is competition getting too tough to make poker profitable?

[JOHNY CA$H]

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Did people think the influx of fresh meat was never gonna end? It takes 21 years for a player to come of age, 1 or 2 years to ruin him. Players get better, whether they study or not. They develop a feel for the game. They start to get comfortable. They realize it's old hat. One day they wake up and they may be weak/tight or a maniac, but they're no longer really a fish. They've paid their dues and sure, you can take them for some money still. But not like you could in the old days.

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But there is always "fresh meat" coming through. There is always new players ready to donate for the pure enjoyment.

Yes, there are perhaps a larger pool of better players because of the amount of study material out there. But the best players will still be profitable.

What has changeed perhaps is that the mere recreational player (the fish) in the USA deem it too much aggro to put their money on a site now. However, the more serious USA players make a point of finding a way round this.

I don't go with this notion that there were a greater % of USA fish, it is just the fish element no longer bother.

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the U.S sites are DEFINITELY tougher than the mostly euro, non-U.S sites. The difference in aggression is amazing.