nice post. i've been thinking about this a lot lately. basically there are two things which determine one's success in poker (assuming success is $ earned). the first is their skill level. the second is how much they play it. it's far more logical to work on developing the skill level to be able to maintain a decent winrate THEN start winning that rate playing more h/hr than it is to get your multitabling skills up, while learning nothing of the game, probably experiencing huge variance because your edge is so small, and probably never amounting to much more than a high-volume, low-skill, rakeback pro. i'm starting to rant now too. over and out.