Online poker demographics - Page 3

squiffy · #21 12-15-2003, 04:18 PM

Great post. Enjoy reading the testimonials. But this won't prove much as 2+2 posters are probably not the "typical" online Party players.

Why wouldn't there be tons of college students? Though they may not have huge bankrolls. A more meaningful comparison from a marketing standpoint may be how much rake is paid by each group. And you need to have some idea how you define the demographics. By age, income, gender, etc.

Probably middle aged working men have more disposable income, less time. So how do you weigh how much time spent online, vs. at how high a limit, vs. how much money won, lost, rake paid, etc?

38 lawyer working for trial court judges doing legal research and writing bench memos, but praying like hell for early retirement by age 48 or 50, if I can make enough money from real estate, stocks, and hopefully now POKER.

dm34 · #22 12-15-2003, 05:29 PM

I agree that there are plenty of college students - probably a higher percentage in that group play than any other. However, I doubt that they are a majority and am especially sure that they don't generate a majority of the rake.

RustedCorpse · #23 12-15-2003, 07:56 PM

Nope, paradise, can't stand party's interface. The wierd avatar's scare me late at night.

WillMagic · #24 12-15-2003, 09:39 PM

18-year-old college "student"
Discovered the game six months ago

I play mainly 3/6, 3-4 tables at a time.

Will

esknights · #25 12-15-2003, 09:59 PM

Just graduated. Play mostly 1/2

bunky9590 · #26 12-15-2003, 10:30 PM

32 year old, Married, 1 daughter (almost 4 years old)
Own Landscape companny, college degree double major
Business management and Ornamental Horticulture.

Playing for 6 years, serious for like a year.

gibs · #27 12-16-2003, 01:22 AM

22 year old college student at Kansas State University, accounting major. Quit playing baseball after freshman year of college so needed to find something to help me stay competitive. Play mostly 5/10 when I'm not busy with class to earn some extra money to go blow at the bars.

Kurn, son of Mogh · #28 12-16-2003, 10:16 AM

The wierd avatar's scare me late at night.

You know you *can* turn them off.

Nottom · #29 12-16-2003, 10:43 AM

I don't mind them except for that one guy in the upper right corner (2 seat maybe?) he's scary.

DrPhysic · #30 12-16-2003, 10:55 AM

Long time above average kitchen table poker player. Like a lot of others, I discovered online poker due to WPT on TV, guess that makes me one of the new fish. Online since September. Reading (and studying) everything I can get my hands on re: poker, statistics, tournament play, etc. Studying NLHE. May be a long time before I think I would play O8B or similar. Getting better quickly. -EV first month, +EV since.

Play 1-2 and 2-4 limit at Stars as well as NLHE tournaments.

Degrees in Physics, Michigan State, 1967. Long time industrial executive. Own a business (industrial electronics) since '85. Will be 60 in April.

DrPhysic

"If poker is the answer, What was the question?"