In Response to Re: Are you a winning poker player? - Anonymous vote. : Interesting point Shaun. My honest answer is yes you will be losing BUT (there's always a but) considering you point this out you're definitely in a better boat than lots of people and probably have what it takes to switch yourself to a winning player. GL. Posted by beaneh
great post and reply guys, I've often asked this question, if u win 1 big tourny with a 1.5-10K top prize ur stats on various sites may tag u as a winning player (until u donk off all the prizemoney) but not technically a good player, it's often said the WSOP main event player is just running good (moneymaker, gold, eastgate, cada), perhaps the acid test of DOH's question is longevity, if ur a winning player on all sites combined over a 2/3 year period chances are you'll be a winning player longer term
i put £100 in my sky account 3/1/2 years ago and never spent a penny on poker since....but im sure most players wont admit they are losing players because most gamblers have a selective memory ie "i won £300 on a horse once" Posted by DAVEYZZ
Hi DAVEY
I'm surprised a man with ur roll with put poker and gambler in the same sentence, I did win £300 at blackjack once, does that count
Yes, so far. I've only deposited once here, £50 in November, I've turned that into over £700 in 9 months playing small stakes STTs and MTTs (despite some forum members saying you shouldn't play in them because the rake is too high). I'm in profit on the 3 other sites I've played on too.
According to the Sharkscope FAQ an average of 26% of online poker players across all poker sites return a profit, the figure for Sky is 31%. Obviously that applies to tournament play only, but I would expect the figures wouldn't be much different for cash. According to Sharkscope the often quoted 5% figure is a myth.
The percentage of winning players would be higher than average among forum members IMO because they're people who will naturally read quite a lot of startegy advice and stuff.
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Always a pleasure DOH
Hi DAVEY
I'm surprised a man with ur roll with put poker and gambler in the same sentence, I did win £300 at blackjack once, does that count
Always a pleasure
According to the Sharkscope FAQ an average of 26% of online poker players across all poker sites return a profit, the figure for Sky is 31%. Obviously that applies to tournament play only, but I would expect the figures wouldn't be much different for cash. According to Sharkscope the often quoted 5% figure is a myth.
The percentage of winning players would be higher than average among forum members IMO because they're people who will naturally read quite a lot of startegy advice and stuff.