whats a big bet in a NL game?

[sevencard2003]

they say a good player makes 1 big bet an hour. well at $1-2 NL what would a big bet be? i dont think its $200 an hour in a $40-200 buyin NL game. what about in 10c25c NL?

[Jimbo]

BB= Big Blind not big bet. Besides I don't know a single solid player that would keep playing N/L if they only made one big blind per hour. The BB per hour guideline is for limit games only.

[RustyBrooks]

And it's more like 2BB/hour (and for limit, BB=Big Bet = twice big blind usually)
(Sorry to be clear, this is for limit games, and typically it's pre-rake)

[jay_shark]

Ptbb= Poker Tracker big bets
BB= Big blind

1 big bet = 2 big blinds or 1 ptbb = 2bb

In limit hold em , a desirable win-rate to have is 2 big blinds per hour but this is subject to change depending on the table size/stakes . Or , some may beat the game at 1 ptbb/hour which is exactly the same thing .

In Nl , you may beat the game at 10ptbb/100 hands(NL25) or 20 big blinds/100 hands and something like 5-6ptbb/100 hands at the higher levels .

[RustyBrooks]

Nah, LHE a good rate is 2 big bets per hour - and a 5/10 limit game means 10=big bet, not big blind (NL games are specified by blind sizes instead)

[jay_shark]

http://www.cardplayer.com/author/article/all/30/2756

[RustyBrooks]

Maybe that's true at bigger games but lots and lots of limit players manage to eke out 2BB/100 (now, that's pre-rake. At 1/2 or 2/4 rake is 1BB/100 or sometimes more)