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Mostly 3-6 & 4-8 Hold’em. Some 6-12 Hold’em and some 3-6 & 6-12 Omaha/8
%60.76 Winning Sessions
523.5 hours
$53.83 std dev/hr
$10.37/hr
$5,428.00 Total Profit
Funny stats:
3-6 hold’em 270.5 hours. $3,797 in winnings = $14.04/hr
4-8 hold’em 234 hours. $1,167 in winnings = $4.99/hr
Looks like I’m not ready for the “big game†yet.
Had my biggest one session win of the year in October… $671.00
But lost an average of $2.54/hr in October. 118 hours
Day of Week Hourly Rate Total Hours
Sun. $5.22 101
Mon. $16.26 66
Tue. $0.88 102
Wed. $6.58 80.5
Thur. $19.26 73
Fri. $14.92 31
Sat. $15.73 70
So no more 4-8 on Tuesdays in October!
Quote of the year... "You can't win at this game... I don't care how much these guys are up."
(points at me and another kid doing well at the table)
I won't be posting my results here for obvious reasons, but I can give you some advice. I started playing 3/6 at Casino AZ in Jan 2005, and moved up through all the limits, 4/8, 6/12, 8/16, and now am a regular in 20/40 and am a winner in that game, and take an occasional shot at 40/80. The only level I have a lifetime losing record at is 4/8. I don't know why that is, probably a somewhat small sample size (probably max of 200 hours), but after I won a bad beat jackpot, I moved up to 6/12, and immediately started winning there. I would try 6/12 since you obviously have the money for it. Limit your losses for a session to $400 and give it a go. If you lose about $1200 or so, then maybe move back down and try to figure out what you are doing wrong.
Good luck!
Thanks pope! Your advice is very much appreciated. I don't have the roll for anything but 3-6 and 4-8 right now but I will definitely avoid the 4-8 and take shots at the 6-12. Hope I catch a good run and build up the roll to play it regularly. My sample size is also relatively small at 4-8 but no point forcing the issue when I can play 6-12 at the same rake for almost the same buy in. I don't think the play 4-8 is that much better than 3-6 but I think I'm at a psychological disadvantage from my poor results at that limit. Better to start with a clean 6-12 slate!
To the OP, very impressive record keeping.
I can agree with you and Pope in that I've had a harder time beating 4/8 consistently than any other limit, including 6/12 and 8/16. I have no idea why that is, but it seems to be a consensus. Way back in the day I was a consistent winner at 3/6 before for several months, but when I made the jump to 4/8, my results were much more scattered.
I'm not gonna post specific results, but it's been a very up and down year for me including a month (actually 3 weeks) where I was 8.8k ahead and another month in which I lost 6.1k (f 4 outters at Commerce). I dunno that even if I wanted to that I could post an exact, or even a number within 5k of what I truly made this year. I lost soooooooo much playing blackjack (which I obv "neglect" to write down). I also went through a stretch where I ran horribly and then another where I played really bad. All in all, I prob made 1/5th of what I did last year and would chalk 07 up as a loss.
I'm looking forward to coming back strong in 08 and my goal is not to play a single hand of blackjack for the whole year. GL to me with that.
I hope everybody else's 07 was a success.
If you need help avoiding the blackjack tables and other games at CAZ, do what I do. I go to Vegas once every 3-4 months, drink it up, and gamble as much as I can stand. I get it out of my system then, and I don't have an urge to play any of that crap again until I go back to Vegas, works pretty well. Then again, I hate blackjack and don't even play that in Vegas....
I'm not a big fan of blackjack either. It was the first casino game I ever played and will still occasionally play it. With perfect basic strategy, you are giving up one of the smallest edges to the house of any game, but I just find it gets fairly boring. Honestly, I don't even remember every correct basic strategy move anymore but I can say that in all the time I played the game and knew it, I saw only one or two other players who ever abided to it perfectly in any stretch where we were playing together for more than 5 minutes. I also tried a number of card counting strategies but never one which seemed able to give me any clear longrun advantage. I always find it laughable that many players claim to be able to count cards to their advantage when such a small percentage even know correct basic strategy. I now prefer to play games like pai gow and 3-card which I find more exciting. I am giving up a bigger edge but getting much more entertainment for my dollar which is exactly what table game losses should be.
Anyway, got a bit sidetracked with that. 2007 was a good year for me personally but not a great one at the tables. I lost about 2.5K on January 10 soon after losing my job. I was drinking from about 10am until I left around midnight. I have not drank since then and took a few months off poker to get my personal affairs in order. I enrolled in school, paying for tuition with the GI Bill. I started playing poker again in April and have been playing since. My first couple months were good but I hit a tough streak in August and another in November. Since I started playing again, I am down a total of $500 at CAZ playing poker but up about 2K online. I'm also down about $500 from table games at CAZ. I've used up a fair share of my savings on living expenses but have gotten a temporary job for the rest of the time I'm in school. I should graduate next summer.
Anyway, a lot of personal info but I figure you guys can know something about the guy behind the screen-name. Good luck to everyone in '08, I'll see you at the tables.
My results for the year of 2007 as far as playing at CAZ is concerned started in October...I have netted a little over 16k playing from 2-5 times a week in the last three months...I am happy with the results and look forward to continuing the streak into the new year
Total Sessions: 31
Total Winning Sessions: 23
Winning Sessions Percentage: 74%
Total Profit: $16,944
Average Per Session: $547
Man! With what has been said about 4-8, I feel like it mite be better to move down to 3-6 can't do 6-12 yet. I have had the same problem in 4-8, win one night loose the next two night's. OH WELL
those are impressive stats for 3-6 and 4-8. in my experience I lose at these lower limits so I don't bother with them, although they would more suit my bankroll, or lack thereof...