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You clearly don't want to consider any evidence that goes against your beliefs

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I am going to go out on a limb here and say that the past experiences of B&M Poker pros are irrelevant. 10-20 years ago what the B & M pros would say in regards to playing for a living would probably be gospel, not today.

If someone were to attempt to play poker for a living today solely in a B & M setting then the wisom of the B & M pros would still be gospel. If someone were to attempt to play for a living today solely online then you can throw that gospel right out the window.

Online poker has to many advantages:

Multitabling: someone who 4 tables of full ring will play 8x the amount of hands a live player will in the same time frame, consider the increase when you have an 8 tabler or a 6 max player.

Table selection: An online player can immediately change tables without having to wait an hour for a seat to open up on another table and when the seat opnes up there is no guarantee the new table will be any better

Note taking and Data mining tools : An online player has immediate access to accurate notes and playing styles he has made on players, even players he has never played against or seen before.

Rakeback: a person 4 tabling the 6 max games can make more in rakeback alone than a live pro playing 10-20 or 15-30

Downsings: A downsing in live play can take 3 months to play thru , online the same downsing will take 2 weeks.

Rake: much less online


There are so many other pluses to playing online that the past experience of B & M pro's don't apply to the online player.

A decent player who can manage his bankroll has a very good shot in making it as a pro online.

My 2 cents