Re: What\'s the REAL reason(s) so many \"top\" players are busto?
I would say that one reason is probably the fact that you put "top" in quotes. I believe there are many pros that we've never heard of and they make a fine living. However it's not the $10 mil per year high profile tournament living we might think of.
Having said that, there are probably some other pros such as Negreanu and Hellmuth who make smart business decisions - as someone else mentioned, they are low variance - such as sponsorhip deals. (Tiger Woods even knows there is less variance in this sort of income than in golf!)
A "top" pro, as you say, means.... what? You're calling them a "top" pro, which I assume means you know they might not be "top" after all, but are simply "famous" (for now, for some reason.)
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