Quote Originally Posted by TonyB73
For non-US players, nooooooo way. Too many grinders, even as low as 10NL. They might not be great players, but they know basic strategy and play tight pre-flop. Party and OnGame are both much softer than Stars.
Good luck beating the rake. Starting at 25NL all the suckers play at the jackpot tables, and the 5NL and 10NL games are not softer than on Pokerstars.
I haven't played Ongame... will try in a while, but from what I've seen, starting at around 50NL it's pretty much the same no matter where you play.
There are a couple of sites that are softer than Stars at a 10NL-25NL level, but the level on Stars is still pretty weak, and you get reliable software, lots of player, and lots of games to choose from.
There's certainly nothing wrong with trying out some other places, but if you're a loosing microstakes player on stars, you will be a loosing player elsewhere. Better work on your game than try to compensate by playing weaker fields... You want to move up at some point, right? Microstakes are there to improve your game, not to grind out the maximum profit.
I've recently staked a friend on Stars who used to play on Cake, and Cake is said to be softer than... blah... And he was amazed how soft Stars was, and already quardrupled his $10 roll in a week.