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internetpokerdonk
Rising Star
Silver Level
Hi,
I'm not too big on online poker. I started posting here a while back hoping to discuss some real life poker, but there isn't too much of that here. Then I went to vegas for two months and I forgot about this site.
I recently read something that interested me and I wanted to pose it to some online players to see what the responses are.
According to many noted poker authorities, only about 10% of poker players (real life that is) make money. Even less make enough to scrape out a living. I have also read the figures of 15% or 20%, but never more than that. The other 80-90% of players lose money, ranging from small losses to big losses. So basically, you have a small percentage of good players absorbing the winnings while a large group shares the losses.
I recently read on sharkscope that 1/3 of the players they rank have positive ROI ratings. That is amazing to me because in real life, the percentage of players that win at casinos could never reach 33%.
Has anyone ever discussed this here? Why do so many more players win online than in real life?
I'm not too big on online poker. I started posting here a while back hoping to discuss some real life poker, but there isn't too much of that here. Then I went to vegas for two months and I forgot about this site.
I recently read something that interested me and I wanted to pose it to some online players to see what the responses are.
According to many noted poker authorities, only about 10% of poker players (real life that is) make money. Even less make enough to scrape out a living. I have also read the figures of 15% or 20%, but never more than that. The other 80-90% of players lose money, ranging from small losses to big losses. So basically, you have a small percentage of good players absorbing the winnings while a large group shares the losses.
I recently read on sharkscope that 1/3 of the players they rank have positive ROI ratings. That is amazing to me because in real life, the percentage of players that win at casinos could never reach 33%.
Has anyone ever discussed this here? Why do so many more players win online than in real life?