Re: Could the loss of U.S. fish cause online professionals to go broke
 

The games are worse, however there are still a ton of bad players.

Re: Could the loss of U.S. fish cause online professionals to go broke
 

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Well if an 6-8 tabler grinder at the 200's on the softer pre-Frist sites could make a steady 3PTBB/100 and top it up with RB worth another 1.5PTBB/100 that would have been
worth c.$100/hr.

You can well imagine that turning to Stars and FTP he finds he can't even beat the $200's games any more and is just above breakeven in the $100's. Also his RB is now stuck at 30% or below as opposed to 50% before.

He might struggle to make $40/hr now even if his ego lets him move down. If it doesn't he will bust.

There are probably a lot of players who that has happened to

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And lets not forget 3 years ago when someone made 100K in a year 8 tabling that worked out to 140K Canadian with the exchange rate.

Now 100K US is 100K Canadian, I took a 40% paycut right there alone

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LOL guy the american $ hasn't been worth 40% more then CND in like 30 years get it straight.

Re: Could the loss of U.S. fish cause online professionals to go broke
 

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LOL guy the american $ hasn't been worth 40% more then CND in like 30 years get it straight.

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I assume you're joking. If you're not, you must not be Canadian, or be one of the few who totally ignores exchange rates.

The US dollar was over 50% more than the Canadian dollar from October 2000 until February 2003. Much of that time was signifcantly over, including a brief stretch in early 2002 went it was over 60% higher. It was only four years ago that it dropped below 40, and that seemed great at the time.

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LOL guy the american $ hasn't been worth 40% more then CND in like 30 years get it straight.

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http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/5y?cadusd=x

Bzzzzzt care to try again? Jan 03 .64 USD = 1 CAD or 56% more.

Re: Could the loss of U.S. fish cause online professionals to go broke
 

Oh well I stand corrected then. Mmmh that means the U.S economy must REALLY be in the shitter

Re: Could the loss of U.S. fish cause online professionals to go broke
 

There are still tons of players out there that are bad.

That said, I still wish Bodog would help me out by doing something like the following?

http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/upl...94474ee13c.jpg

It can't possibly be that hard!!! Maybe I should petition them...

Re: Could the loss of U.S. fish cause online professionals to go broke?
 

There are sites that do not allow the US players and they are tight, e.g. Party Poker. There are also loose sites that do not allow the US players but they have always been looser because of the poorer software, higher rake and maybe casino or sportsbook players, so one can't know, other than it doesn't take an US site to have the tighter games that exist today. It looking more like there are more educated players these days, and the sites that are still looser has a special reason to be so, like having lots of south european players that do not have enough poker books translated at this time.

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No PRO should ever be able to go BROKE (as stated earlier)


You can grind out 20$/hr at 25NL on a 500$ roll if need be FFS.

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Everyone is not in the same boat. A professional gambler could have a certain allocation for online poker. He may also have a certain value he places on his time. He may find it worth while to attempt to beat a level that could wipe out his bankroll rather than move down to a level that will not pay him what he feels his time is worth. When the funds he allocates are exhausted, he moves on to something else rather than accepting working for a lower wage. It makes perfect sense.

If I ever find myself unable to beat the levels I play I do not intend to move down. I will set a loss limit and quit.

Re: Could the loss of U.S. fish cause online professionals to go broke
 

They're multitabling soon per support.

Re: Could the loss of U.S. fish cause online professionals to go broke
 

I don't know about everybody else but I definitely have to play at lower stakes now to be as successful.

US=most sharks most fish too