Re: I know why there are so few long-term winners at poker
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It has nothing to do with how well or how poorly anybody plays. The mathematics of the game can't support more winners than that.
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I wonder what the maximum possible percentage of winners actually is...
I guess it really depends on how much the donators are donating, instead of how many donators are donating. In any case, it is still possible for there to be 0% winners.
[/ QUOTE ]Should be over 99.9999999% in theory (every poker player but 1 person). At least in NL cash that is true.
Consider 99 people playing perfect poker and 1 person playing reverse perfect poker. Over hte long run, 99 people will breakeven (-rake) if only played with eachother. The 1 person who only plays by raising to 99.9 bb's preflop and fold for .1 bb more repeatedly. This will make everyone else a winner, but him a loser.
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Yes, I realized this soon after I wrote it. I think this pretty much proves that the mathematics of the game CAN support more winners than that.
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