Hi. I'm relatively new to 2+2 (which if you say it fast is trip twos😂😂
Anyway, I've played poker all my life, but am finally trying to get organized. I wrote my own little poker session tracker, and will start to honestly keep records. Right now, even though I'm pretty certain I'm up at my local poker club, I can only remember my last 3 visits. So I'm 15hr in, with one win of about $350 and 2 losing sessions, where I lost 3 total buy-in. I'm down $40 in 15hr of play.
Yay me.
I have two questions, and they may have been answered, and I'm sorry if they have, but I can't read 896 pages of posts. So...
1. Regarding live play sample size in relation to on-line play. I think its wrong to say someone's 75hr of live play over 2months is too small a sample size because an on-line player could have 10x the number of hands played over the same timeframe. Everyone who is playing live has the same conatraints; one table, fewer hours, have to go somewhere to play. Isn't it more like, your live play is this, and your on-line play is something else? I just think its unfair to say live play sample sizes are too small to be statsically relevant.
2. If $1/2 nl is the smallest live play game outside your buddy's garage, how does bankroll matter? If you have one or two buy-ins, and want to play, you go play. I'm dealing with this now. I have the family and mortgage and job. I can't wait till I have an envelope stuffed with $4k to go play. Obviously, I run into finding myself playing tight because i only have $300 to toss around, but if I waited until I had more (the wife or child would spend it...let this be a lesson to all of you...)I would miss out on the experience of playing and getting better. I keep myself at this limit, and will not play higher or deeper until I do get that envelope stuffed with cash. I'm certain i will if I keep reading the posts here.
Thanks for reading and sharing your game theory. 👍👍👍