But this is LIVE $1/$2 blinds..which is no where near the same as online $1/$2 blinds skill level wise. Live $1/$2 blinds is also more profitable than its comparable $0.01/$0.02 blinds online (from a BB/100 perspective) because the rake is higher at those stakes to make those games even worth hosting.

It's also not THAT optimistic given that I'm playing with 6 fish at the table with lots of money, and I'm not trying to find out if I "am" winning 16 BB/100, I'm simply trying to figure out if I'm supposed to be winning, period.

i prefer to focus on my opponents misstakes. If they make misstakes i will not make -> im a winning player.

fourfades

You started this thread by saying that u are thinking outside the box, then immediately digress into inside the box thinking. By looking at the statistical mannerisms of our play we are actually putting "am i a winning player" under a microscope, which IMO is inside the box thinking.

Without any statistical data i can tell u that i am a winning poker player why?...because

1) I have fun
2) Poker has made me a better person because i have learned so much about myself, about my strenghts and weakness, which i would never have learned otherwise.
3) I am a winning poker player because i have become more humble, more honest, more attentive, then if i had never played the game.
4)I am a winning poker player because i have made so many new friends, my life has become much more fuller and richer then if i were a millionaire.
5)I am a winning poker player because the sky is always blue, even when it is raining.

Just some OUTSIDE the BOX thinking for u enjoy.

this is what losing players say

check your earnings...

I think he has "winning" player confused with "content with my life" player

Also, everybody wants to play with you!