XBB/100 Dumb Question of the Day

JohnnyVkJohnnyVk
in General Poker Chat
Excuse my ignorance, but what is X BB/100. I assume it is some measure of win rate but I would sure appreciate an clarification of exactly what it means so I can better understand the posts I read.

Thanks,

:jh

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  • MickeyHoldemMickeyHoldem
    It is a win rate measurement... referred to as Big Bets per 100 hands... the larger X is,the better!

    Pre-internet poker it was referred to as BB/hour... but online an hour has no meaning when you can multi-table and get in in excess of 400 hands per hour thus the switch to BB/100.

    For live limit play a good winrate was 2 BB/hour... for online play, good is 5-8 BB/100... of course these numbers must be taken over a large sample... somewhere around 50,000 hands to become significant... and they are always debated!!

    Personally, I would consider any positive winrate good!! ;)


    Edit: There are no dumb questions!
  • JohnnyVkJohnnyVk
    So if I'm playing 2/5 at the casino and a good win rate is 2 BB/hour then if I make $40-60 bucks in a 5 hour session I guess I'm doing okay?

    :jh
  • MickeyHoldemMickeyHoldem
    JohnnyVk wrote:
    So if I'm playing 2/5 at the casino and a good win rate is 2 BB/hour then if I make $40-60 bucks in a 5 hour session I guess I'm doing okay?

    :jh

    Yes... that would be good... however a single session is much to small for you to conclude anything from this... A single year of live play is probably too small a sample to get an accurate winrate unless you play an awful lot... and I mean ALOT!!

    I had over 400 hours of live play in 2005 and my overall winrate still takes huge swings after a session.
  • ol-stone-faceol-stone-face
    Well I'm no authority on the subject but over the long long run 2BB/100 seems to be a decent number. At lower limit tables maybe higher. If you can win 5BB/100 over tens of thousands of hands that would put you as a top winner at any level I believe.
    As for the live winrate isn't 1BB/hour considered good at mid limits and nearly impossible over the long run at 2/5 due to the rake?
  • MilamberMilamber
    What is considered a BB? A certain multiple of the big blind?
  • ol-stone-faceol-stone-face
    Milamber wrote:
    What is considered a BB? A certain multiple of the big blind?

    Not Big Blinds but rather Big Bets. In a 2/5 game the big blind is 2 but if you are winning 1 BB per hour you are winning $5 per hour after rake and tokes.
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