PokerTracker: +$$ but -BB/100

Ryan11 · #1 06-24-2005, 01:00 AM

How is it possible to show a positive profit and then have a negative BB/100 in poker tracker?

I've ran into this a few times when looking at the stats for just specific days.

CallMeIshmael · #2 06-24-2005, 01:01 AM

Did you play at different limits for the day?

Ryan11 · #3 06-24-2005, 01:17 AM

yes 3/6, 5/10 and 10/20

CallMeIshmael · #4 06-24-2005, 01:19 AM

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This is where the error comes in.

If you average like -1BB/100, -0.5 BB/100 and 1BB/100 in those games, then your average bb/100 will be negative, but you will show a win for the day (depending on # of hands played, of course)

Ryan11 · #5 06-24-2005, 01:24 AM

So it is correct in the calculations? It should be a negative number?

CallMeIshmael · #6 06-24-2005, 01:27 AM

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Well. It depends.

BB/100 is your average BB/100. So, yes it should be negative, though we care more about our bottom line.

As a rule, just look at 1 limit at a time, and it wont happen.

emonrad87 · #7 06-24-2005, 01:46 AM

say you lost $40 at .50/1 and won $400 at 20/40 over a total of 200 hands, 100 at each of the stakes.

Your BB/100 for the day would be (-40+10)/2 = -15BB/100. Yet obviously you profited on the day. It can also work the other way (negative net, positive BB/100).

tpir90036 · #8 06-24-2005, 11:19 AM

The same way it's possible to win the popular vote and lose the election. You probably made a profit at a higher limit but then played a lot of slightly losing poker at a lower limit. Small profit, -BB/100.