Honestly, I think that if you want to lay down poker, then lay it down - if you want to start doing well at poker, then start at the micro stakes and win there.

And don't think FTR a sea of sharks that just want your money - if FTR was really like that, you wouldn't get anything but people posting "Oh, you just got sucked out on, keep doing what you're doing". It's really a great bunch of poker-minded people.