Estimate of How Many People can call themselves Online Poker Pro's?

[Abbaddabba]

My guess is that a small fraction of the number of people claim they're pros actually are.

Which is kind of weird when you consider how easy it is.

I could break even at the tables and still make six figures annually without breaking much of a sweat.

[JDalla]

I'm officially one as of last week when I dropped outta schoolaments.

But like, if one pro makes 100K in a year, there have to be like 150 people that lost 1K (cause of rake etc.) So that might help someone come up with a figure, I dunno. I also think more than 5% online winning players.

[Lurker.]

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I'm officially one as of last week when I dropped outta schoolaments.

But like, if one pro makes 100K in a year, there have to be like 150 people that lost 1K (cause of rake etc.) So that might help someone come up with a figure, I dunno. I also think more than 5% online winning players.

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now more than 5% of online palyers are winners, this figure is outdated.

[chirpy]

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I'm officially one as of last week when I dropped outta schoolaments.

But like, if one pro makes 100K in a year, there have to be like 150 people that lost 1K (cause of rake etc.) So that might help someone come up with a figure, I dunno. I also think more than 5% online winning players.

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now more than 5% of online palyers are winners, this figure is outdated.

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I remember speaking to a manager on a site I used to play and he said that 9% are winners which by definition makes 91% losers. This number seemed very low to me, though being party of the 2+2 community gives a warped view when everyone is posting winning graphs every month. When checking my poker tracker it shows 39% winners and 61% losers, though obviously the limited sample size makes this data statistically insignificant. Id be interested to know what the true figure is these days if anyone can shed any light...

[Reef]

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i play .05-.10 for a living:

12bb/100 ~ 8bb/hr x 10 tables = 8$hr.

8$ x 80 hrs week = 640$ week = $32k/year

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april fools?

[Reef]

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I remember speaking to a manager on a site I used to play and he said that 9% are winners which by definition makes 91% losers. This number seemed very low to me, though being party of the 2+2 community gives a warped view when everyone is posting winning graphs every month. When checking my poker tracker it shows 39% winners and 61% losers, though obviously the limited sample size makes this data statistically insignificant. Id be interested to know what the true figure is these days if anyone can shed any light...

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it counts players who are +$0.01 as a "winner"

[fslexcduck]

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it counts players who are +$0.01 as a "winner"

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they are.

the discrepancy is likely because the losers dont stay very long while the winners so - so if you take a snapshot in time, 39% might be winners, while those same 39% might be mixed in with a very different 61% in a different snapshot in time, like 1 year prior.

[nicepair111]

good post fs, Ive always wondered about this and I think your sollution is likely correct.