First 10k Hands

It took me two weeks to log 10,000 hands at $.50/$1 no-limit. I'm impressed both with the speed in which I played that many hands as well as my results.

My actual results are as follows (click all images to enlarge):


Obviously I'm less than impressed with that outcome. However, some nifty software called PokerEV has me more at peace.

Here is a graph of my "all-in luck" during these 10k hands:


This is how much I would have won if I was "running even":


If my actual results were an actual representation of my expectation at these games, I would be throwing in the towel right now, but seeing that I'd be winning 11bbs/100 hands in a luck-free vacuum is quite comforting. Hopefully things even out over the course of the next 10k hands.

I played all of these hands at PokerStars and FullTilt. I'm going to branch off into some other sites where I can get rakeback soon. I've been extremely surprised with how soft PokerStars has been. I only started playing there to clear a reload bonus, but it's actually been a better site for me.

Adjusting for all-in luck, I've been winning nearly 14bbs/100 through 3,500 hands on Stars and just 9bb/100 through 6,500 hands on FullTilt. I was definitely not expecting that to be the case. I realize that is an extremely small sample size, though.