i taught a guy to play poker after he came over one day while i was multi'ing 2/4 and decided that it was the best thing ever. i got him to sign up here, but hes yet to post. he has been playing for a year or so on a combination of 2NL and 10NL deep ante. theyre the only 2 stakes he plays.
like me, he sucks at BRM, and hes never been able to get a BR of more than a few hundred dollars playing no higher than 10NL. i think its therefore safe to assume that he isnt good enough to beat 10NL atm.
ive seen this guys 2NL graph. hes played about 100k hands there. hes up $30 and his EV is +$130, thats right over 50 buy ins BELOW EV. The kid is gettign totally owned, and is by no means a superstar player and yet hes still beating 2NL.
as for retarded being relative, you can play textbook ABC poker to win, you could literally play TT+ AK and show profit at 2NL with a bit of table selection. you cannot do any of these things a little higher, you need to understand the game/ranges/betsizing. you dont even have to think at 2NL, you could follow rules to win. its mindless.
and only 10% of people who play online are winning players if that statistic is still accurate. obv theres going to be much less of these at 2NL, its 2NL. so your database analysis doesnt really go against anything ive said...