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Found some old poker graphs from 9 years ago.
Back in May 2007 I had a goal to turn $1 to $1000 in poker. I started at $0.01/$0.02 and moved my way up to $.25/$.50. I finally hit $1000 in April 2008. There is alot of discipline that goes into this. Especially the temptation to move up blinds when you think you've beat a level.
Just so some people can get an idea. Back then an above average player could expect to win about 10bb per 100 hands, so at $0.02 per bb, play at these stakes you could expect $.20 per 100 hands. And if you played 4 tables, you could pay about 400 hands per hour. So you'd have expected to make about $.80/hr at these stakes. Definitely not fastlane, lol.
As months went by I moved up in stakes and ended up at NL$50 ($.25/$.50 blinds). I believe the graph below is from NL50, but I'm not 100% sure.
Anyway, after I hit my goal, I stopped playing. But the journey taught me alot of skills that I use in my business today. What I liked about poker is that it taught me alot about risk, bankroll management (personal finance), +/-EV decision making (life/every day decisions), leaving emotions out of decisions and bet sizing (product pricing). I really believe that it's a great skill to learn as it develops your thinking brain to analyze so many options and so much data very fast.
Back in May 2007 I had a goal to turn $1 to $1000 in poker. I started at $0.01/$0.02 and moved my way up to $.25/$.50. I finally hit $1000 in April 2008. There is alot of discipline that goes into this. Especially the temptation to move up blinds when you think you've beat a level.
Just so some people can get an idea. Back then an above average player could expect to win about 10bb per 100 hands, so at $0.02 per bb, play at these stakes you could expect $.20 per 100 hands. And if you played 4 tables, you could pay about 400 hands per hour. So you'd have expected to make about $.80/hr at these stakes. Definitely not fastlane, lol.
As months went by I moved up in stakes and ended up at NL$50 ($.25/$.50 blinds). I believe the graph below is from NL50, but I'm not 100% sure.
Anyway, after I hit my goal, I stopped playing. But the journey taught me alot of skills that I use in my business today. What I liked about poker is that it taught me alot about risk, bankroll management (personal finance), +/-EV decision making (life/every day decisions), leaving emotions out of decisions and bet sizing (product pricing). I really believe that it's a great skill to learn as it develops your thinking brain to analyze so many options and so much data very fast.