What is the Generally Acknowledge BB/hr Win Rate for Online Pros

[Joeflex]

Hey fellas

Yes I did the search, didn't come up with anything in the last year.

I know the Sklansky/Malmuth position was always a big bet per hour or 1 1/2 bets an hour for a B&M pro. What was the equivalent of this for an online game in limit poker? Just wanted a quick ballpark reference. Thanks.

Joeflex

[Adde]

Stake dependent. At 2/4 I'd say 2.0-2.5 BB/100 is doable and not that shabby.

Adde

[Schwartzy61]

Micros (up to 1/2) 3BB/100

Small stakes (2/4 to 5/10???) around 2BB/100

Higher Stakes anything around 1BB/100 should be considered a success...

online you'll notice everyone charts their bets in hands. Some people can play up to 400 hands an hour, while some people play as little as 60. At 1/2 and 2/4 i average about 3BB/100 hands and it's enough to live off. For me that's about 9 or 10BB an hour at 1/2. I don't play as many tables at 2/4 so my hourly rate is basically the same.

[Webster]

remember only 10% of all players are break even players.

Most good players are in the 1.50BB/100

Every person should strive for 2.00BB/100.

Very good players are in the 2.5BB/100 - rare

Expert players are 3BB/100 and they are very very very few

at 3/6 and below

if someone told me they were 3BB/100 I would not believe them (sorry betadecay). It's not that I think they are lieing but it's just pretty freaking rare over 100,000 hands.

But SOMEBODY has to do it I suppose LOL.

Wow, I just started interacting with other poker players. I thought this was common at 1/2. I have been considering going to 5/10 soon. I guess it's encouraging you think I'm lying. I tried to cut and paste my PT screen but I don't know how to take a screenshot or paste pics.

I just checked my PT. I am 2.85BB/100 since the 14th of this month (recently got PT). Logged over 26,000 hands. At 16K hands i was at 3.4. At the current rate, I would assume my bb/100 will fluctuate between those 2 numbers before evening out at about 3bb/100. There are a handful of other players I have logged over 10k hands on that are above the 2.5 mark.

[obsidian]

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Wow, I just started interacting with other poker players. I thought this was common at 1/2. I have been considering going to 5/10 soon. I guess it's encouraging you think I'm lying. I tried to cut and paste my PT screen but I don't know how to take a screenshot or paste pics.

I just checked my PT. I am 2.85BB/100 since the 14th of this month (recently got PT). Logged over 26,000 hands. At 16K hands i was at 3.4. At the current rate, I would assume my bb/100 will fluctuate between those 2 numbers before evening out at about 3bb/100. There are a handful of other players I have logged over 10k hands on that are above the 2.5 mark.

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You are overestimating your sample size. It takes well over 100k hands before your winrate gets close to converging.

these are just my PT stats. I Have been logging my hourly and hand rates manually since june. I have only been playing poker since March, and i just recently became aware of software like PT, and rake back, and bonus whoring. Like I said earlier I only just started interacting with the poker world(other than logging on to a poker site) recently. My rate is still close to 3bb/100 hands at 1/2. This is taking in close to 150k hands.

3 bb for 150k hands is 4500 bb. I think you should move up to 2/4. You are probably costing yourself a ton of cash playing 1/2.

i play 1/2 and 2/4. I recently dropped back to 1/2 because i started playing 8 plus tables and I am just getting use to the pace. I only have 1 monitor too so it is very hectic. after I get a second monitor I am jumping back up to 2/4. I had only been playing 2/4 for like a month and a half, but I was doing good. I'd like to be at 5/10 by next summer, but am being very cautious with moving up.