Jackpot Jay's Prop Bet

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"I have a proposition bet for anyone interested: You pick who you believe are the 10 best players in the world, and I'll give you even money that none of them makes the final table of the main event by the time the 2012 London Olympics conclude."

Any takers. The full article is:

HERE

[bdk3clash]

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"I have a proposition bet for anyone interested: You pick who you believe are the 10 best players in the world, and I'll give you even money that none of them makes the final table of the main event by the time the 2012 London Olympics conclude."

Any takers. The full article is:

HERE

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I'd take that bet in a second.

[adanthar]

As would I.

Interesting that only 8% of the players make money.

[valenzuela]

Joe deposits $50, Joe loses $50. Joe never plays online poker again.
Ok so we have 10 players who will play 7 main events. thereby a great player will play the main event 70 times. Thereby Jackpot Jay is right. Dont take the bet.

[kenberman]

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Joe deposits $50, Joe loses $50. Joe never plays online poker again.
Ok so we have 10 players who will play 7 main events. thereby a great player will play the main event 70 times. Thereby Jackpot Jay is right. Dont take the bet.

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I think you're confused.

[freemont]

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As would I.

Interesting that only 8% of the players make money.

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Yeah, I found that interesting as well, though I wonder how much that is skewed by the people who decide to give online poker a try, lose their deposit and never come back. There really is no opposite side as we all know the guy who gives it a whirl and doubles (or more) his stake won't quit until it's all gone or he's world champion...

What would be more interesting is percentage of winning players that played more than say 400 hours a year (or some other arbitrary number that makes you a regular player.) It's just hard to believe that at a full ring game on average less than 1 person is making money...

[wayabvpar]

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Well, as it turns out, there is one group that can -- and does -- track this kind of stat, though they are not about to publicize the results. That group consists of online poker site management, two members of which revealed to me at the WSOP that what intuition suggests must be true -- only 8 and 7 percent, respectively, of all players on their sites finish the year in the black. And I'm not talking about deep in the black, either. The vast majority of those winners are not about to give up their day jobs.

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That is just stunning to me. I suddenly feel like I am much better at poker than I originally thought [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I would have guessed closer to 30% or so.

[Quicksilvre]

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That is just stunning to me. I suddenly feel like I am much better at poker than I originally thought [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I would have guessed closer to 30% or so.

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I would've thought it was a little higher, but not much--maybe 10% or 12%. I wish they added stats about how many people could live off of poker, like maybe what percent is earning >$30,000 a year.

[coyote]

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I would have guessed closer to 30% or so.

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You have GOT to be kidding.

nearly a third of all online players are winners????

How in the world did you arrive at that?

[colgin]

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"I have a proposition bet for anyone interested: You pick who you believe are the 10 best players in the world, and I'll give you even money that none of them makes the final table of the main event by the time the 2012 London Olympics conclude."

Any takers. The full article is:

HERE
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I'd take that bet in a second.

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I know nothing about prop betting butthis seemed like an extrmely easy bet to take if it were for real.

I wonder how many e-mails Jackpot Jay is getting this week.