It really depends on the tournament at the casino(s). Many are as high as 10%, like $500+$50 ...gotta watch it, hard to overcome. Don
I suspect I have played 100x as much online poker as you have, and I "don't know what you mean." (as in, you're talking nosense). What's in their best interests is a fair deal, which is what all the major sites verifiably have. Nonsense. Show me the statistically significant hard data that show systematic deviations from a fair deal. Funny how the room always goes silent when you limit discussion to the relevant facts. Live casinos rake much more than online in general. Fletch
this Jamie Gold guy is kicking ass. looks like he's gonna be $12 million richer come thursday. http://www.pokerwire.com/results.php?title=seating--chip-counts&uid=22729
But wait ! Who is Jamie Gold and where are all these "so called" top skilled players? Poker is a big JOKE filled with half truths .... it's pure GAMBLING with an element of skill but still just GAMBLING!!!
judging from his known lifetime tournament winnings ($92,000), Jamie came outta nowhere. he's probably hyperventilating on every flop. i mighta spoke too soon about his winning, tho. a couple other guys are on his tail. the final table is set. http://www.cardplayer.com/players/results/Jamie_Gold/12283 i saw a recent interview with Chris Ferguson. he said winning one tournament takes 90% luck and 10% skill.. but having a successful, consistent career takes 10% luck and 90% skill. personally, i think there's truth to that.
Jamie Gold won the $12 million this morning. he went from $10,000 in chips to $88 million. http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/results/3229
Jaime Gold rocked. He ran over the final table, in a dominating fashion. Sure he got ucky on occasion, but even when he didnt have "cards" he was able to take down the majority of the pots. It helped that Johnny Chan coached him.
There you go, if you're a succesfull trader ... [I mean 7+ figures per year] hire Johnny Chan as your poker instructor...