If you are a no-limit hold'em cash game player, you will typically calculate your win rate in one of two ways - either by hour or by 100 hands. Of course, if the rate is being calculated for a losing player, the number will be negative, which might make it seem misleading to call it a ' win rate,' but that is the term that continues to be used regardless. One note before we start - 'win rate' obviously refers to the rate at which a player is winning. Finally, we'll address the question everyone seems to have when it comes to this topic - 'What is a good win rate?' Calculating Your Win Rate in Cash Games Then we'll consider a few ways you might use that information to improve your game going forward, including talking about both the positives and the pitfalls that can potentially come with a knowledge of your win rate. In this article we'll first address how to calculate your win rate for both cash games and tournaments.
