ROI musings

Lately I've been thinking a lot about ROI (return on investment). There's more than one kind. Of course, there's financial ROI, but there's also enjoyment ROI and personal satisfaction ROI (its kissing cousin). It probably won't surprise you to hear that the poker style/flavor combo where I currently have the highest enjoyment ROI is MTT NLHE. Ditto for personal satisfaction ROI. It surprised me to learn that MTT NLHE almost hit the trifecta; it has the second highest financial ROI of all the style/flavor combos I've tried. Here are the top five financial ROIs of the non-cash poker styles:

   ROI      Profit      Wagered  Style     Flavor              BI+EF Count

53.75%    $193,500     $360,000  Sit & Go  8-Game            $10,000    36
41.03%     $44,725     $109,000  MTT       No Limit Hold'em   $1,000   109
40.38%    $339,220     $840,000  MTT       8-Game             $5,000   168
17.21%    $395,800   $2,300,000  Sit & Go  8-Game            $50,000    46
15.77%  $2,218,400  $14,071,600  Sit & Go  No Limit Hold'em  $50,800   277

n.b.: BI+EF is buy in plus entry fee. My financial ROI for cash game NLHE is a measly 4.2%; I've wagered $119,895,376 playing it, and my profit is just $5,051,131. My enjoyment ROI and personal satisfaction ROI for cash game NLHE are both in the negative numbers.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE      870   130       9    77    1146  315   147     2342
MTT   NLHE      870   130       6   124     823  216    14     7374

delta: $7,716
MTT NLHE massive balance: $44,725
balance: $10,362,589