New Posts For Thread: Is it a lot more difficult to profit out of poker now than 3 or 4 years ago?https://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28270575/is-it-a-lot-more-difficult-to-profit-out-of-poker-now-than-3-or-4-years-agoJust wondering what anyone else thinks.I dont play poker too often these days, as i have found for the past year or 2 it just seems to be so much more difficult to make a profit playing in poker tournaments. I would have considered myself a decent tThe reason why online poker is so juiced is simple - rake. And this favours the reckless.After winning over 100k i'm starting to believe that sites like st^rs stitch their solid regs up rotten . (supernovas+)and it seems to have gotten a lot worse sihttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28270575/is-it-a-lot-more-difficult-to-profit-out-of-poker-now-than-3-or-4-years-ago?post_id=507405983#507405983The reason why online poker is so juiced is simple - rake. And this favours the reckless.After winning over 100k i'm starting to believe that sites like st^rs stitch their solid regs up rotten . (supernovas+)and it seems to have gotten a lot worse siFri, 30 Sep 2011 17:50:59 -0500Ask yourself why the successful highstakes players only play HU...long-term its easier to find an edge against tables of one player, than a table full of changing players. The only way you'll make a long-term profit playing NLH at 6max+ is blind steahttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28270575/is-it-a-lot-more-difficult-to-profit-out-of-poker-now-than-3-or-4-years-ago?post_id=507269585#507269585Ask yourself why the successful highstakes players only play HU...long-term its easier to find an edge against tables of one player, than a table full of changing players. The only way you'll make a long-term profit playing NLH at 6max+ is blind steaTue, 27 Sep 2011 15:17:52 -0500I used to make a very tidy amount from Poker.But whilst players are better and more aggressive the plain fact is my all in win % is tiny - my ev is truly awful. Tonight I had 16 pre flop all ins and won 3 - the only 3 hands i was behind!!Finally finihttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28270575/is-it-a-lot-more-difficult-to-profit-out-of-poker-now-than-3-or-4-years-ago?post_id=507237609#507237609I used to make a very tidy amount from Poker.But whilst players are better and more aggressive the plain fact is my all in win % is tiny - my ev is truly awful. Tonight I had 16 pre flop all ins and won 3 - the only 3 hands i was behind!!Finally finiMon, 26 Sep 2011 20:06:28 -0500The key for me is finding an edge. I'm a reasonable micro stakes STT player but playing STT's on here and Stars you run into tables half filled with multi tabling grinders who are easy to read but difficult to beat. I've always said that to win a 9 shttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28270575/is-it-a-lot-more-difficult-to-profit-out-of-poker-now-than-3-or-4-years-ago?post_id=507178497#507178497The key for me is finding an edge. I'm a reasonable micro stakes STT player but playing STT's on here and Stars you run into tables half filled with multi tabling grinders who are easy to read but difficult to beat. I've always said that to win a 9 sSun, 25 Sep 2011 11:42:27 -0500OP is absolutely spot on, i started about ten yrs ago on stars and pacific and was making a fortune, unfortunately my leak was the bookies and they probably got around 50% of my winnings but it didnt really matter cos i could go back to the tables anhttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28270575/is-it-a-lot-more-difficult-to-profit-out-of-poker-now-than-3-or-4-years-ago?post_id=507167519#507167519OP is absolutely spot on, i started about ten yrs ago on stars and pacific and was making a fortune, unfortunately my leak was the bookies and they probably got around 50% of my winnings but it didnt really matter cos i could go back to the tables anSun, 25 Sep 2011 06:43:19 -0500Seems the only players that moan are tournament players! Cash is were the profit it is, come and join us!https://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28270575/is-it-a-lot-more-difficult-to-profit-out-of-poker-now-than-3-or-4-years-ago?post_id=507119005#507119005Seems the only players that moan are tournament players! Cash is were the profit it is, come and join us!Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:27:39 -0500Actually I was reading that the one device that killed winning percentages more than anything was the automatic shufflers at land based casinos. When dealers were shuffling the cards the win % by the players was more than 1.8% higher. There is no reahttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28270575/is-it-a-lot-more-difficult-to-profit-out-of-poker-now-than-3-or-4-years-ago?post_id=506991833#506991833Actually I was reading that the one device that killed winning percentages more than anything was the automatic shufflers at land based casinos. When dealers were shuffling the cards the win % by the players was more than 1.8% higher. There is no reaTue, 20 Sep 2011 21:41:16 -0500No sh*t sites like ongame have always existed.https://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28270575/is-it-a-lot-more-difficult-to-profit-out-of-poker-now-than-3-or-4-years-ago?post_id=506991755#506991755No sh*t sites like ongame have always existed.Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:39:22 -0500I first started playing internet poker seriously in 2004. I paid 10 dollars into pacific poker, and I was lucky enough that I won my first multi-player tournament and immediately got my stack up to 300 dollars.I then moved on to cash tables, and starhttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28270575/is-it-a-lot-more-difficult-to-profit-out-of-poker-now-than-3-or-4-years-ago?post_id=506991363#506991363I first started playing internet poker seriously in 2004. I paid 10 dollars into pacific poker, and I was lucky enough that I won my first multi-player tournament and immediately got my stack up to 300 dollars.I then moved on to cash tables, and starTue, 20 Sep 2011 21:25:22 -0500https://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28270575/is-it-a-lot-more-difficult-to-profit-out-of-poker-now-than-3-or-4-years-ago?post_id=506981753#506981753Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:27:44 -0500