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Message: [QUOTE="DS3, post: 6654000, member: 407846"] Danny Tang, who now plays little but high rollers (he plays the Triton series where just on this tour he has won $5 million) echoed what a few players have said about luck/variance . If I recall correctly it was in an interview with Sarah Herring several years ago. Tang noted there were countless players of his ability. As a grinder he had done well and was offered backing to enter a high roller at which he did very well. He then secured further backing and was quickly on solid footing at higher stakes. Typically, within this scenario he said most newbies fail and it was all down to variance. The problem being many get one shot at such buy ins. If they have entered on their own dime, their confidence suffers along with backroll and the majority revert to lower stakes - many never attempting the high stakes again. If backed by a sponsor, then many are quick to withdraw support if a player fails. Obviously, this is a specific scenario, but I appreciated the fact that Danny Tang admitted if he had failed, his career would be different and he understood luck played a positive role for him, but a negative role for so many others. The salient point being Tang is talking about those playing at an accomplished level already getting chance to play at the higher levels but most find the air very thin. So yes, in the broader sense, I think many at the top enjoyed a sun run and then were smart enough to settle in, manage their new found bankroll properly and subsequently enjoy an extended career. But...imagine the millions (it must be) that have tried and dropped by poker's wayside. [/QUOTE]

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