Hourly rate

Wdanger · #1 10-25-2006, 05:59 AM

Hello all,

I have just joined the forum, although been reading for a while now, and am looking forward to being a regular poster.

I have a question regarding hourly rates at the micro limits. I play mainly on the .05 / .10 NL tables, one at a time so far, and was wondering what a good hourly rate in $ might be consdered as being.

Also is hourly rate a useful way of determining ability etc.

I look forward to your responses.

All the best.

Rochus · #2 10-25-2006, 06:07 AM

10 to 20PTbb/100 should be easily possible playing one table on 10NL (I'm running 16ptbb/100 over 12k hands 2 tabling but still building my bankroll to play 25NL.. I know that's weak but I just want to be confident about my roll :P) so everywhere between 2$ and 4$ per hour playing 1 table should be ok.

AJGibson · #3 10-25-2006, 06:10 AM

Usually you look at the amount won in BB/100 hands, you can then convert this to $/h. From the FAQ:-

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Q: What's a sustainable winrate for this game?

A: I believe the average winrate sustained by fairly good players is 7-8PTBB/100. Click here for a winrate thread. Aiming for anything above 0 is recommended.

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Hourly rate does not take into account the number of tables you play on, and the average hands/hour on your particular site. BB/100 is therefore a better indication of how well you've been running, and over a big sample size will indicate how good you are.

Reef · #4 10-25-2006, 08:32 AM

micro limits are Not for making money, but rather for learning the game

/rant

kabouter · #5 10-25-2006, 09:16 AM

Just make sure you are above like 2/100bb, then you are ok [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] if you can sustain something like that while moving up, even better.
At 10nl I got something like 13/100bb

Downrock · #6 10-25-2006, 09:39 AM

Just to be sure, as I am a NL noob, a PTBB at 10NL with 0.10 Big Blind would be 20 cents? or 10 cents?

kazana · #7 10-25-2006, 10:14 AM

PTBB ("big bets") = 2 big blinds.

So, 20 cents in your example.

Wolfram · #8 10-25-2006, 10:33 AM

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micro limits are Not for making money, but rather for learning the game
/rant

[/ QUOTE ]
You should read the OP's post before starting a rant. He's not asking how to make the most money.

He's asking how he can measure how good his play is, by comparing his rate with other winning players. This is indeed an effort to get better (i.e. learning the game)

You also forgot the third reason why we play µ-limits, which is building a roll.

kabouter · #9 10-25-2006, 11:20 AM

maybe it's a good idea to make a monthly micronl charts topic, so you can see how others micro players are doing compared to yourself?

Wdanger · #10 10-25-2006, 11:26 AM

Well thanks all for your replies. Most enlightening.

And you are correct Wolfram I am not asking how to make the most money, rather how best to guage my progress while i build a roll. And i am guessing that by starting off measuring progress at the micros you can see how the different limits compare as you move up.