The best time to play poker

Long time no see...

When is the best time to play poker? Many of us, recreational poker players have asked ourselves this questions but never done any in-depth analysis.

So i looked in my database of 270k hands, which might be considered as a reasonable sample size. The outcome of my analysis was quite interesting as i got both expected and surprising results.

P.s. my time zone is (UTC+02:00) Helsinki, Kyiv, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn, Vilnius

The results:

• I haven't played a single hand of poker from 3 till 8 AM.
• My most profitable hour results-wise is 3-4 PM
• My highest winrate (14,74bb/100) is when I am playing 7-8PM ( I excluded highest winrate of 43bb/100 since I only played 86 hands on that hour)
• My worst hour results-wise is 9-10PM, which was very shocking to me, as i expected some of the best results on that hour.
• My lowest winrate is on 9-10PM ( Again, i excluded other lower winrates because of the sample size)
• I played most hands on 4-5PM, 3-4PM and 11-12PM , 32,7k, 29,4k and 22,4k respectively.

My winrate based on time of the day

Hands played based on time of the day

In conclusion, i will keep in mind theese results and adjust as there's no point in playing on those hours when i am loosing.

I hope it was interesting to read this post. For those who wish to analyse their databases and use PT4 do this (more filters-->add filter-->game details-->dates-->time of day)