How many people will make more than $250,000 this year playing poker?

[nevadaJACK]

Discussion from 2 months ago about how many online cash game players will top $1 Million

Consensus was < 50.

[killakev]

Tell me if my math is right because I'm about to end this whole argument.

This year I made about 15k in poker part-time. I've never read a book and the only forum I visit on 2+2 is NVG. Therefore, the guys that read the books and visit the strat forums definitely make more than me and a great number of them are full-timers.

3k online
12k live games

There are over 5000 players (extensive research based on cardplayer of the year standings and hendonmob rankings) that play 10x the amount I play and are better than me.

Therefore 5000 making at least $150k.

Of those 5000 players, at least half of them are playing higher levels than myself, which would double their hourly rate and divided by the square root of the % which their skills are better than mine means that:

2500+ make $250k/year.

And this is not even factoring in tournament players.

So with Jerry Yang and lil hold em thrown into the equation, 2502+ @ $250k.

[Sponger.]

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Tell me if my math is right because I'm about to end this whole argument.

This year I made about 15k in poker part-time. I've never read a book and the only forum I visit on 2+2 is NVG. Therefore, the guys that read the books and visit the strat forums definitely make more than me and a great number of them are full-timers.

3k online
12k live games

There are over 5000 players (extensive research based on cardplayer of the year standings and hendonmob rankings) that play 10x the amount I play and are better than me.

Therefore 5000 making at least $150k.

Of those 5000 players, at least half of them are playing higher levels than myself, which would double their hourly rate and divided by the square root of the % which their skills are better than mine means that:

2500+ make $250k/year.

And this is not even factoring in tournament players.

So with Jerry Yang and lil hold em thrown into the equation, 2502+ @ $250k.

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wtf

[Adebisi]

There's absolutely no chance it's less than 100. There are probably more than 2 dozen players that semi-regularly play in games where they can swing +/- 250k in a single session. I think it's probably around 1000 for strictly cash players, and 2000+ if tournaments are included.

[Pete H]

Anyone who makes 10€/hr?

[Hollywade]

My guess was 100-1,000 and I'm pissed to not be one of them.

[Bikini Wax]

one of them <-

[salesbeast]

Safe bet I will not make $250k