Even at FTR Im not sure that the average player [taking into consideration all posters] is much better than breakeven
I would venture to disagree here. The fact that the people take the time to come to this site and learn/discusss means at the very least that they are trying to improve. Just that puts us above 90% of the players on the major sites who venture in for a gambool and luckbox tourney players.

I know there are great players, both live and online, that have never seen this website, as there are some on this site, who dont have a clue about what they are doing, but I think most people on FTR are winning players, or will be, once they have played long enough for the luck to even out.


I think the main reason people fail is they don't have the BR to make it around the newbie circle of death (the one post that has helped me the most) a couple of times. Running at 65BB/100 for 1k hands is not playing godly poker, it's called running hot.