Things that make you go hmmmm . . .

I've been looking over my yearly results so far and they look pretty good. One thing I have noticed this year, and granted it's a small sample size, is whether or not I should be playing the 20/40 as much as I do, and instead just play the 8/16 and the 40/80 when it gets short.

I am averaging $44.96/hour in the 8/16 game, $43.45/hour in the 20/40 game, and $236.76/hour in the 40/80 game.

The 8/16 is almost all full-ring, with a very small sample size this year. But historically, I have beaten that game for 1.5 to 2 BB per hour. The 20/40 is the main game that I play, and it's a mix of full-ring and short-handed player. The 40/80 this year, has been mostly short-handed play and I have just been killing it short-handed. Unfortunately, the 40/80 doesn't seem to go as much as it used to. Maybe couple days of week, and usually not on Saturdays. I usually try and play Friday night, and then maybe one other day during the week, typically Tuesdays night. But the 40/80 usually goes on Thursdays and Fridays, and recently on Wednesday nights too. So I might have to shift my schedule and start playing Wednesday and Friday nights. We'll see.

What makes me think, is if I can beat the 8/16 for 2.5 BB/hour then that's really close to my 20/40 win rate in terms of actual dollars, then it's probably more advantageous to play that given that the variance swings would be much less.