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Old 09-18-2005, 12:48 AM
Neil Stevens Neil Stevens is offline
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Default Re: Online Poker : 75% of loosers

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I read on a financial review that 75% of all online poker players were loosing money over time. Any comments ?

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I would think that the correct number is more like 95%.

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If a losing player is better than most losing players, and he mostly plays with other losing players, his mistakes should offset by other players' worse mistakes, so that he doesn't lose money in the long run.

So I wonder if 95% is too high. 95% of players might play -EV strategies, so that they'd lose money to winning players, but they can't ALL lose money when they play against each other unless they're of equal skill and the rake is what kills them.
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