Re: Poker is harder?
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On another note, one thing people seem to have forgotten in this thread is the fish themselves! If good players are having a harder time beating poker then it stands that the fish are also finding it much harder, and will be losing their money even quicker that they did before. Since most of the fish play for enjoyment then the fact that they lose their money twice as quick is going to make them decide to stop playing poker much quicker than before. Also if a fish just sits down with a table full of rocks (eg: current online F/R LHE games), then the chance for some positive variance to make them think for a while they are a winner is going to be lower than it once was also putting them off playing.
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There is something wrong in what you wrote... yes the game is tougher, but the fish is not loosing money faster because of that. It's the exact opposite: the game is tougher because the fish is looses less money beacause he increased his average skill level.
But I agree with the very last part of your post: the fish is loosing less money, but he looses it consistently instead of having big swings that may make him belive he's a winning player at some point. So even tho he looses less money, he might leave the game sooner, realizing he's a chronic looser.
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