4bb / 100 ?

Hello all,
I'm a 22 year old poker newbie from Switzerland.
I've started playing limit hold'em in January.
I read yesterday in an article on FTR that some players win 4bb/100.
Does it mean that you are supposed to win the amount of 4bb for each 100 hands dealt?

Also, I noticed that I'm doing the right things pre-flop, but I suck big time post-flop :evil: .
Any specific advice or recommendation?

Thank you all in advance for your valuable advices.

Florian

HI Flo,

welcome to FTR, good to have you here!

Your winrate questions will be answered here:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...hlight=winrate


Unfortunately noone here can give you specific hints or recommendations for unspecific issues ;) What stakes do you play, cash or tourney, fr or 6max? Feel free to post hands you have problems with and ppl here wil be glad to help.

Hi XTR1000,

thanks for your help!
For the moment I play 0.50/1$ limit hold'em on 10-people tables.
I play appropriate hands only, and some hands differently depending on my position. I think I play poorly post-flop, unfortunately I couldn't find
a guide of what mistakes newbies make post-flop.

Thanks again for the link.

Florian

okay, since i never played limit i cant say much, u might check out the limit forums for qualified advice

fku,

There are 2 limits forums at FTR, you should check 'em out as we has some really good limit players (past and present) on this site.

I will tell you this, DO NOT bring this question over to those two forums, it's age old and been answered too much.

Here is the correct answer:

With the rake the way it is, if you are flat-out killing the game you are playing you will beat it for at the most 3bb/100 over a large sample. This assumes quite a large edge. Once you get up to 2/4 and above running 1.5bb/100 is a very solid and respectable winrate. I would love to run 6 tables at once and win 1bb/100 at 2/4 and higher. It would be some really nice money especially if you get on a site with rakeback.

LOL, I just realized I didn't even answer your question.

This is what running 4bb/100 is. In .5/1 FL (fixed limit) FR (full ring) running 4bb/100 would mean winning 4 $1 bets over 100 hands.

A bb is the "big bet" which is the increments of betting on the turn and river.

If you really want to improve your postflop play pick up these books:

1. Theory of Poker by David Sklansky
2. Small Stakes Limit Hold'em by Sklansky and Miller
3. King Yao's book on poker mathematics

Bigspenda,

thank you for taking the time to help!
I received today to of the book you mentioned, I ordered them on Amazon.
Thanks for the explanation & the tips, I appreciate.

Good luck with your game!

Flo