Over the past two years I've kept semi-detailed stats about my live play at Turning Stone Casino in upstate NY. Here are the results:

'04 was an amazing year, though only 6 sessions totalling 40 hours. I ended up netting $1,046.

'05 was not so good, but acceptable. 14 sessions totalling 69 hours, netting $348.

The tough part is trying to determine my BB/100. Through various sources I've concluded that the average dealer will deal ~40 hands/hour of low limit poker. I figure that translates into ~35 hands/hour of NL. I also figure I took a short break every 2 hours or so, consisting of me leaving after my CO hand and returning before my BB. So basically, it's tough as hell to pinpoint an accurate BB/100, but if I'm forced to assume, I'd say ~33 hands/hour. With that said, I came in at 39.6BB/100 through 1300 hands in '04, and 7.64BB/100 through 2,277 hands in '05. Together, I'm running at 19.38BB/100 through 3,597 hands. Another thing is that I didn't track dealer tips. Obviously this doesn't count as profit, but if I'm trying to evaluate myself as a player, it certainly needs to be considered.

Overall, I'm pleased with my play. My actual win rate began to converge sometime early in '05 I'd say, as I settled down from that 40BB/100 that I was going at, which is obviously completely unsustainable. Maybe by the end of '06 I'll finally have played enough hands to call this close to accurate regarding my overall ability.

Anybody have any thoughts/comments/tips, all are welcome as always!

It might be because I'm used to 4 tabling, but playing cash games live is challenging in its snail-like pace. It might hurt matters that I'm usually playing from like 10pm - 8am on weekends at AC and the avergae dealer age is about 70. Other interesting facts about the dealers:

average tooth to head ratio is approximately 3.3:1

average amount of digits (fingers and toes combined): 18.7

These facts, combined with their age, might be slowing down the works a bit.

If I dont have my ipod, and a steady running procession of screwdrivers and coffees coming to me, I'd almost rather stay home and 4 table in my pajamas without the 3 hr drive. The difference being that the 3/5, no -max game at Bally's is looser than any $25NL cash game I've ever seen on line.