BB/hour question

[Chazbot2000]

I've heard a bunch of "rules of thumb" re: how many big bets a decent player should win per hour, but no definitive logic behind those rules of thumb. Could someone help me understand this?

Generally I hear either:

One big bet per hour for live play, or:

Two big bets per 100 hands for online.

I would think at lower limits, there must be a way to average well above this (maybe closer to 3 big bets) as the fish could be totally outmatched. Am I off base in thinking this is possible on a consistent basis?

Thanks in advance for the advice.

[pudley4]

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Am I off base in thinking this is possible on a consistent basis?


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No, there are several regular posters here who beat the online games for more than 2BB/100hands.

[snowbank]

Yes, many good online players will beat limit hold em for 3 bb's per 100 hands. Some of the real good ones even go a little over 3/100 hands. No limit is a different story. A good NL player should be making more bb's per hour than an equally skilled limit player.

[Monty Cantsin]

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Yes, many good online players will beat limit hold em for 3 bb's per 100 hands. Some of the real good ones even go a little over 3/100 hands. No limit is a different story. A good NL player should be making more bb's per hour than an equally skilled limit player.

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Possibly stupid question: how do you measure a BB for NL?

/mc

[Chris Daddy Cool]

BB in NL is the big blind.

[Webster]

From the many posts I've seen on the subject

1 BB PER HOUR is good (not a losing player)
2 BB PER HOUR is very good
Greater then 2 BB PER HOUR is GREAT

add about .8BB for the PER 100

I can see online players winning 3BB/100 at .5/1 and 1/2 tables but above that I do not see there would be many. At least in the year I have been playing seriously (unless you are talking multi tables)

[Chazbot2000]

Very helpful. Thanks everyone!

[brewmeister6]

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BB in NL is the big blind.

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oh okay