What percentage of online players win in the long run?

[KRANTZ]

talking %s, anyone know how many actual people play online poker? wondering what kind of # actually win long-term vs the # in the entire player pool

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I've heard 8% quoted on different forums before. That feels a little on the high side.

On pokertracker about 40% are winners. I still think something like 5% is correct though because people are always trying to move up.

So you have 40% of the 25 nl guys winning. Most of the consistent 25nl winners move up to 50nl. Then 40% of the 50nl are winners, and most of the consistent winners move up to 100nl and so on and so forth.

[gusmahler]

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I think about 2-5% are long term winners over 200,000 hands.

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I doubt most on-line players ever get to 200,000 hands. If they are losing, they quit well before then.

[Blowup Doll]

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What percentage of online players win in the long run?

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About .01% of the amount that claim they are winners.

[nath]

It's like, 35,000, right?

[Reef]

also, what are you defining as a winner? up $0.01 lifetime? up $10 lifetime? $10K?

[Pog0]

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also, what are you defining as a winner? up $0.01 lifetime? up $10 lifetime? $10K?

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Someone, who if they continued to play at the level they currently do, would be up at least $0.01 after infinity hands.

[Blowup Doll]

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also, what are you defining as a winner? up $0.01 lifetime? up $10 lifetime? $10K?

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Someone, who if they continued to play at the level they currently do, would be up at least $0.01 after infinity hands.

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Damn, i don't qualify, since after infinity hands, i'd probably only be up $0.0001. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]