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[QUOTE="Stu_Ungar, post: 996682, member: 39779"]
IMO this is a pointless poll.
 
As the OP said 'every player you talk to is a winner'
 
So a combination of 3 things will happen.
 
1. People will lie, people will miss off long periods of losses.. (because of a change in their play which they believe now makes them a winner and they have the figures to prove it.. but these figures are very much short term.. the change in play may make them a winner.. but its far too soon to tell and therefore too soon to delete the mistakes of the past)
 
2. Then there are the true winners.. roughly 15% of those who play make money and the top 5% make most of it!!!. These players will post honestly.
 
3. Few who are honest about their long term losses will post as they wont want to admit it in open forum.. not because their losses are nessecarily larger than the costs of any other serious hobby... but simply because they dont want to loose face amongst their poker peers.
 
The cumalative effects of these factors will lead to a poll that suggests theer are far more winners in poker than there really are.
 
Now you may well argue that.. this being cardschat.com, there are bound to be more winners than the rest of society.. but that underlying belief also will influence peoples choice to lie and to not post as they wont want to loose status within the group.
 
So the poll is pointless.. Certainly not a dig at the OP. This isnt a rant aimed at you its just pointing out the flaws in asking people simple questions and assuming the answer is going to be in any way simple.
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