Quote Originally Posted by kb coolman
Quote Originally Posted by Sir Pawnalot
I looked through the top earners of online poker and almost all of them are crazy spewtards...
or more likely, they are able to discern incredibly small edges and push the hell out of them....
I hoped putting ... after my sentence it could be read as semi-ironic.

The biggest earners in this game play loose and extremely aggressive. They do push incredibly marginal edges, but not only Equity wise. They also push with very marginal FOLD EQUITY edge. However there is nice to notice that not all of them are "crazy".

Biggest winners in 2009

1. Tom Dwan- "BOMB"
Earnings: 1.4 million USD

"Bombs play very aggressively. They rely on winning most of their pots by bluffing or semibluffing. These player raise a wide range of hands preflop."

2. _fullflush1_ -"MANIAC"
Earnings: 584 000 USD

Maniacs play very very aggressive. They like to see lots of flops and they usually come in raising.

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4. liberty6- "BOMB"
Earings: 400 000 USD

5. Molswi47- "SHARK"
Earnings: 397 000 USD
Shark is "smart" TAG.

6. "SHARK"

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8. "BOMB"

9. "REDFISH" (Someone who is aggressive preflop, but only aggressive post flop with good equity)

10. "REDFISH"

11. "REDFISH"

12. "SHARK

13. "BOMB"

15. "REDFISH"

It is interesting that there is quite a lot of REDFISH on the list. Passive play is not always as bad as its reputation.