What percentage of players "consistently" win?

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Now think about what percentage of players are profitable. I know I am.

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I appreciate it's going to be a small amount- that was why I was interested if anyone had an idea how small.

Lets' say 50% of all players set off a path to learn to beat the game.

Going with your figure of 10% for the people who are successful- that would mean 5% of all poker players play "properly" to varying degress (enough to make +profit) over the long run. Sound realistic?

R***B*** aside, the losses from those 95% of players go to the 5% of winners. So it would it be fair to say that the VAST MAJORITY of all poker players are losing?

Cheers,
Ian