Who is really loosing at poker?!

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1) WHY are people here losing players?

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30k+ posters on 2+2 (registered)... only about 200-300 regular (decent) posters on the strategy forums.

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2) How is it that participating at 2+2 is not making them winners (related to #1).

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OOT and the zoo. Not really participating.

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3) Who are these guys? (Obviously not asking for examples, but maybe a profile.)

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All those that don't participate in strategy based forums. All those that see things as "black and white", and can't change up their game when things change (levels, tables, players, etc).
All those that use the forums as their sole source of information and don't put in the time for reading books, or put in enough playing time between posts.
Again... 30k+ posters... It's not a far stretch to conceive that 1/2 of them are losing players.

I know that I've made a bunch of money playing hold'em. I feel that these forums were very vital to my success (at least sped up the process). I've played over 150k hands starting at .5/1 and now playing 5/10 and 10/20 6-max. And I will say one thing... Even tho pokertracker tells me that I'm a winning player, I always feel that one bad swing can change all that. Maybe I've just been lucky, so far... I dunno.

When Sexton says "Takes 5 minutes to learn and a lifetime to master"... I think he's right. Everytime I change levels, I get reminded of just how much I have to learn.