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define consistently?

All winners in the game win in the long run, but their profit chart looks a lot like a stock market chart - ups and downs, but moving upwards over a long time.

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Apologies, I realise now I haven't worded this very well.

Let me define 2 generic types of player:

PlayerA) Just knows the rules of holdem and plays for pure fun. Yes he's going to win a few games and lose a few games. Over the course of a year- I assume he's more than likely going to down (amount irrelevent).

Player B) Has done some research, knows some principles, studies the game.
He also will win some games and lose others. But over the course of (say) a year- he is "likely" to be up.

We all know (from reading books and 2+2) that the games can be "beat" with "proper play".

My question was: How many people (as a rough %) online and B&M are playing the game in a manner where they can expect a long term profit?

Or more simply: What percentage of all players have an idea of what they're doing?! [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

Ian