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Originally Posted by vaya
You don't seem to get that if the skill matching software works optimally that there will be NO long-term +EV players. Of course there will be "winners" due to variance.
The goal isn't to match players as closely as possible, though. They'll realize that perfect matching, even if possible, creates few winners, maybe none, which will cause problems on their end.
I dont think it's really possible, though. Narrowing the pool finely enough that everyone is, say -2 to 0 bets/100, would limit the pool enough that getting games would be a problem. This would force the site to expand the group, opening up the win rates. It's impossible to say for sure, but intuitively I don't think you could keep games going smoothly without some winners since waiting for a game due to lack of opponents in one's class would be so bad for the site's rake.
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Originally Posted by chim17
Another side issue for the playerbase is that if a player in the "Welcome Room" or whatever they called the easy one after playing 10k hands then they are not gonna be able to think they're good.
Not that this is something PP should care about, but poker being the perfect mix of tricking people into thinking they are good players could definitely be lost.
So don't tell them what group they're in. If somebody thinks they're good playing 60/15 they won't be able to tell that their opponents are terrible. Would make for epic posts here though - "PP's algorithm must be ****ed, everyone I play against is a fish!"