Brian Hastings - artcile Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/30/brian-hastings-online-gambling_n_1391534.html?

Just of out curiosity, do you guys know which site is he talking about ?
I've no idea which sites operate in the U.S that you can average 600$/hr playing PLO.

*article =p

In poker's new economy, Hastings' bread and butter remains Omaha and Texas Hold 'Em for high stakes -- but he plays them mostly in person. Despite the slower pace of poker in an actual card room, he said his profit averages between $600 to $700 an hour because of the "softer" games he has found. So he tolerates the itinerant life for now. Like many peers, he said he believes online poker will be legalized soon.

...this is pretty clearly stating that the figure you quoted is coming from his play in LIVE games, not online.

$600 hr at live 100/200 PLO doesn't seem that unrealistic. I doubt the game runs more than a couple days a week though, so he would only be getting around 20k hands a year, in which case his winrate is pretty meaningless compared to how well he runs.

i can't help but to just picture him talking to other players during the PAD omaha episodes and just being the cockiest, most socially awkward prick on the planet

On April 02 2012 11:45 NMcNasty wrote: $600 hr at live 100/200 PLO doesn't seem that unrealistic. I doubt the game runs more than a couple days a week though, so he would only be getting around 20k hands a year, in which case his winrate is pretty meaningless compared to how well he runs.

This. Out of curiosity, why does anyone even play live PLO? I know you can have a huge edge but in regards to sample size it could take you 6 years before you know whether you're a winner or not.

On April 02 2012 21:14 RICHI8 wrote: Show nested quote + On April 02 2012 11:45 NMcNasty wrote: $600 hr at live 100/200 PLO doesn't seem that unrealistic. I doubt the game runs more than a couple days a week though, so he would only be getting around 20k hands a year, in which case his winrate is pretty meaningless compared to how well he runs. This. Out of curiosity, why does anyone even play live PLO? I know you can have a huge edge but in regards to sample size it could take you 6 years before you know whether you're a winner or not.

Does that matter if you're making money?

On April 02 2012 21:14 RICHI8 wrote: Show nested quote + On April 02 2012 11:45 NMcNasty wrote: $600 hr at live 100/200 PLO doesn't seem that unrealistic. I doubt the game runs more than a couple days a week though, so he would only be getting around 20k hands a year, in which case his winrate is pretty meaningless compared to how well he runs. This. Out of curiosity, why does anyone even play live PLO? I know you can have a huge edge but in regards to sample size it could take you 6 years before you know whether you're a winner or not.

One major reason online PLO is hard to beat is due to the ungodly rake at small/mid stakes. Live high stakes PLO mitigates that, on top of having softer games

On April 02 2012 04:10 el_Pato wrote: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/30/brian-hastings-online-gambling_n_1391534.html? Just of out curiosity, do you guys know which site is he talking about ? I've no idea which sites operate in the U.S that you can average 600$/hr playing PLO. *article =p

hero poker or carbon probably mere network anyway

On April 02 2012 15:11 superfashion wrote: i can't help but to just picture him talking to other players during the PAD omaha episodes and just being the cockiest, most socially awkward prick on the planet

haha what! ive met like 100 poker players and brian is the least cocky out of all of them tbh, you would never even know from talking to him how well he has done. I think im pretty social of a person and he talks to like double the amount of people i talk to about all kinds of random things

he is cocky, deservedly so, and he is socially awkward

On April 30 2012 09:14 Joeingram1 wrote: Show nested quote + On April 02 2012 15:11 superfashion wrote: i can't help but to just picture him talking to other players during the PAD omaha episodes and just being the cockiest, most socially awkward prick on the planet haha what! ive met like 100 poker players and brian is the least cocky out of all of them tbh, you would never even know from talking to him how well he has done. I think im pretty social of a person and he talks to like double the amount of people i talk to about all kinds of random things

haters gonna hate any way they can

On April 30 2012 09:14 Joeingram1 wrote: Show nested quote + On April 02 2012 15:11 superfashion wrote: i can't help but to just picture him talking to other players during the PAD omaha episodes and just being the cockiest, most socially awkward prick on the planet haha what! ive met like 100 poker players and brian is the least cocky out of all of them tbh, you would never even know from talking to him how well he has done. I think im pretty social of a person and he talks to like double the amount of people i talk to about all kinds of random things

what joe said.

i'm not really sure how you can get the cocky vibe off this guy, i get nothing but nice dude vibes off him personally. dissing on people for being perceived as having weak social skills is kind of cocky to begin with... but yeah...

when i first met him ~4-5 years ago he was def a little awkward. since then he has grown up a lot. hes not naturally an introvert like most poker players. hes a real good guy and doesnt give off a cocky vibe at all to me either.

On April 30 2012 11:12 nolan wrote: Show nested quote + On April 30 2012 09:14 Joeingram1 wrote:   On April 02 2012 15:11 superfashion wrote: i can't help but to just picture him talking to other players during the PAD omaha episodes and just being the cockiest, most socially awkward prick on the planet haha what! ive met like 100 poker players and brian is the least cocky out of all of them tbh, you would never even know from talking to him how well he has done. I think im pretty social of a person and he talks to like double the amount of people i talk to about all kinds of random things what joe said. i'm not really sure how you can get the cocky vibe off this guy, i get nothing but nice dude vibes off him personally. dissing on people for being perceived as having weak social skills is kind of cocky to begin with... but yeah...

but truuuuuu

People go on 20k downswings online all the time. If 20k hands represents an entire year of live play, does anybody ever go on 1 year downswings playing live? I doubt it. I think you're edge is probably so stupendously larger live that it takes far less hands to represent an honest winrate.

On April 30 2012 13:43 NewbSaibot wrote: does anybody ever go on 1 year downswings playing live? I doubt it.

lol