http://disqus.com/by/ActionStan/enThu, 06 Dec 2007 08:33:32 -0000http://www.thepokerchronicles.com/archives/000947.html#comment-27917<p>As a hobbiest, you really can't ever "know" I don't think. Especially in NL. Winning online players have multi-hundred K samples where they are 3PTBB winners with standard deviations of 40+PTBB. If you're a hobbiest playing a few 10's of K hands (which is more than many pros played in a lifetime prior to 2002 or so, how sick is that) you can be trending up or trending down but the signal is so noisy that it isn't all that meaningful. All you can hope to do is learn as much about poker in general and the game you're playing specifically and game select. Once everyone at your table is reasonably competent, you are mostly passing chips around the table an on Tuesdays it's your turn to declare yourself the winner.</p>ActionStanThu, 06 Dec 2007 08:33:32 -0000