Poker Win Rate Calculator

Convert your BB/100 winrate into hourly, monthly, and annual income. See what your poker winrate is actually worth in dollars.

Poker win rate calculator quick answer

To convert poker win rate into hourly earnings, multiply your BB/100 by the big blind value, divide by 100, then multiply by hands played per hour. A 5 BB/100 win rate at NL50 earns $2.50 per 100 hands, or about $3.75 per hour at 150 hands per hour.

BB/100 means big blinds won per 100 hands.
Hourly poker income = BB/100 x big blind x hands per hour / 100.
A 5 BB/100 winner at NL50 earns $2.50 per 100 hands before rakeback.
Most cash game players need 50,000 to 100,000 hands before trusting a win rate.

BB/100 to dollars by stake

Use this table to sanity-check the calculator result before you plan volume or rakeback. The numbers are table profit per 100 hands, before rewards.

Stake	Big blind	2 BB/100	5 BB/100	8 BB/100	10 BB/100
NL10	$0.10	$0.20	$0.50	$0.80	$1.00
NL25	$0.25	$0.50	$1.25	$2.00	$2.50
NL50	$0.50	$1.00	$2.50	$4.00	$5.00
NL100	$1.00	$2.00	$5.00	$8.00	$10.00
NL200	$2.00	$4.00	$10.00	$16.00	$20.00

Sample hourly rate from BB/100

The same win rate pays very differently once table count changes. These examples assume 150 hands per hour on one online table, 450 hands per hour on three tables, and 750 hands per hour on five tables.

Stake and win rate	1 table	3 tables	5 tables
NL25 at 5 BB/100	$1.88/hr	$5.63/hr	$9.38/hr
NL50 at 5 BB/100	$3.75/hr	$11.25/hr	$18.75/hr
NL100 at 3 BB/100	$4.50/hr	$13.50/hr	$22.50/hr
NL200 at 2 BB/100	$6.00/hr	$18.00/hr	$30.00/hr

Winrate (BB/100)

Stake Level

Hands per Hour

Hours per Week

Number of Tables

BB value: $0.50

$ per 100 hands: $3

Total hands/hr: 75

Projected Earnings

Hourly

+$2

Daily (avg)

+$8

Weekly

+$38

Monthly

+$162

Annual

+$1,949

Total Hands / Year

78,000

Variance note: These projections assume your winrate holds exactly over the time period. In reality, variance means your actual results will fluctuate significantly around these numbers, especially at higher stakes and lower sample sizes. A 5 BB/100 winner can easily have losing months.

How Winrate Calculations Work

BB/100 (big blinds per 100 hands) is the standard measure of poker winrate. It normalizes your results across different stake levels so you can compare performance. A 5 BB/100 winrate at NL50 means you earn 5 big blinds ($2.50) for every 100 hands played.

Typical winrates by stake level: At micro stakes (NL2-NL10), strong players can achieve 7-15 BB/100. At low stakes (NL25-NL50), good players typically win 3-8 BB/100. At mid stakes (NL100-NL200), a solid winrate is 2-5 BB/100. At high stakes (NL500+), even top players may only average 1-3 BB/100 due to tougher competition.

Multi-tabling multiplies your total hands per hour but may reduce your per-table winrate due to less attention per decision. Many online grinders find their optimal table count balances volume against decision quality. On crypto poker sites, faster hand speeds often mean more hands per table per hour.

Volume reduces variance. Over 1,000 hands, your results might swing wildly from expectation. Over 100,000 hands, your actual results will be much closer to your true winrate. This is why professionals track their results over tens of thousands of hands before drawing conclusions about their true winrate at a stake.

Note: This calculator provides theoretical projections. Actual results depend on game selection, mental state, opponent quality, and natural variance.

Your BB/100 only matters after you translate it into money

A poker win rate looks clean in a tracker, but it does not mean much until you turn it into dollars. Five BB/100 sounds impressive. At NL10, it is $0.50 per 100 hands. At NL200, it is $10 per 100 hands. Same skill measurement, very different rent money.

The calculator above does the conversion that grinders actually care about: win rate, stake, hands per hour, tables, and hours played. If you play one table live, your volume is tiny and your hourly depends heavily on the game quality. If you play four online tables, your BB/100 may drop, but the extra hands can still lift your hourly income.

This is where players fool themselves. They remember their best sessions and call that their win rate. Real win rate is boring. It is the average after thousands of hands, including the sessions where you played well and still lost because the deck did what the deck does. A 5 BB/100 player can have a losing month. That does not automatically mean the estimate is wrong.

Rakeback matters too, especially on crypto poker sites. A small base win rate with reliable rakeback can beat a slightly higher win rate on a room with worse rewards and higher effective rake. Use the calculator for the table result first, then compare it with the rakeback calculator if you are choosing between rooms.

The useful habit is simple: update your assumptions every month. If you moved from NL25 to NL50, changed table count, or started playing tougher pools, your old win rate may not apply anymore. Plug in the current numbers and make decisions from that, not from the version of your results that makes you feel best.

Winrate Calc questions

How do you calculate poker win rate?

For cash games, divide your profit by the big blind value to convert it into big blinds, divide that number by hands played, then multiply by 100. If you win 900 big blinds over 20,000 hands, your win rate is 4.5 BB/100.

What is BB/100 in poker?

BB/100 means big blinds won per 100 hands. It lets you compare results across stakes. Winning $500 at NL50 and $1,000 at NL100 can be the same win rate if both equal the same number of big blinds per 100 hands.

What is a good online poker win rate?

At micro stakes, 7 to 15 BB/100 is strong. At low stakes, 3 to 8 BB/100 is good. At mid stakes, 2 to 5 BB/100 is solid. Higher games are tougher, so even strong players may average 1 to 3 BB/100.

How many hands do you need to know your poker win rate?

A small sample can lie badly. Treat 10,000 hands as a rough check, 50,000 hands as useful, and 100,000 hands or more as a stronger estimate. Variance can still produce long winning or losing stretches.

Poker Win Rate Calculator