[Jezza]

Hi Baron.

Yeah these things turn into a lottery fairly quickly. But then again all STTs do pretty much no matter what site you play on, its just their nature. You will get many many MANY bad players at this level, that goes without saying really. This is however good for you in the long run. Dont fall into the trap of holding to the misconception "I cant beat bad players, I do much better against good players". This is complete and total bullshit. Would you rather face a table of beginners or a table of professional players? At whuch table do you think you stand the most chance of coming out ahead after 1000 games?. The reason many people say this is that bad players chase a lot and hardly ever fold hands. This is GOOD for you in the long run (just bet your good hands hard and fold your rubbish ones). You will encounter high variance because you get rivered a lot but this is just poker, you must expect it and be able to handle it mentally. You have a big edge in the long run playing like this. Once the blinds get high however you are right it becomes a lot less skill and far more of a card catching contest. This is just the nature of STTs, if you dont like this (like me) then I would suggest cash games instead.

One point I would say baron is that those STTs you are playing have a 20% rake charge. This is really horrendoues and it makes it very hard for even the best player in those STTs to profit long run. I would suggest that if you have got past the learning stage of poker and are wanting to start making some money from these games that you move up to the first level that has a 10% charge - it will increase your rate of return HUGELY.

Jez