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So I would say that live players are likely to be better at playing in a live environment against internet bred players, and internet players are likely to be better at playing online against live players.

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but if these groups played against each other in both environments the online players would have more edge.

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PA rose to the top through playing limit 6max and HU on ladbrokes but whatever..

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he originally started playing poker as a kid with his friends and then moved on to play at grand casino helsinki, so his first experiences with poker have been live. then he made a small deposit online and quickly grinded it up to lower five figures (source finnish newspaper: helsingin sanomat).

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You can't compare it to tennis, or golf, cause there are the best competing the best and not avoiding them

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in sports like these theres only an incredibly small amount of players who make any money at all (like under 1%). so in order to make money you have to take part in the biggest tourneys where all the other pros are also playing.

in poker you can be the second worst player in the world and still make money if you play against the absolute worst player. therefore the percentual amount of money making players in poker is way higher than in other sports.

if the tennis/golf pros had a chance to play for money with guy laliberte or andy beal do you think theyd pass because they only like to play the top competition?

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If you talk to Roger Federer, or some other athlet about what they are doing, they will talk about anything but the "money they are making"

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they will talk about winning which is essentially the same thing. in poker you win money cause thats what we play with, in tennis you win games/tournaments which means you win money.