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Originally Posted by lvcjarrett
There was another disconnection issue at about 2 am. It didn't affect me but 2 of the 5 people at the ft went disco. Idk if swipernoswiping is a 2P2er but I doubt he was happy.
I was talking to him as it happened. He wasn't happy at all. But he is a professional and these things happen. He's grinding again tonight
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Originally Posted by iPlayPLOhigh;41773581[B
]Serious question, how can cash under 50NL on Merge possibly be profitable over a decent sample with the industry leading rake? [/B].
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Originally Posted by Phatty
For me:
$4NL FR - ~45k hands - 6.69bb/100
$10NL FR - ~102k hands - 3.61bb/100
$25NL FR - ~31k hands - 10.38bb/100
In every poker ecology there is a pyramid of player skills. When the rewards go up, more marginal players can win. When the rewards go down the opposite occurs. It is a change in the "effective rake." As can easily be surmised, adjusting the actual rake has the same effects on the ecosystem.
Whenever a positive or negative change occurs it takes time for the affected parties (those in the middle) to realize and react or not realize and fail. The guys at the top of the pyramid, the great regs, will always win. The guys at the bottom, the recreationals, will always lose. When the "effective rake" was increased, it took months for the marginals to quit, busto, leave, etc. But once those players in the middle (who were taking money out of the economy before the change) leave, more money frees up to be won by the top of the pyramid players (and obv more rake for the site). Eventually equilibrium is achieved again.
One day I will make this up into an info-graphic, but I hope you can visualize how I was able to answer your question of how people can still win in spite of what you consider cruel and unusual conditions for poker combat.
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Kahn