[RocketManJames]

I agree with your view on this. This is more or less my position on this subject after some thought. There are many analogous situations in life, just as you described.

Also, with regards to fish... I believe it's a lot easier to get hooked on a game, when you win. There would be more fish, and not fewer, if you win most of the time. Most beginners would simply win a small amount, and one guy would be the big loser at the table.

Say a typical poker game today has 10 players. One, maybe two, of them will finish up for the night. The rest will have lost the balance, which covers them and the rake. In the new game, we'd have 8 (much smaller) winners, and 2 large losers.

I don't think it's obviously bad for poker, as the first two responses suggested.

-RMJ