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Originally Posted by Zimmer4141
I think the biggest problem the industry is going to face is the fact that there is no limit to the amount of entries the best players and therefore closest to optimal lineups can run. When every game down to a $1 10 man SnG is infested by 3-4 of the top players, it will siphon the edge away from everybody else so rapidly that it'll end up being like the post-poker boom but happen way quicker imo.
The player pool for this is magnitudes greater than it ever was for poker. I don't think this is even a concern yet, and likely will never be if the product is good. This is why Party poker used to limit the site to 2 30/60 limit tables, and why at pokerstars you had to be pre-approved to play the "big" 100/200 limit game.
5/10 was going to kill the fish. then it was 10/25. Then 25/50 etc... And the fish still came and they didn't run out of money and life was good.
What killed the fish is lack of access. Sharks became cannibals. This player pool is nowhere near running dry, and those few who currently have an edge won't enjoy it for long.
It's like 2004 poker, but you are armed with the knowledge of today. Enjoy it, use it. in 2-3 years it'll be a different game. Embrace it while you can and don't worry, there is plenty of money. Fantasy sports is 50x more popular (in the US at least) than poker.
Eventually, they will have to cut that rake by 50%. That is what is going to kill the newbs, imo. But we are a long way off from that happening (unfortunately) until competition forces their hand.