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[QUOTE="cAPSLOCK, post: 873052, member: 42960"]
I have read that for online and casino players [B]consistent winners[/B] are about 10%.

This is a small number, but I have a feeling it could be accurate, and I will tell you why.

It is not that there are not more than 10% of players who can win... it's the part about who can actually HOLD ON to their winnings.  as we all know, disciplined bankroll management over the long term is deceptively difficult but absolutely KEY.

But I would love to see reliable stats on this.  I am a winning micro cash game player.  I wonder what percentile that makes me.

There might be variation at different levels too.

You will hear about people saying their Poker Tracker database shows something like 60/40 loser to winner.  But here's the rub as I see it.

Winners will play consistently for a long time over many many hands.  Losers may dump $50 or $100 at a time into an account and then disappear for a long time.  Maybe even losing it all in a afternoon playing WAY over their heads.  Therefore these databases are skewed to winners as they will be the ones that are in them for lots of hands.

I can anecdotaly support this as I see myself sitting frequently with another known winner at a table, chances are were both in the green with 4 losing players I've never seen before.  The next night I might run into my "buddy" again, but most likely never see the folks that lost to us.

cAPS
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