Re: Where do the winnings come from?
The money just funnels up. Poker at the low levels is VERY cheap entertainment for someone with a decent income. You can spend $100+ on a cheap dinner and movie, or play for 2 weeks at the micros as a significant loser.
The collector fish at the micro's do a good job of funnelling that money up to midstakes. Where it gets redistributed amongst the better players. They take underolled shots (only takes a small touch of variance)and end up giving the money to well bank-rolled players. So they go back to killing collector fish.
Very efficient system. The load is extremely light on the mass donators, with near perfect mechanisms for positively reinforcing continued play. As long as poker remains a good VALUE for entertainment the money will just keep flowing up, imho.
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