How much is winrate affected by how long a session you can play?

[lightfungus]

I always couldn't understand how people played so many hours straight....then I started playing at a casino, and would easily see 6-8 hours pass by without a drop of the hat. The only reason I didn't play longer sessions was because I had a job and I couldn't put all my time into poker. But playing live for 12 hours was easy, and I did it on the weekend once or twice. Online poker just doesn't have the entertainment and social interaction that live does; time goes by much faster when you are having fun.

[MAYHEM45]

8 hours of live poker = less than half the hands you can get in online multitabling.

[melioris]

and the 12 hr comment was about online playing, not live.

[Talking Poker]

FYP. I think that's a very, very important distinction. It may not by 100% accurate (it depends on how many tables you play online), but I think it's pretty close. If you play upwards of 8 tables, than yes, it's true. If you only play 4, I think it's probably a little bit off, but still......

[Boobie Lover]

8 hours of live is 40*8 (probably too generous, more like 30)= 320

1 hour of 4-tabling 6max online is 4*90 = 360

[Talking Poker]

Exactly. But Mayhem said "...= less than half..." meaning you need to get in 640 hands.

[Robbr25]

I find I do better in short sessions than long sessions.
Usually depends on the pace/tone of the table.
Some I am very comfortable at (I do better)
Others I am more off balance (I do worse, and take longer to adapt)
Also, depends on if the table has players coming in and out all the time, or if the same players are there for awhile.

[MAYHEM45]

Wow, brain fart. I meant to type that in the OP.