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For instance, I'm coming up on 4000 hours of 1/3 NL, where it'll show that my first 2000 hour sample was approximately twice as good as my second 2000 hour sample size. So you can understand if I kinda have mixed feelings over exactly what can be concluded over "just" 1000 hour segments.
Yeah, that's why I'm saying, live results are rarely going to mean much. Even in this sample, my game was different in different parts, and obviously the game was softer early, and later on I was game selecting much less since I was playing in between bigger games, which, it turns out, really affects your results.
So like I said it's just an example. All I can say that this instance of a graph with a very high winrate involved high variance play and downswings. If it helps, I know 3-4 players with 1k+ maybe even 3k volume at 1/2 and 40-50+ hourlies, and they are all very aggro players with big downswings also. I don't know any 40+ hourlies that are tight and have few downswings.
Granted you can argue that it's probably players who run good and have better results who are more willing to play aggro, and maybe the players who play tighter actually are just as talented and maybe their winrates are actually very similar.
But, taking a step back, don't you think it's kind of ridiculous to be up 40-50k at 1/2 over 1k hours and still be playing 1/2? That's why you're never going to see a large sample with huge winrates at 1/2. Most people with that sort of results would have moved up. The only reason I kept playing 1/2 is because in many parts of my sample, 1/2 was the only game running a lot of times, but in america where 2/5+ is usually available, that's not the case. Otherwise I probably would have half as much volume as I even have now.
Also, agreed, being a pro at 1/2 in vegas seems really tough. Seems much easier if you're in an area with fewer pros and so on and where you can live near the casino cheaply. I don't separate br from living expenses, but doing so make sense. Ultimately any separation is in your head only, so separating br is really really not that different from requiring a higher bankroll before taking shot, but including expenses into your br.