Re: How many of the amateurs at the WSOP are wealthy?
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i think the WSOP has probably 3 components
1. professional players
2. satellite qualifiers
3. wealthy guys playing for the hell of it.
i think the most dead money is likely in the 3rd group. maybe this is like 15 percent of the field (i guess you can lump in semi wealthy guys just playing for the hell of it.
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There's probably another big group as well...
People like me who:
1) Play "semi-professionally" (i.e., have a full-time career outside poker, but play a couple hundred hours a year with a positive expectation, including many of the big tournaments); and
2) Are not "rich," but certainly have a bankroll that is big enough to comfortably afford to play lot of events each year, including the big ones.
It's probably safe to say that in many cases number 2 (having a decent sized bankroll) is function of number 1 (being successful as a semi-pro).
I know a lot of people in this category, and would bet that there are at least a couple hundred of them in the ME...
-Aces
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