Winning sessions

CianCrillz · #1 10-08-2007, 07:41 PM

Maybe there isn't an general answer for this question but I am just wondering out of lets say 10 sessions how many of those are winning sessions and how many are losing sessions for you in general.

uDevil · #2 10-08-2007, 08:06 PM

Between 6 and 7. I think Sklansky once said a winning player should be winning about 2/3 of his sessions. The exact number depends on how long your average session is and how big an edge you have.

KurtSF · #3 10-08-2007, 08:14 PM

How long are the sessions? The shorter the sessions the closer to 50/50 it will be no matter how good you are.

I seem to racal a thread where the winning FR NL players had slightly over 50% winning sessions, maybe 52-55%.

uDevil · #4 10-08-2007, 08:27 PM

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How long are the sessions? The shorter the sessions the closer to 50/50 it will be no matter how good you are.

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For very short sessions, no one would win close to 50% of the time. If you played just one hand per session, you'd win less than 10% of the time in a FR game, assuming you play well.

CianCrillz · #5 10-08-2007, 08:35 PM

How many hands would one want to do for it to be considered a good/not short session?

phydaux · #6 10-08-2007, 09:20 PM

According to PT I'm at 58.21% since January. And frankly, I think that's low for most winning players. A better player than me should probably be higher, but I doubt it would me much over 65%.

lucky_mf · #7 10-08-2007, 09:22 PM

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According to PT I'm at 58.21% since January. And frankly, I think that's low for most winning players. A better player than me should probably be higher, but I doubt it would me much over 65%.

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I don't even think its low. I heard an interview with Brian Townsend where he claimed to win 56% of his table sessions. I don't win more than 55% of my table sessions.

Lucky

Nsight7 · #8 10-09-2007, 12:35 AM

Between $25nl and $50nl I would say I win around 2/3rds of my sessions, and maybe slightly more, but I make certain I play against the donkiest of the donks.

Niediam · #9 10-09-2007, 01:30 AM

If I remember correctly BarryG said in his book that he wins about half his sessions.

CrustyFace · #10 10-09-2007, 04:16 AM

The number of sessions you win can be completely irrelevent. If you win 1 out of 10 but in that session win more than you lose in the other 9 then you are in profit. There will be alot of players that are great when winning but worse than bad when losing.