[intheflatfield]

Yes, this is true, however, for every player that plays at that level there more than enough losing players that continue to play at a losing level just for entertainment value, plus The number of new players at sites are likely to continue to increase at such an rapid level as to make the number hands played by the few people you are referring to statiscally insignificant. I don't have anything concrete in the way of numbers, but I don't think I'm too far off base.