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View Poll Results: How good do you think you are at poker?

Top 10%

150 41.67%

Top 20%

47 13.06%

Top 30%

40 11.11%

Top 40%

22 6.11%

Middle 50%

31 8.61%

Bottom 40%

3 0.83%

Bottom 30%

10 2.78%

Bottom 20%

3 0.83%

Bottom 10%

19 5.28%

Best in the world

35 9.72%

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10-12-2018 , 03:59 PM

#26

Tuma

Worships Amon-Ra

Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 16,390

im better than "Jesus" at a stupid 2-card game

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10-12-2018 , 04:39 PM

#27

lovedaphils

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 516

Top 20% tournament.

Bottom 20% cash.

I quit cash years ago.

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10-12-2018 , 05:20 PM

#28

King Spew

Just average

Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 15,220

OP fail.

[X] Bastard

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10-12-2018 , 05:23 PM

#29

Colin_Piddle

The Colonial

Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 11,807

Prob 20% winners another 10% that would be winners if they practiced good bankroll management or are being staked.

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10-12-2018 , 05:43 PM

#30

Dr. Meh

veteran

Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 3,344

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Originally Posted by King Spew

OP fail.

[X] Bastard

[X] Successfully make OP sad

[X] OP going to wallow in self-pity

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10-12-2018 , 05:54 PM

#31

riggity

enthusiast

Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 81

Dunning Kruger displayed at its fullest.

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10-12-2018 , 06:03 PM

#32

Had2Call

journeyman

Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 204

[x] clearly top 10 % when I play my A game.

[x] I never play my A game

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10-12-2018 , 06:08 PM

#33

2pairsof2s

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,608

I was ranked in the top 1200 mtt players in the world on sharkscope one year. That probably would have put me somewhere around the top 2% or 3% at the time, thus proving without any doubt that

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Originally Posted by getmeoffcompletely

Top 10% in anything is much less of an achievement than it seems at first glance.

Last edited by 2pairsof2s; 10-12-2018 at 06:18 PM.

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10-12-2018 , 06:26 PM

#34

PTLou

JellyBean

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5,516

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Originally Posted by 2pairsof2s

I was ranked in the top 1200 mtt players in the world on sharkscope one year.

pfff

I'm 74th all time MTT money list from the great state of N.C.

10,000,000 people live in NC. So in response to OP, I'm in top .0074 %.

Full Disclosure. Sadly I'm 18,198th on Hendon global popularity list one below Men the Master.

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10-12-2018 , 06:43 PM

#35

Dr. Meh

veteran

Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 3,344

The question clearly pertains to poker players, not the general population who doesn’t know anything about poker. Let’s not overthink this, guys.

Last edited by Dr. Meh; 10-12-2018 at 06:43 PM. Reason: And gals.

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10-12-2018 , 07:07 PM

#36

2pairsof2s

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,608

I mean that being in the top 1200 put me in the top 2% or 3% of all poker players who played a MTT that year, figuring that probably 250,000 or 300,000 people played at least one online MTT. I confirmed these numbers by deciding they were correct.

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10-12-2018 , 07:27 PM

#37

PTLou

JellyBean

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5,516

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North Carolina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

North Carolina (/ˌkærəˈlaɪnə/ (About this sound listen)) is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west, Virginia to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. North Carolina is the 28th most extensive and the 9th most populous of the U.S. states, with over 10,000,000 residents. Nearly all residents play poker. The state is divided into 100 counties. The capital is Raleigh, which along with Durham and Chapel Hill is home to the largest research park in the United States (Research Triangle Park). The most populous municipality is Charlotte, which is the third largest banking center in the United States after New York City and San Francisco.

Top .0075%. Fact
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10-12-2018 , 08:35 PM

#38

borg23

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 15,016

Good enough to beat the idiots I play against and smart enough to not play in games where almost everyone is better than me

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10-12-2018 , 09:58 PM

#39

Xenoblade

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 4,081

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Originally Posted by borg23

Good enough to beat the idiots I play against and smart enough to not play in games where almost everyone is better than me

it doesn't make you smart though, it just makes you a disciplined idiot

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10-13-2018 , 12:42 AM

#40

Alobar

Born Ready

Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 42,368

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Originally Posted by Dr. Meh

The question clearly pertains to poker players, not the general population who doesn’t know anything about poker. Let’s not overthink this, guys.

most people who play poker dont know anything about poker.

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10-13-2018 , 12:51 AM

#41

Howard Beale

Formerly red

Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 22,190

BTW, are many of you thinking only of NL? I don't play it but I'm not the dog at mid-stakes H.O.R.S.E. I should've chosen top 20%.

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10-13-2018 , 02:06 AM

#42

Dr. Meh

veteran

Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 3,344

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Originally Posted by Alobar

most people who play poker dont know anything about poker.

Touché

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10-13-2018 , 02:12 AM

#43

Wilbury Twist

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,153

No idea. I've been a winning player both in tournaments and in cash, but I've also never moved up above the micro and small stakes. So I don't know where that puts me in the overall ziggurat of those who play poker. Still gotta be near the bottom, right?

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10-13-2018 , 02:13 AM

#44

Lemon93PCTSure

adept

Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,097

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Originally Posted by riggity

Dunning Kruger displayed at its fullest.

No it isn't stop saying this ****
Everyone in the thread is right
You'd have to compare full-time players only and ask the question again

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10-13-2018 , 03:23 AM

#45

Princess Elsa

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 506

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Originally Posted by JackBurton

I think pokertableratings on its time had a article that said around 18% of players were winners longterm. Then someone mentioned that in sharkscope that number was also around 20%. But this was a time when there were much higher bonus/rewards for players and there was less overall rake. So that percentage of winners must have come down since 2011 I'm pretty sure.

I've always wondered about this and I've had endless discussions w fellow poker friends about this. Like what % of regs do win the zoom pool and such.

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10-13-2018 , 04:23 AM

#46

R*R

I wish I was Einstein

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 12,753

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Originally Posted by Howard Beale

I've managed to memorize every card in the deck but don't know where that neat trick puts me.

My favourite so far so I'll go Howard Beale facts for 1000 Alex.

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10-13-2018 , 06:08 AM

#47

venice10

Referee

Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 25,852

I think the 20 people who voted themselves the best in the world need to play a knockout tournament for rollz to see who really is the best.

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10-13-2018 , 12:57 PM

#48

Dr. Meh

veteran

Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 3,344

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Originally Posted by Lemon93PCTSure

No it isn't stop saying this ****
Everyone in the thread is right
You'd have to compare full-time players only and ask the question again

You can tell this guy voted either best in the world or top 10%

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10-13-2018 , 02:52 PM

#49

King Spew

Just average

Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 15,220

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Originally Posted by venice10

I think the 20 people who voted themselves the best in the world need to play a knockout tournament for rollz to see who really is the best.

yeah, but sample size, noob.

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10-14-2018 , 02:23 AM

#50

Do0rDoNot

adept

Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 833

2+2 the dunning Kruger show

>50% believe they are somewhere between the 90th percentile to the best in the world

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