Do people really make (good) money playing these exclusively? Seems like the ones where you start with low effective stacks it leaves very little time for actual playing and more of just push/fold in which that would seemingly just rely on luck of the cards or NASH/SAGE. Just wondering if these are profitable and I'm assuming you need to plan for higher variance and bankroll management?
This question has been asked in our members forums as well as on 2p2 recently.In short, the edges present in these areas are vastly undervlaued by many players.Edges are going to be shorter than in other, deeper/longer structures, but these games last something like 2-3 minutes on average.There is of course a lot of variance and swinging in these, and a lot of variance that won't show up on HEM's all in luck feature (card distribution from PF hands and flop textures is huge in these).So overall you'll want more buyins for this. But if you're not well versed in end game play (not just nash shove or fold, that's really the easy part of these, as adjustments are much more simple to make in the 0-10bb area, even without using charts) I would suggest finding another structure to play for now.The hourlies in these can be second to none, but I think that's more of a realistic statement for the better players in these games, found at the $200+ levels.Put it this way, while the opponents at the lower levels in most structures will make up for the lack of skill a lower stakes winner will have compared to a higher stakes one, that is less true in these super turbo games, since adjustments to really exploit the fish in super turbos seem to only be consistently done by the higher level players. Overall this means you probably won't see many guys beating the $20 super turbos for a higher ROI than guys in the 100-500 area.