Session results
Turn net result and hours into a time-based result.
Run the numbers. No account. Choose a free poker calculator for cash-game results, tournament ROI, bankroll or variance. Each explains its formula and assumptions. Browse all tools, including card equity, ranges and ICM.
Turn net result and hours into a time-based result.
Explore result paths under fixed win-rate and standard-deviation assumptions.
Calculate ROI from total buy-ins and cashes.
Tournament variance explained: tournament payouts need a different model from cash-game results.

A bankroll is measured in buy-ins, not cash. The more your results swing (standard deviation) and the thinner your edge (win rate), the more buy-ins you need to ride out variance without going broke. The formula is bankroll in big blinds equals minus S squared times the natural log of your target risk, divided by twice your win rate.
Open →Your hourly rate is profit divided by hours, the number poker actually pays you in the seat. Convert it to BB/hr to compare across stakes, and project it at your weekly volume.
Open →Even a fixed edge produces many plausible bankroll paths. The simulator makes those paths, bands and bankroll consequences visible without pretending the model can judge your play.
Open →A positive-edge Brownian model gives a characteristic drawdown scale from volatility squared divided by twice the edge. It does not predict a maximum downswing.
Open →Risk of ruin is the probability of busting your roll before your long-run edge takes over. It falls fast as you add buy-ins or raise your win rate.
Open →ROI is profit as a percentage of everything you bought in for, the headline win-rate metric for tournaments, where hourly is noisy.
Open →Expected value is what a decision is worth on average if repeated forever. For a river call it weighs the pot you win against the bet you lose, by your equity.
Open →A stop-loss caps a session loss to protect you from tilt and fatigue leaks, not just chips. Set it in buy-ins so it scales with your stake.
Open →A win rate only means something next to the hours behind it. This shows the 95% band around your figure and whether the whole band sits above break-even.
Open →Moving up needs two gates: enough buy-ins at the new stake, and a proven win rate at the one you are leaving. This sizes the first gate, so you take a shot on the maths rather than on a hot streak.
Open →Compare the call with the final pot.
Open →Find the extra winnings needed when a draw hits.
Open →Include extra wins and losses after the call.
Open →Calculate the river defence and bluff ratios for a bet size.
Open →Measure a zero-equity bet against an assumed fold rate.
Open →Combine folds with showdown equity when called.
Open →Find the folds needed for a semi-bluff to break even.
Open →Measure additional value from a river bet.
Open →Turn a pot percentage into chips and call odds.
Open →Separate the call, raise increment and raise-to total.
Open →Compare the effective stack remaining with the current pot.
Open →Find the maximum matched chips between two players.
Open →Use exact card-count probabilities alongside the rule of two and four.
Open →Find the largest additional bet and raise-to total.
Open →Apply a percentage rake with an explicit cap.
Open →Calculate a percentage rebate and fixed rewards.
Open →Convert a result to BB, BB/100 and BB/hr.
Open →Count expenses and travel time in the same sample.
Open →Count how many orbits a stack covers at current forced bets.
Open →Compare your stack with the average remaining stack.
Open →Measure forced contributions per orbit and hour.
Open →Price an immediate bounty using knockout probability.
Open →Find the mean of the remaining mystery bounty pool.
Open →Turn your chosen buy-in reserve into a cash target.
Open →Plan hands for a chosen normal-model margin of error.
Open →Put a normal-model interval around an observed win rate.
Open →Size a hypothetical binary bet with stated odds and probability.
Open →Calculate the cost and return of a tournament share.
Open →Convert externally calculated ICM losses and gains into a threshold.
Open →Compare calling and folding with explicit seat probabilities.
Open →Calculate your expected net share of an eligible pot.
Open →Use the same pot fraction over one, two or three streets.
Open →Convert tournament-style chip counts to a cash-game value.
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