Poker Math

I am posting this here because in any other forum it may be laughed out. What is the logic for assuming poker is normally distributions based solely on your winrate and standard deviation. Why can't the distribution be different.

Has anyone ever taken a large database and see if long term winning players fit a normal type curve or if they need adjustment. If so, then the whole going broke thing is just mental masturbation for the mathematically inclined.

Late night thoughts by !luck

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standar..._population_SD