A: very modest winning player = 0.1-0.5 BB/hr per table
B: a solid player = 0.5-1.2 BB/hr per table
C: Monster = 1.2-1.5 BB/hr per table
Now there is alot of leeway between the lower and upper end of being a solid player. Solid starting hand requirements with good post flop play should get you somewhere nearer the upper end while just starting out with good cards and not playing so well post flop will probably have you hovering nearer the lower extreme.
Monster: Well just a tough customer that plays extremely well post flop at all times and also is extremely selective table wise. To be knocking down the upper end of the monster projected salary would be a pretty incredible feat just do to the volitility of online tables where it is a constant battle if you want to stay at prime tables all the time and honestly doing so is probably negative EV due to the time requirements of changing tables. But if you can obtain the projected win rate even at the lower end of the monster category you are playing extremely tough poker and honestly few players will obtain this mark but a goal to work toward none the less.
As a guiding rule I wouldn't put a whole lot of stock into your personal numbers until you have put in about 50K hands at a particular level. That is about the number of hands a person would expect to play if playing full time in a B&M setting for 1 year. With that number of hands you should have a very good idea of where you are standing in regard to your skill level and it will be sufficient to level out all of the bad and good runs that you will have had.
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0.5-1.0 3 tables -------------0.48-2.4---------2.4-5.76-----------5.76-7.20
0.5-1.0 4 tables--------------0.64-3.2---------3.2-7.68-----------7.68-9.60
0.5-1.0 5 tables--------------0.80-4.0---------4.0-9.60-----------9.60-12.00
1-2 3 tables------------------0.96-4.80--------4.8-11.52---------11.52-14.40
1-2 4 tables------------------1.28-6.40--------6.4-15.36---------15.36-19.20
1-2 5 tables------------------1.60-8.00--------8.00-19.20-------19.20-24.00
2-4 3 tables------------------1.92-9.60--------9.60-23.04-------23.04-28.80
2-4 4 tables-------------------2.56-12.80------12.80-30.72------30.72-38.40
2-4 5 tables------------------3.20-16.00------16.00-38.40------38.40-48.00
3-6 3 tables------------------2.88-13.40------13.40-34.56------34.56-43.20
3-6 4 tables------------------3.84-19.20------19.20-46.08------46.08-57.60
3-6 5 tables------------------4.80-24.00------24.00-57.60------57.60-72.00
5-10 3 tables-----------------4.80-24.00------24.00-57.60------57.60-72.00
5-10 4 tables-----------------6.40-32.00------32.00-76.80------76.80-96.00
5-10 5 tables-----------------8.00-40.00------40.00-96.00------96.00-120.00Statistics: Posted by piersmajestyk — Thu May 12, 2005 2:16 pm
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