of the cream of the poker community, and even the below average among us are accomplishing something pretty serious pokerwise.

#2 07-17-2005, 01:07 PM

Me too

NDHand · #3 07-17-2005, 03:04 PM

Don't think about it so much. When i'm above 2BB/100 I consider it pretty damn great (plus rakeback!)

RydenStoompala · #4 07-17-2005, 03:44 PM

I do not understand either of your points in terms of having your head messed up. Did you post this so that we can all agree that we're a bunch of crackerjack poker players? If you did, you're making a hell of an assumption. Or did you just want us to know you're a poker junkie with a win rate? Congrats on the 10 thousand hands. You win. You have tons more free time than I do.

What's the wakeup call for? For some of the 2+2'ers to get help with the poker jones? I agree. That's probably a good idea.

TStoneMBD · #5 07-17-2005, 04:55 PM

there is definitely a hell of alot of people on these boards making $100+/hr. there is nothing to be ashamed of with a 1.5BB/100 winrate. that is good money if youre multitabling, but dont underestimate the performance of twoplustwoers just because you arent able to perform as well as they are.

TheCroShow · #6 07-17-2005, 05:41 PM

EVERYONE is winning right? nobody loses money playing poker! xD

steamboatin · #7 07-17-2005, 06:54 PM

Not me or anyone else I have ever met. All winners, all the time!

Dov · #8 07-17-2005, 06:55 PM

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Not me or anyone else I have ever met. All winners, all the time!

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Except in HUSH. All the losers congregate there for while.

TStoneMBD · #9 07-17-2005, 06:57 PM

i reread your post and i think i misunderstood the intentions and content of it, so i apologize if thats the case.

cero_z · #10 07-18-2005, 12:59 AM

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there is definitely a hell of alot of people on these boards making $100+/hr.

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Hilarious. Define "a lot."

P.S. Never mind. I realize this has been debated endlessly, and that we won't get anywhere with it. I'm just saying that there are a hell of a lot of liars out there. Or people who feel comfortable claiming that winrate with 17 hours of play under their belts.