im trying to get an idea of the shape of the poker foodchain/pyramid scheme. while i suppose i could simply go to the major sites and add up all the players at each stakes level, im far too lazy for that. FTR seems like a large enough sample size to get an accurate reading if most people answer the poll.

my guess is that it looks something like this:

micro stakes (<25nl, ie .01/.02-.05/.10centblinds) 25%
25nl 20%
50nl 15%
100nl 15%
200nl 10%
400nl 5%
600nl 5%
1000nl 3%
>1000nl (ie 10/20, 25/50, 50/100$blinds) 2%

when answering, be honest. im not asking what the HIGHEST stakes you have ever played, or even what stakes you are currently playing; but rather what is the stakes level you have logged the greatest number of hands with a positive winrate.

what do you think your final potential is within the poker foodchain, and as a model, what is the optimal place to be within it?