Interesting comments, I feel mostly the same way, seems like we have had similar experience.

I'll leave you with a thought: Focus on moving up, forget about your hourly rate potentially being higher at 25nl than 50nl. There will come a point where you will reach a level where you'll make 2x that figure in rakeback alone, so I wouldn't worry about it. $/hour is also a crappy stat to look at with small samples. 43k hands = small sample.


In short, focus more on your LONG-TERM EV (how much you could make later) instead of your short-term EV (your current $/hour)