Cleaned up spam attack, and turned on manual approval for new members..again. We may move to a new server, and enable email confirmation. Issue with emails on current host.
Playing for a min-cash shouldn't be anyone's approach in tournaments. I'm always ready for the long haul, but willing to make moves if the right opportunity/hand presents itself. I usually ride it out until the levels increase before I make a push.
Outside of the home games on StockPoker, most/all the games on the network are hyper turbos. There's more luck involved in fast-paced games which is why I try to avoid the hypers. I do better in slower structures. I hope you get some run good on StockPoker soon.
I'd say it was very worth it for me to learn how to play poker. It wasn't always smooth, but I've reached a level with my game where I can comfortably win more that I lose on a consistent basis. Poker can be very rewarding, or extremely painful.
Online poker has a poor history with sites shutting down, and scams. Poker sites that operate using Poker Mavens can be easily manipulated. Any admin/owner can login to the backend, and view hole cards for games running. I was chatting with a few of my poker buddies about this a little while...
The few chances I've had in bigger buy-ins didn't turn out in my favor. I like that xmas idea though ;)
Except the $1M GTD on ACR that got suspended after I already busted lol. It was the first ever $1M GTD they hosted, and they refunded all buy-ins including tickets.