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What percentage of online poker players are winning players???

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  1. The_Machine The_Machine is offline

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 8:15pm)

    I think 15% of online poker players are winning players.
    I believe the percentage is even lower for live players.
  2. grapsfan grapsfan is offline Head Curmudgeon

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 8:24pm) in reply to The_Machine

    Reasonable statements on both parts...I might hazard a guess that the online % is a little lower (10-12%, maybe).
     
  3. louiemdj louiemdj is offline

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 8:40pm) in reply to The_Machine

    Much lower for online players, maybe 6-8% is my guess...

    Live play is probably a little higher, maybe 8-10%...
  4. TMLMS13 TMLMS13 is offline

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 9:07pm) in reply to The_Machine

    didnt we have one of these threads on the weekend? Please use the search button.
  5. scarface_79 scarface_79 is offline

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 9:17pm) in reply to The_Machine

    55%
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  6. Be_Right Be_Right is offline

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 9:21pm) in reply to The_Machine

    6.35%
  7. WiserPenny WiserPenny is offline

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 9:30pm) in reply to The_Machine

    lol at 55% no f'n way

    i think its probably less than 15% to tell you the truth... closer to 10% probably win over the long term...

    idk which is better though live or online... lots of stupid people that lose in both...
  8. Numskull21 Numskull21 is offline

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 9:40pm) in reply to The_Machine

    If you factor in all of the losing online MTT players that are winning cash game players then its probably around 75-80%
  9. Donkey5layer Donkey5layer is offline

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 9:42pm) in reply to The_Machine

    95.3 are up.... just ask them
     
  10. allynlong allynlong is offline

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 10:33pm) in reply to Donkey5layer

    Your only a lil off actually....94% are losers
  11. SILKY JOHNSON SILKY JOHNSON is online now

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 10:47pm) in reply to allynlong

    So that means that 9 out of the 10 people who responded to this are losers? I think it is closer to 10% winners,20% break even, and 70% losers
  12. WiserPenny WiserPenny is offline

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 10:53pm) in reply to SILKY JOHNSON

    well see thats an ignorant comment

    assume 90% of the players online are losers
    of the hundreds of thousands of players how many are active pocket fives members?

    assume 20% of them are pocket fives members (big number) only HALF the people that responded to this are losers/breakeven...
  13. Birmy Birmy is offline

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 11:06pm) in reply to The_Machine

    This is my first post ever... I know someone that used to write for ESPN.com whom I met at Foxwoods a million times. Maybe he still writes for them... Anyhow, I bumped into him in Vegas and he told me that he spoke with an executive of one of the major poker sites and was told 3-5% make a living from playing online and don't have any other job. As far as what percentage are marginally profitable online I do not know.
  14. RichardHurtz RichardHurtz is offline

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 11:20pm) in reply to Birmy

    Define making a living. 18 year old that lives with mommy and daddy could be making a living, lots even call themselves a professional poker player, probably makes a living do it.
  15. stevie444 stevie444 is offline

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 11:31pm) in reply to WiserPenny

    Using your logic there are 0 winning players that are not p5s members.
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  16. WiserPenny WiserPenny is offline

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 11:38pm) in reply to stevie444

    well that isnt what i meant.. but whatever..
  17. Zpaceman Zpaceman is offline

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 11:42pm) in reply to The_Machine

    same question was posed a week or two ago.

    i looked at OPR at the time and 26% of unique stars players were winning at mtts over the past 120 days.

    many of these were very small winners and clearly the number that can sustain a winning record for a year or more will be less, probably not too far from your 15% number.

    as for making a living, that wasn't the question that was asked, but i'd be surprised if it was more than a few percent.
     
  18. DFish DFish is offline

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 11:46pm) in reply to WiserPenny

    "lol at 55% no f'n way"

    <span>Got Leveled?</span>
     
  19. Cabo Cabo is offline

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    Oct 24th, 2007 (10/24/2007 11:57pm) in reply to Zpaceman

    Admins. should save this thread and re-post it every week.

    Anyway, as I usually add to the weekly thread asking this question; Sharkscope says 1/3 of players are winners based on 60 million SNGs.
  20. pirgcd pirgcd is offline

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    Oct 25th, 2007 (10/25/2007 12:04am) in reply to The_Machine

    ESPN once stated on there website during the WSOP that only 8% of online players make money. They got the info from just one of the poker sites.
  21. FishOnTilt FishOnTilt is offline

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    Oct 25th, 2007 (10/25/2007 12:19am) in reply to Cabo

    id say maybe 6-8%
     
  22. CSuave CSuave is offline

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    Oct 25th, 2007 (10/25/2007 11:19am) in reply to The_Machine

    I wouldn't be surprised if it is higher. They might not be winning alot but there are probably other players like myself that are just marginally better than break even players over the course of time. But that still makes me a "winning" player.... just not very successful. LOL
  23. Zefa Zefa is offline

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    Oct 25th, 2007 (10/25/2007 11:34am) in reply to The_Machine

    10%

    1% are big winners
     
  24. bugbig1 bugbig1 is offline

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    Oct 25th, 2007 (10/25/2007 11:36am) in reply to FishOnTilt

    this year im a winner...in may i deposited 300.00 on stars....i now have almost 400.00 and have withdrawn about 900.00
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