Blackjack vs. Poker question for Fred Renzey.

[moo321]

It's just pattern recognition. I've played so much poker I can generally look at a board and know what the nuts is. I slowly ramped up to 8 tables, after about 2 years of playing fewer.

 

[PokerJunky]

Most people at 2+2 think that 2-3 bb/100 is the most you can win at limit holdem. But there are a small number of players doing better than that, in the 4-6/100 range. And that's per table, not multi-tabling.

So, from a bankroll perspective, if you can win 4 bb/100 at limit, there's basically no reason to ever play NL, because you would have to win 15-20 bb/100 with the same bankroll. There may be a few people that can swing 15 bb/100 at a low NL game, but it's damn near impossible.

Moo are these stats for live or online? I put a similiar post about this in a poker forum and a couple of online pros posted that 3 ptbb/100 is considered a good player and 5 ptbb/100 is very good (for 1/2 NL, slightly lower for 2/4 NL). For a live game they mentioned that 5+ ptbb/100 is easier to obtain because the players are not as good.

 

[moo321]

Moo are these stats for live or online? I put a similiar post about this in a poker forum and a couple of online pros posted that 3 ptbb/100 is considered a good player and 5 ptbb/100 is very good (for 1/2 NL, slightly lower for 2/4 NL). For a live game they mentioned that 5+ ptbb/100 is easier to obtain because the players are not as good.

I was talking about 4 bb/100 in limit. In Nl 8 bb/100 is quite possible, maybe even 10.

Your winrate will go up in live games, but you're probably getting half as many hands as online.

 

[person1125]

Renezy or Moo

Are there any good books out there dealing with Texas Hold'em or other poker games? I would want a book on live play not online play. I know that everybody and their brother has written a book on poker, but what ones are actually worth my money to improve my play? thanks in advance.

 

[moo321]

Supersystem, 1 and 2. You'll learn a lot by learning how to play all of the games. Arnold Snyder has a good book on tournaments.