As ever, I lap up everything you write about poker. I'm glad that you're progressing, enjoying your progress, continuing to challenge yourself and continuing to tell us about it.

More or less everyone else seems to have an opinion on Full Tilt's Rush Poker. When so much of the skill of the poker metagame seems to be game selection, I can't quite understand why people would go wild for something that would seem to strip that aspect of it out - or is part of the attraction that it strips it out for all the other "good" players as well?

Would Rush Poker Heads Up work, with every hand against a different single opponent? Would a significant proportion of players try to remain disciplined but end up sticking it all in if they ever were drawn against a "name" opponent?