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Originally Posted by typesick
Something like $175/hr at 5/10 and 100/hr at 5/5. Maybe higher.
This is the highest estimate for potential win rates I have ever seen, in any forum, for any stakes NL. That's fine, I am asking for opinions, but I would like to know how you are coming up with such a number. Unusual claims like this need some kind of evidence backing them.
Are you a reg in LA 5/10 games? Where do you usually play?
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Originally Posted by QuantumSurfer
There's maybe a handful of players that actually reach $100/hr at 5/10. From coaches whose stats I, a stranger in the internet trust, the average expectation for an solid grinder is near $75/hr.
Kinda hard to judge a place when you're there as a tourist. If you only play Fri night, Sat night, and Sunday, you might be able to break $100/hr with aggressive table selection. Commerce 5/10 gets overrun with waves of Euros and if you're grinding full time, that means you're playing a lot more games with foreign and local grinders where you're racing to the zero much more than exploiting spewtards. The game's also capped at 150 bigs and there are no straddles so you're not as deep as other 5/10 games that often play 5/10/20. Props to you if you can crush at the rates you said, but from the locals with stats I actually trust, there's maybe 2 people that go above $100/hr in that game.
$75/hr in the 5/5 is ludicrous. The game's capped at $500 and the house takes $7 from every hand that gets to a river, $6 that sees a flop. I guarantee j no one makes $75/hr in that game & the teeny portion of all poker players that might have such a skill set do not browse 2+2 LLSNL.
I genuinely think this is accurate although I am heavily biased here. The games are very soft, but its a mixed bag between rec and regs. I think the regs are 'not good' and the rec players are terrible. The issue is, 5 'not good' regs at your table will slow down your hourly dramatically, if just for the fact that they are folding a lot more. Some days I have zero regs at my table but generally its 3-4. You would think January would have tons of recs (LAPC), but it doesnt really. You just get a few more whales and a lot more European players.
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Originally Posted by sevencard2003
most people in LA have insane amounts of money? gee everytime i ever walk into any store, or down the street, or on the bus i see nothing but desperately broke and homeless people sleeping outside, asking for money, and living in dirt poverty. at least about 25-40% of the population.
Your post, in which you quoted mine, hinges heavily on correcting something I didn't say. I said people have insane money here, which is indisputable. That's all.