Soft Games a Fad?

Fudgenut · #1 07-04-2004, 10:46 PM

Hi All,

There are a lot of people here that make 3BB/100 playing 10/20 or 15/30 online. My question is, will these games always be this soft, or is it because of the huge poker trend/fad that is starting? Is there anyone here that has been playing online for 5-10 years? I'd love to here any comments you have.

Thanks.

umdpoker · #2 07-04-2004, 11:30 PM

i have not heard anybody say 3bb/100 at 15-30. games have gotten a little tighter the last few months, but i think it can only go so far. also, i dont think online poker has been around 10 yrs.

Cosimo · #3 07-04-2004, 11:44 PM

I've heard a couple people say 3BB/100h, for a stretch of about 20,000 hands -- tho I don't know if this was long-term or not. I'd search, but... point is, it's not entirely outside the realm of reason.

SinCityGuy · #4 07-05-2004, 12:37 AM

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I've heard a couple people say 3BB/100h, for a stretch of about 20,000 hands -- tho I don't know if this was long-term or not. I'd search, but... point is, it's not entirely outside the realm of reason.

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You guys need to stop thinking that 3BB/100 is some astronomical figure for online play. A decent B&M player can make 1BB/hr (with about 30 to 35 hands being dealt per hour). This translates to 3BB/100 hands.

Bob T. · #5 07-05-2004, 12:44 AM

You guys need to stop thinking that 3BB/100 is some astronomical figure for online play. A decent B&M player can make 1BB/hr (with about 30 to 35 hands being dealt per hour). This translates to 3BB/100 hands.

Exactly.

Schneids · #6 07-05-2004, 03:13 AM

Fudgenut,

Yes those win rates are presently attainable.

I suspect that the online games have 1+ years tops left before they start to get more difficult than they presently are.

Welcome to the forums.

umdpoker · #7 07-05-2004, 03:39 AM

i could see a really good player doing 3bb/hr over 20k hands. i would think the variance would be huge at a level that high. then again, i have heard that there are some huge fish that just have too much money playing up there.

umdpoker · #8 07-05-2004, 03:44 AM

ha, i thought you were calling me fudgenut. then i realized that the first poster's name was fudgenut. i know that good (but not great) players can make 1bb/hr in b+m play at 15-30. but i thought play was much tougher online, given the same limit. does 15-30 not follow this trend? is it an outlier simply because all of the rich superfish go there first?

TobDog · #9 07-06-2004, 12:03 AM

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You guys need to stop thinking that 3BB/100 is some astronomical figure for online play. A decent B&M player can make 1BB/hr (with about 30 to 35 hands being dealt per hour). This translates to 3BB/100 hands.

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Isn't the rake lower online too? Making it easier to get that number without taking as much from the players per hour?

bicyclekick · #10 07-06-2004, 12:12 AM

I think 3bb/100 is possible on teh party 15 game for a good player. I'm not there, nor am I that great. I also play 4 tables at once. THat's gotta make the bb/100 lower. Then again by playing so much I have reads on a lot of the players from poker tracker or just written notes cause I've played with most of them.