2008 Poker Round Up

First, the hard figures:

SITE	BONUS	$50	$100	FREEROLL	$200	RAKEBACK	$400	$5 HU	$10 HU	$20 HU	Grand Total
PTY	$974	$950	$147	---	-$336	$280	---	---	---	---	$2,013
FTP	$640	-$142	---	$26	---	---	---	---	---	---	$525
NO_IQ	$94	-$231	-$170	---	-$84	$1,063	---	$6	$8	-$37	$649
BetFred	$1,805	$17	$1,506	$112	$873	---	$7	---	---	---	$4,319
Stars	$360	$43	-$145	---	$169	---	---	---	---	---	$428
Pacific	$157	$221	$7,315	---	$234	$466	$351	---	---	---	$8,743
Grand Total	$4,030	$857	$8,652	$138	$856	$1,809	$358	$6	$8	-$37	$16,677
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Hours Played

SITE	BONUS	$50	$100	FREEROLL	$200	RAKEBACK	$400	$5	$10	$20	Grand Total
PTY	0	81	139	---	12	1	---	---	---	---	233
FTP	0	7	---	1	---	---	---	---	---	---	8
NO_IQ	0	36	112	---	40	0	---	0	3	1	192
BetFred	0	28	155	3	22	---	0	---	---	---	209
Stars	0	33	70	---	3	---	---	---	---	---	106
Pacific	0	26	219	---	8	0	1	---	---	---	254
Grand Total	0	210	695	4	85	1	2	0	3	1	1,002
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Hands Played

SITE	BONUS	$50	$100	FREEROLL	$200	RAKEBACK	$400	$5	$10	$20	Grand Total
PTY	0	18,372	34,657	---	2,664	0	---	---	---	---	55,693
FTP	0	2,558	---	100	---	---	---	---	---	---	2,658
NO_IQ	0	7,250	24,886	---	8,615	0	---	80	627	223	41,681
BetFred	0	5,886	34,554	300	5,381	---	5	---	---	---	46,126
Stars	0	6,649	14,740	---	622	---	---	---	---	---	22,011
Pacific	0	4,211	43,603	---	1,177	0	265	---	---	---	49,256
Grand Total	0	44,926	152,440	400	18,459	0	270	80	627	223	217,425
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Last year I played 158,000 hands in 883 hours, so this year I've played an extra 60,000 hands (40% more) in an extra 120 hours (13% more).

Last year's hourly rate was $10.86, while the win rate per 100 hands was $6.07.
This year the hourly rate has been $16.65, with a win rate per 100 hands of $7.67.

At the start of the year I targeted a win of between $12K and $15K and a win rate of (I think) between $13 and $15. I exceeded both of those targets.

However, the devastating performance was in the last four months of the year, where I never won less than $2,000 per month and I clocked up about $10K profit at a rate of between $25 and $30 an hour.

There's little doubt that I ran well here. Although HoldEm Manager's All-In EV chart has weaknesses (the major ones being that if you get 98% of opponent's money in when he is a big underdog, but then pay him off for the final 2% when he hits his one-outer, it looks as if you made a bad call, and, of course, that it ignores non-showdown hands), it's a fair guide to how well you have been running.

I ran well on NoIQ (despite the abysmal performance) and on Pacific, while I ran badly on Party. The others were in line with expectations.

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