BB/100 Formula

Anyone know the formula to calculate BB/100 for NLHE? For LHE, BB = Big Bet, so for NLHE does BB = the Big Blind or the Big Blind x2?

Up until the past few sessions, I've solely measured my success by the increase/decrease in bankroll. I've been keeping a few records lately however, and am curious to know what my BB/100 is.

As you can guess, I don't use PT and I'm not a mathematician.

The way I understand it bb/100 is big blinds/100 hands. So if you are playing 10nl and in 100 hands are up $1 you are making 10bb/100.

However, some regs also talk in terms of ptbb/100. That is big bets/100 hands. And a big bet is 2 times the big blind. So if you play 100 and are up $1 then you can say you are running at 5ptbb/100 (10bb/100).

That's how I understand it, and I believe it is correct.

Originally Posted by XxStacksxX

The way I understand it bb/100 is big blinds/100 hands. So if you are playing 10nl and in 100 hands are up $1 you are making 10bb/100.

However, some regs also talk in terms of ptbb/100. That is big bets/100 hands. And a big bet is 2 times the big blind. So if you play 100 and are up $1 then you can say you are running at 5ptbb/100 (10bb/100).

That's how I understand it, and I believe it is correct.

This is exactly right. On FTR, most of the time the regs mean "ptBB/100" even when they type "BB/100."

To do quick-and-dirty calculations, I think this way, since most max buyins are 100bb (big blinds):

+1 buy-in / 1k hands = 5 ptBB/100

That's a real decent win rate for any level. Some guys talk about the days when players at the micros consistently won at 10 ptBB/100 or more. That was pre-UIEGA, though. Most FTR guys seem to consider 5 ptBB/100 crushing the 50nl and 100nl levels, but expect higher win rates lower down. At 200nl and up, I don't know sh!t.

Most months I beat 10nl at 6 - 8 ptBB/100, depending on the game, the site, how well I'm playing and how little I'm experimenting.

Okay, I understand that. But I want to calculate my bb/100 and/or ptbb/100 for each session, and then over a number of sessions.

For example, I played a small, hour-long session last night of 239 hands at $50 NL. My profit for the session was $92.10; therefore, what would be my bb/100 or ptbb/100 for this session and how did you arrive at that figure? Blinds are $.25/.50, obviously.

I'm sure it's a simple math equation, but I'm just not sure how do to it.

$92.10 x 2 = 184.2 bb
184.2 bb/(239/100) = 77.07bb/100 or 38.536PTBB/100
77.07bb/2 = 38.536PTBB/100

Originally Posted by Warpe

$92.10 x 2 = 184.2 bb
184.2 bb/(239/100) = 77.07bb/100 or 38.536PTBB/100
77.07bb/2 = 38.536PTBB/100

Thanks! Now I feel dumb.