there are pros and cons for each. but this is mainly for new people getting into poker on minimum bankrolls trying to build up. even on party poker, the average new player will probably deposit around 50 to 100 bucks...which is not a lot considering you need 25 to play the lowest NL tables there.

previously i've played the NL tables max bring in 5 bucks at royal vegas. i was doing good, and a lot of ups and downs. it took me about 3 weeks to get that up to 120 bucks from the free 10 bucks i started with. my variance was very high though, mainly because preflop raises would give me a crap flop and i can't bluff others out at these limits. and when i won, i would double my stack, and when i lost, lose it all of course. after some stupid omaha games i lost about 50 bucks before i realized it, then played holdem again trying to win it back. i eventually lost everything.

i've moved to empire poker now, playing the .50/1 fixed games. and i can tell you from my own experience that in 5 hours i've made what i made playing those $5 NL games in 2 weeks...with much less variance.

you may argue that blinds are 25 and 50 cents compared to 5 and 10. but the average pot sizes are about the same.