The thing about sites like this is that they are FORUMS; places where people of like minds can come and discuss what interests them.

I just got a new poker book a while ago, Phil Gordon's Green Book, and one little note in it states that the great players got great and stay great by discussing the game with other players, or words to that effect. That's what normal people do in all walks of life. Musicians talk about music and give tips and show off new techniques, cooks talk about recipes and ingredients, etc. Why is it so hard to believe that people here aren't genuine?

There are some full-on teacher types here, but mostly, people just talk about their own experiences and what has or hasn't worked for them.

I can tell you that FTR has changed my game around. I'm even on a new level of play from what was winning for my first 20,000 hands and I never would have changed my style were it not for some great tips from guys like Pelion and Irisheyes, to name but two. I have no one in my physical vicinity with whom to discuss poker, so this forum, and others like it, serve that purpose. FTR is probably the most comfortable one out there.

And one other thing, when I get away from this site and stop talking about poker, my game goes astray. It's important to participate and read, even if you don't have much at all to say.

By the way, the site where you're playing just be rigged if your KKQQQ lost to four queens. There is something amiss with that number of queens, mate.