[swiftrhett]

I finally realized that you can't believe people who say they make money playing poker unless you can make a judgement from other things they say. More than 90% of poker accounts are losing accounts-- the rake is just that bad. So when someone says that poker is their hobby I now feel it is safe to assume with 90% certainty that they lose money. A large percentage of people who lie about their profit can do it so convincingly because they've deluded themselves into thinking that they are a winning player as long as you don't count those bad days.